Chemis-Tree

So maybe its because I am a chemistry teacher but I thought this was really funny - we will sing some chemis-tree carols on Friday. I have lots of them!

Silent Labs

Silent labs, difficult labs
All with math, all with graphs
Observations of colors and smells
Calculations and graph curves like bells
Memories of tests that have past
Oh--how long will chemistry last?

Silent labs, difficult labs
All with math, all with graphs
Lots of equations that need balancing
Gas pressure problems that make my head ring
Santa Chlorine's on his way
Oh--Please Santa bring me an 'A'.

The Chemistry Teacher's Coming to Town

You better not weigh
You better not heat
You better not react
I'm telling you now
The Chemistry Teacher's coming to town.

She's collecting data
She's checking it twice
She's gonna find out
The heat of melting ice
The Chemistry Teacher's coming to town.

She sees you when you're decanting
She knows when you titrate
She knows when you are safe or not
So wear goggles for goodness sake.

Oh, you better not filter
And drink your filtrate
You better not be careless and spill your precipitate.
The Chemistry Teacher's coming to town.

comforted by traffic?

I never felt like I was at all disconnected with the rest of the world but the other day as I was driving I felt strangely comforted by being one of the masses. I am usually on the road between 2:20-4:00 - that is when I pick up the kids or to go to the gym and sometimes later perhaps at 7-8pm if the kids have one of their many functions or I am out of milk. It just so happened that the other day I worked late and then opted to go to the store before I picked up the kids. This meant that I pulled out of Tae Kwan Do around 5:30. As I was stuck in prime-time rush hour traffic, I was strangely comforted that so was everyone else. Not even in a spiteful way, I felt peaceful and connected to everyone else on the road. Strange no?