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Ode to University of Chicago

An Ode to the ones who helped the Hartigan Jr. Scientists in 2000 A.D.......... To all the University of Chicago scientist-mentors, the Science Fair Participants, and all who love science...........


A whir of excitement
Is all in the air
Young minds are probed
And guided with care.

Questions are asked
Ideas are formed,
Out of the dawn
Inspiration is born.

The heart of the mentor
Strains to hear
As the pupil describes
What seems vague and unclear.

The purpose unfolds
As they collaborate;
The concept comes forth
The theory sounds great.

Step by step
A child is directed
A science experiment
Is erected.

The goal of the tutor
And their turoree
Finally fuse....
Into one reality.

Trial and error
Accentuate success;
For a pupil has learned
To test each guess.

The fun in exploring
Scientific ideas,
Stimulates creativity
And dispels fears.

Deductive reasonings
And charts and graphs,
Don’t threaten these minds,
You can tell by their laughs.

This is the prize
For one who teaches
The sky is the limit
Toward which one reaches.

The curiosity
Of such a pioneer
Is the launcher
To their next frontier.

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