Pre-Calculus

Pre-Calculus Poem

By Rays_no_Poet

Everyone has a weakness
Whatever it may be
Superman has his kryptonite
It’s pre-calculus for me
Functions full of letters
With square roots and with pie
The quadratic theorem
And the imaginary I
Like a child through a sermon
I’m shaking in my seat
Graphing power functions
May cause my defeat
You can translate a function
And reflect one as well
The studying of mathematicians
Such as the great Pascal
Equations need dividing
At which I am pathetic
There’s the regular method
And there also is synthetic
When it comes to my grade
I’m at the bottom of my class
With twelve assignments missing
It’s doubtful that I’ll pass

Genre: Poetry

Annotation:

The ” Pre-Calculus ” Poem is a really interesting and intimate poem that does really well expressing the perspective and opinion of a student.

Basis of Selection:

I chose this poem because it is very relateable to how some students are today. I have done many observation hours and some students don’t do what they are told or don’t care about the class. I believe this poem does a great way expressing how a real world student taking Precal really is oppose to how they should be in a perfect world.

Use in the Classroom:

I would use this poem as a resource to show how some students use math in different subjects areas like English. I believe this will be very helpful because when students think of math they think it , can only be used in a math classroom, but it is not. You can use different subject areas in different classes like using science material in a math classroom.

Citation:

Rays_no_Poet. “PostPoems Be Artistic. Be Creative. Be Poetic!” PostPoems.org. N.p., 12 Oct. 2012. Web. 31 Mar. 2013. <http://www.postpoems.org/authors/rays_no_poet/poem/737466&gt;.