Billy The Kid
Moon
- Joined
- Oct 20, 2012
”Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.”
A deep voice with a slight rasp booms as he enters his packed class, not pausing as he walks towards the three section whiteboard, each step in rhythm with the poem and each word enunciated to perfection. While Paul by far was never an English major, he still minored in it and loved the written word, be it poetry or the latest short story published on some underground fan fiction site. To him words and numbers were the true arts of the world and every chance he could get in class, he shared that feeling with his students. As a result of his less than orthodox way of teaching chemistry to the poor students required to dive through the laws, equations, theories and all the rest of the nightmare that they could vaguely remember.Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.”
Reaching the board he takes two markers in hand, one fire red and another that is as blue as ice. First popping open the blue one he writes the word “enthalpy”in capital block text, following up by opening the red marker and writing the word “entropy”in the same style as the previous word. Closing both caps and tossing them on the tray, turning around he places his hands in his khaki pants, his wrists resting on his leather belt, the faded steel buckle barely catching the white florescent light of the bulbs up above. Briefly removing his hand to run it through his hair, Professor Heyman smiles and returns his hand. “If I have at least managed to pound one thing into your heads these past few weeks is that even things on the micro scale can be seen on the macro scale; just take a look at the two most powerful emotions- love and hate.
Finishing up the lecture, hoping that his equating love and hate, poetry and chemistry managed to drill the concepts into the heads of his pupils; he knew that the teacher’s pets probably missed part of it having spent more time in the books than experiencing the beauty of the world or the. Packing up giving the usual meeting, he strolls out of the room and heads towards his office and where the annoyance that is his TA is probably at already, ready to schedule and or set up anything. Thinking about the little prank he pulled on her, he reaches for the door knob with a little laugh, expecting to find her there and more than ready to kiss his ass.