TERC I am

from the Beyond TERC

Anonymous said...
I am TERC
TERC I am

That TERC-I-Am
That TERC-I-Am
I do not like that TERC-I-Am

Do you like reform in math?

I do not like it, TERC-I-Am
I do not like reform in math.

Would you like it here or there?

I would not like it here or there.
I would not like it anywhere.
I do not like reform in math.
I do not like it, TERC-I-am.

Would you like it in your class?
Would you like it for your lass?

I do not like it in any class.
I do not like it for my lass.
I do not like it here or there.
I do not like it anywhere.
I do not like reform in math.
I do not like it, TERC-I-Am.

Would you like to do the fad?
Would you like to do math bad?

Not with the fad.
Not do math bad.
Not in the class.
Not for my lass.

I would not do TERC here or there.
I would not do TERC anywhere.
I do not like reform in math.
I do not like it, TERC-I-Am.

Would you? Could you? At the store?
Draw it. Draw it.
Draw it some more.

I would not, could not at the store.
Draw it, draw it.
NO! I CAN REALLY DO MORE.

You may like it, you will see.
You may like to draw number three.

I would not, will not, draw number three.
Not at the store. TERC, let me be.

These drawings are silly, dont you see.
I understand, what is three
Now let me go, I must insist
I have real math to learn, you I can resist

I like real math, TERC I Am
I like it,
I un-der-stand it
MATH I AM

These silly games must go
I have place value I must know

I use it to subtract and add
Those terms, I know, you find bad

So TERC-I-Am, please let me be
I am MATH, I am more than counting to three

I multiply and divide
I have algorithms I can derive

TERC you must go
This I really do know

I am math and you will see
Because in the end, I will be set free