I don’t fucking Understand!

Mon, 08/20/2018 - 20:56 -- kotran

On the first day of school

I walked into a physics room

Being here, I was such a fool

Not aware that I will face doom

 

Prothro launched projectiles

Look at them go!

Smiles and he got us hooked

Objects at rest

Forces to make them move

Hey listen! This will be on the test.

But no time to improve…

Oh look, the first question

Oh joy, my depression

What the fuck is an acceleration?

I was sure that I was damned

I don’t fucking understand

 

Prothro talked about rope

Wrapped around a pulley

Sitting on top of an incline slope

"What is the tension?"

I don’t know… Truly,

Do you think I was paying attention?

Nope, I have a short mind retention!

I have zero concentration! (In physics)

For your information

"Well", he says, "Can you explain this, the best you possibly can?"

No. Because I don’t fucking understand!

 

"I digress!" Prothro shouts

I’m oppressed I flout

Here’s what I’m gonna say

Help me God I pray

Prothro teaches us friction

Good thing I understood the textbook’s diction

We watched as he draws the depiction

Thankfully Prothro isn’t making any contradictions

Otherwise this will be another affliction, constriction, infliction

This is my fucking crucifixion

Now you better listen

He then talks about momentum

Here’s what I’m gonna tell him

I still don’t fucking understand.

"The ball is elastic (wave hands)"

The way he said it sounds bombastic

"When 2 objects collide, they bounce away from each other"

Fantastic, but what the hell is inelastic?

"Elastic’s exact opposite brother"

The way you said that sounds very sarcastic

That Prothro, how very classic

"Has your knowledge expand?"

I don’t fucking understand.

 

Prothro preached about energy and work

Well it’s time to improve my guesswork

Kinetic and Potential

In my life, is this really essential?

"Yes! What happens when you’re on top of a 20-story apartment?"

You jump?

Oh God, don’t get me started.

Right, I will just get a little bump. (Tap head)

"No! You’re higher up, so…"

(snap fingers) Gravity pulls me (By the way, it’s constantly pulling us)

"How can you not quickly pickup…"

Oh I see,

It converts into kinetic energy

"Yes that’s how it works generally.

Do you understand the major concepts essentially?"

I don’t fucking understand.

 

Prothro showed us circles and rotation

What the hell are those notations?

Prothro handed me a red stick

Told me to quickly rotate it

My arm was feeling a strange sensation

The girl next to me had not struggled one bit

Then I learned … Prothro you fucking dick!

"Do you understand? (Smirks)"

Yes, I finally do!

"Great, this event is so grand!"

I learned that sticks can not be judged in only one view.

"Oh My God!!! You don’t fucking understand."

 

Prothro taught us voltage, current, and resistance

Does this have any relation to distance?

He sets up light bulbs in series

I have no worries

He sets up the light bulbs in parallel

So far learning has been swell

"You understand this, I can tell"

This time my grade hasn’t fell

Prothro taught us waves

On springs and strings

Even from sounds when somebody sings

He taught us pathway interference

My understanding again reached incoherence

There will never be any clearance

If a speaker is on,

I will hear it anywhere nearby

Prothro, you’re a fucking con

But I wonder why in physics, (pause 5 seconds)

I don’t fucking understand

 

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