School Limericks
Recently during downtime I've taken to writing limericks. I'm not exactly a poet, so they're not real great, but I think they're entertaining enough to share. Plus, it really amuses me to inject silliness immediately after Joni's been talking about something serious.
First, a limerick inspired by proctoring chem 115 exams in the Hall of Music (think the MCA x4). I don't know how they take those tests with us circling around the entire time.
It's strange to be a TA
Especially on a test day.
A strange bit of culture
Makes me feel like a vulture
To circle and circle away.
Next, a limerick inspired by a recent take home test that has been the bane of my existance for the last week, starting with the horrendous timing of its distribution.
Mathcad is a computer program
I have to use for my exam.
It never stops crashing
Leading to much head bashing.
I'm trying, really, I am.*
Finally, one inspired by the mind bending number of variables being manipulated in a seemingly arbitrary way during group theory class this morning.
I have a class in group theory
That inspires many a query.
Sigmas and phis
Float about as they please.
It's starting to make me weary.
That's all for this installation of poetry and grad school. Tune in next week for a sonnet dedicated to the excitement of using very expensive instruments to analyze kool-aid.
Victoria
*Alternate final line depending on my mood: This whole test is a sham.
First, a limerick inspired by proctoring chem 115 exams in the Hall of Music (think the MCA x4). I don't know how they take those tests with us circling around the entire time.
It's strange to be a TA
Especially on a test day.
A strange bit of culture
Makes me feel like a vulture
To circle and circle away.
Next, a limerick inspired by a recent take home test that has been the bane of my existance for the last week, starting with the horrendous timing of its distribution.
Mathcad is a computer program
I have to use for my exam.
It never stops crashing
Leading to much head bashing.
I'm trying, really, I am.*
Finally, one inspired by the mind bending number of variables being manipulated in a seemingly arbitrary way during group theory class this morning.
I have a class in group theory
That inspires many a query.
Sigmas and phis
Float about as they please.
It's starting to make me weary.
That's all for this installation of poetry and grad school. Tune in next week for a sonnet dedicated to the excitement of using very expensive instruments to analyze kool-aid.
Victoria
*Alternate final line depending on my mood: This whole test is a sham.
posted by Victoria at 1:00 PM
7 Comments:
Those are awesome!!! :o)
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Hello lovely ladies!!! I hope that you are all having a wonderful time, I wish that we were cabk at HC so I could come over to your room, chat, and play a game with you-I miss that! Have a great week! :)
Love, Angela :)
Hi Angela! We'll just have to do something this weekend. Like watch the Olympics.
Heather, I hope that comment has only been removed because you're planning to turn it into a real post. :-)
Heather-Ditto what Victoria said, because your haikus did almost make me fall on the floor laughing!!!
Also, hey Angela! I miss you too...and being history majors together. :)
Oh, great members of the Sweet Suite, there are now pics of my new hair up on my facebook site. Check it out!
This is good
hi by the way
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