Science Fairs

Eliminating science fairs
Is lately in the news.
As one who suffered through them,
It is time to share my views.

When I went to school, we all took part –
There was no choice.
If science was your thing,
You had good reason to rejoice.

But if your inclinations lay
In English, gym or art,
Your science project weighed you down;
You knew not where to start.

The science geeks made lava flow
Or incubated eggs.
Their projects were crème de la crème,
While mine resembled dregs.

Encouragement of science
Is a good and noble deed,
But some of us just didn’t have
The brain part that we’d need.

So now that science fairs will be
A remnant of the past,
I say – good riddance for us all
Whose projects came in last!