Couldn’t wait to find out what a tartan was, he decided to visit Europe
Leaving New Jersey, he traveled to Scotland
And promised himself he would get a kilt of it as soon as he knew which pattern was the right one
Not understanding that they didn’t have tartans for Americans
Lifting those around her with the strength of her humor
Always trying to coax a smile and plant a seed of happiness
Understanding sometimes people need to cry
Giving them the space in those moments to finish watering their emotional crop
Helping eventually the next crop of the giggles to grow after that soaking
Building a tower of luck and lies she raised her bet
Understanding it was all or nothing now
She tapped for a card and held her breath
The dealer flipped a card and smiled sadly
Ruddy eyes peering at the monitor without understanding
Everything inside his head was going up in flames
Destroying his rosé wine high
He felt his heart and arms ache with longing
Understanding the need for social distancing, but….
Going cold turkey for so long hurt his extroverted soul even more
For all the marbles
It is the last hurdle before the summer
Now is the time to prove mastery
And if you do, the glory of that elusive 4.0 awaits
Lest you fall into the pit of despair
Everyone dreads that test, even the professors
X-ray vision on both sides looking for the core of understanding
Amid the trivia of facts and figures
Make your best-educated guess and may the odds be ever in your favor
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So things are getting pretty tough
That might be an understatement
Really it’s moments like these that define who we are
Understanding how to work past pesky problems
Giving each other a hand and cross the finish line together
Going the extra distance because we choose to do so
Looking forward to sharing stories over a cold one at the pub
Enjoying our victory over this…
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Slipping my voice into projection mode
Heaving my words into the void
Ordering the world to pay attention to me
Understanding that I’m just adding to the cacophony
Though it does make me feel better :>)
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Questioning if I had it right
Understanding that I probably did not
Even though I had been successful enough so far
Risking it once again, I fed in the next string
You will never believe the data I received back
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“What is equality?” asked Marcus to his class.
A student raised her hand. “It is about having equal protections under the law of the land.”
“Very good. Any others?”
“It is treating everyone with the same respect and dignity,” said another student.
Yet another student chimed in. “You read everyone’s words and actions as though they were yours or a family members.”
Marcus smiled and nodded. “Those are all good answers, but I was thinking more like this.”
Marcus went to the whiteboard and picked up a marker. He wrote in large script ‘2+2=4’ Then on the other board he wrote ‘3+6=9’.
The students laughed at what he had done and Marcus took a mock bow before continuing. He pointed to the first equation. “In the first equation, everything on the left hand side of the equation is the same, and so are both sides of the equation. Everything here is equal.” He circled the 2+2=4 and then underlined it.
Marcus move to the second equation. Using the marker, he pointed to the six. “See, here six is twice the size of three. That Is definitely not equal, and yet in the end of the equation,” here Marcus circled the 9, “the numbers are equal. Not only that, but if I wrote this.” Marcus wrote a big ‘x + y = 9’ on the board. “Do you know what x and y are?”
“Three and six,” said a student.
Marcus nodded, but then rotated his hands in circles around each other. “But that was you using pre knowledge. If I hadn’t shown you the previous equation, would you know what x and y are?”
Most of the students shook their head no. Marcus’ smile grew bigger. “You see, that is my point. Sometimes we focus on the left hand side of our equation, and there are times we need to do so. We want to be as equal as we can be, but there are different gifts and knowledge sets, but at the end what is important is this.” With that he circled all three of the equal signs. “No matter what the values are here.” Once again he underlined the two 2’s, the 3, and the 6. “Sometimes the equality of the whole is what ultimately matters.”
A young man’s hand shot up. “But what does that mean for us?”
“Well that’s for you to find out,” Marcus said as he pointed at the student. Then he pointed all around the class. “That is part of your homework. The other part is trying to apply this mathematical understanding to everyone and everything you see. And you thought you were in just a basic pre-calculus class.”
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