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OH CALCULUS! OH CALCULUS,

Calculus Carols
a tail, dynamic teacher,head Imagine of theSociety for Isaac Newton, and dressed as the Big Fig (we toldyou that you would have touse your imagination). That was Denis Gannon (1940-1991), an inspiring teacherat F. T. Moloney
hallmark was humor. Each

(To: "Oh, Christmas Tree") Oh, Calculus; Oh, Calculus, How tough are both your branches. Oh, Calculus; Oh, Calculus,
To pass, what Derivatives my I cannot take, are chances?

Oh, Calculus; Oh, Calculus, Your problems do distress me. Oh, Calculus;
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Oh, Calculus,
depress me.

At integrals my fingers shake. Oh, Calculus; Oh, Calculus, How tough are both your branches. Oh, Calculus;
Your theorems

Iwalk toward lampposts

And running water makes

inmy sleep,
me weep.

Oh, Calculus; Oh, Calculus, Your problems do distress me. Oh, Calculus; Oh, Calculus, My limit I am reaching. Oh, Calculus; Oh, Calculus, For mercy I'm beseeching. My grades do not approach a B, They're just an epsilon from D. Oh, Calculus; Oh, Calculus, My limit I am reaching.

Oh, Calculus,
I can't master.

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Gannon's

at theholiday season he bellowed out Calculus Carols thathe wrote for his AP Calculus students. Here are two for your
class to sing.

year

Oh, Calculus; Oh, Calculus, My proofs are a disaster. You pull a trick out of the air,
Or find a reason, God knows where.

Oh, Calculus;
Your theorems

Oh, Calculus,
I can't master.

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