"Deal bountifully with Thy servant, that I may live and keep Thy WORD." - Psalm 119:17.

THE LORD JESUS CHRIST DIED TO PAY THE DEBT HE NEVER OWED, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DIE FOR THAT DEBT WE NEVER CAN PAY.

OF VECTORS, SCALARS, U.A.M. AND ...THE CLINIC

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T'WAS JUST THE FIRST MONTH OF THE NEW YEAR;

FROM THEIR HOLIDAYS, BACK TO SCHOOL, ALL TOTS A'FRESH.

A GRADE-SCHOOLER, WHO IN CLASS OFTEN SLEPT,

ASKED HIS TEACHER DURING THE BREAK -

" WHAT WOULD YOU TEACH US AFTER RECESS? "

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SMILING, SHE SAID "VECTORS."

" VECTORS?"

JUMPING TO HER FEET, AND WITH ALL GESTURES APPROPRIATE,

"YES, DEAR! VECTORS! WANT EXAMPLES?"

AND THE LAD DID NOD.

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"YOU PUSH TO THE LEFT, YOU PULL TO THE RIGHT.

EVERYTHING'S TO BE IN PROPER PLACE AND IN SIGHT.

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A FORCE IS EITHER A PUSH OR A PULL,

EACH WITH DIRECTION AND MAGNITUDE.

NOW, A VECTOR QUANTITY IS EXPRESSED,

NOT BY MAN'S SIGHS, OR WOES A 'MESS...

BUT BY A NUMBER, A UNIT AND DIRECTION.

SUCH ARE THE QUANTITIES WEIGHT AND ACCELERATION."

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"WEIGHT DESCRIBES HOW HEAVY YOU ARE...

AND MOMENTUM YOU HAVE WHEN RIDING A CAR.

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WITH A FORCE AND ROTATION, PLUS AN AXIS,

THERE IS TORQUE, WITH ALL OF THESE.

DISPLACEMENT AND VELOCITY ARE ALSO VECTORS,

WHERE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION ARE BOTH FACTORS."

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THE LAD GASPED AT EVERY WORD, EVERY PHRASE!

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HIS TEACHER CONTINUED...WITH HIS STARES, UNFAZED.

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"YET, UNLIKE VECTORS, SCALARS ARE QUANTITIES...

SPECIFIED BY MAGNITUDES, WITH DIRECTIONS UNNECESSARY;

TAKE, AS EXAMPLES - TIME, VOLUME AND DENSITY...

ALSO AREA AND LENGTH, MASS AND EVEN MONEY."

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"WELL...WANNA HEAR ABOUT UNIFORMLY ACCELERATED MOTION?

AFTER VECTORS AND SCALARS, WE'D HAVE U.A.M."

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WITH A HAND ON HIS HEAD, AS IF DAZED, THE LAD ROSE;

AND, TAKING HIS TEACHER BY THE HAND, AND KNEES TREMBLING,

HE LED HER TO THE DOOR.

" MA'AM...PLEASE TAKE ME TO THE DOCTOR.

THE CLINIC NEEDS ME!

I THINK MY BRAIN IS HAVING A SWIRLING, VIOLENT REACTION."

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THE TEACHER HAD TO STAY IN THE HOSPITAL FOR DAYS;

WHEELED INTO THE DELIVERY ROOM, CHUCKLING ALL THE WAY.

FORGET, SHE COULD NOT, DESPITE HER PAINS...

THOSE LITTLE EYES THAT AT HER, BEWILDERED, STARED.

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HER NEW SON DID ARRIVE,

TO HER HE WAS GIVEN, AND THANK GOD HE'S ALIVE.

"MY BUNDLE OF JOY!" AND TO HIM, SHE SMILED.

TO HIS EARS, SHE WHISPERED...

"WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF VECTORS AND SCALARS!"

TO HER SURPRISE, HER BABY OPENED HIS EYES…

LOOKED AT HER CONFUSED,ASTONISHED! THEN, WAILED, AND CRIED! .......

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-Dedicated to Alfred Carlos, Edrian, Edrilyn,

Angielyn, to our dearly departed Albert Paulo but most especially TO THE GREAT GOD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, THE AUTHOR OF LAUGHTER AND JOY.(FLD)