Answer: The time period was from a time ago. At least before they had whiteboards and still when they had to use wooden ovens to keep warm instead of a heater. The chalkboards aren't used anymore and not many teachers refer to children as primary children.
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I can’t tell where your third stanza is due to how you typed it. You didn’t make it visible enough to tell.
The verb "looks" would be in this case a linking verb, since it is helping the reader understand the point of view of the observer. The weather itself is of course not "looking" anywhere.
This would be a dilemma of values. A poor man who has tried every thing legally possible, then the man has good values.