In David Goes to School, young David shows up late to class, goes wacko at the blackboard, chews gum in class, yells answers out of turn, pulls pigtails, stares out the window, cuts in line, has a food fight ("I don't care who started it!" says the teacher), lingers at recess, and draws on his desk. Colorful, hilarious, childlike illustrations examine our strangely appealing demon-boy at eye level, which is especially disgusting as David stretches an enormous mass of bubble gum from his pointy-toothed maw. After an intense day of exuberant misbehaving, however, he stays after school and washes all the desks until they sparkle. The day ends with a gold star and a pat on the head...
《大卫上学去》一书主要描述了大卫在学校学习规矩的状况。与《大卫，不可以》最大的不同是，在前一本书里，大卫唯我独尊、一个人胡闹；而在后一本书里，大卫的身边有了其他的小朋友，他必须得学会与别人相处，并且尊重学校里的规矩。