Toronto Teachers College - Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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Ode To The Metric System False measurements , was one of the cries, Heard during the French Revolution. The measurements were irrational then and needed A rational solution. The metre did not come by chance 'Twas devised by learned men of France. A fraction ofa world's meridian length Was the basic unit to give measures strength. To multiply and divide by powers of ten Greek and Latin names were used by these men. So the system was decimal, easy to use, And much less likely to confuse. lt was later amended and brought up to date When itwas found to be inaccurate. Two lines on a platinum irridium bar, Give the standard now found to be best by far. It's the system for calculations scientific Its accuracy is so specific, That it's kept locked up in a Breteuil pavilion AND MEASURES CORRECTLY . . . TO ONE PART IN A MlLLlON. Cuisinaire rods, Cuisinaire rods, There are rows and rows of little trains There are white ones, There are red ones, And they all look lust the same. Take a red rod Add a white rod Then you'll end up with a green rod There's a green rod, red and white rod, But they all look lust the same. Take a red rod from a black rod The resultwill be a yellow rocl lf you're colour blind, it doesn't matter, Simply take it on faith. Just stay with us one more second While we leave you with a challenge, Take a fishing rod and a hot rod And make them both look iust the same. JIM CRAIG PATTY ANDREWS Form 7 Page 70

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