High School was the start
So many new things to learn
Cornucopia
Home room--the first base
Prayers and flag saluting there
Special friends were made.
Then on to math class
Imaginary numbers,
Followed simple math.
Algebra so clean
Balancing an equation
The same on both sides.
'If one went a mile'
'How long to get to Boston?'
Just figure it out..
Conversions were next
British and metric systems
Two point five four--hmm.
Abacus with beads
Slide up and down to figure
Nice, but cumbersome.
Quarter of dollar
Dollar is one hundred cents
But what's a Nickel?
Then short division
Goodness, I have just forgot
Is it important?
Negative numbers
Is there really such a thing?
Sits below the line.
Power in the point
Units, hundredths, thousandths.
Oh, so very small.
Adding--the results
Negative and positive
Depends on values.
Then fractions galore
Numerator on the top--
Denominator.
The fraction one half
Can also become two-fourths.
Reduction is key.
Decimal-- point three
A fraction: three over ten
Each the same value.
Then percentages
Seen in election results
Won--above fifty!
Biology class
Teacher is so full of life
'Bio' is just that.
Hatching a chicken
Incubator temp just right
Same as warmth of hen.
Mitosis of cells
Division for cell repair
Needed too for growth.
Meiosis for sex
Haploids formed--new blastula--
Recombination.