Revelations (Re-made)

"I think your just jealous..."

 

"Huh?"he said

 

"Nothing, anyway, Frankie, did Toby give you work to do? or am I to give you some calculus?"

 

"I have my own work..."

 

"Good, I'll let you chose where you sit, now." She quickly wrote a formula up on the board. "Forrest, could you please calculate
E=MC^2?"

Maddie bit her tongue. "Don't'cha think that's a little harsh for the first day?"

"Nope"

 

"Uh.....3?"he said shrugging

 

"Nope, Maddie?"

Maddie walked over to the board and scribbled a few things



"Note how the units were dealt with and that kg m2 s-2 is the same as joules.

So from 1kg of matter, any matter, we can get out 9 x 1016 joules of energy. Writing that out fully we get..."
She scribbled some numbers.



"That is a lot of energy! For example, if we converted 1 kg of mass into energy and used it all to power a 100 watt light bulb how long could we keep it lit for? The first thing to do is divide the result by watts, remember that 1 watt is 1 joule per second."



"How long is that in years? A year (365.25 days) is 31,557,600 seconds, so we get..."



"That is a very long time!

Of course, converting mass into energy is not quite that simple, and apart from with some tiny particles in experimental situations has never been carried out with 100% efficiency. Perhaps that’s just as well."

 

".....What?"He said looking confused

 

"I told you it'd be too confusing, mum!"

"Well, you solved it, and Forrest at least gave it a try." She turned to him. "I believe you've learned enough, chillax, and you can start chillaxing by copying down what Maddie just drew and explained.."

 

"Your kidding right?"

 

"Of course I am! You can write a 1000 word essay on the subject instead!"

 

His jaw dropped

 

"She's just kidding." Maddie giggled. "She wouldn't be aloud to do such a thing!...right, mum?"

"I'm allowed to do it, and." She looked at Forrest. "I expect it to be finished in two days!"

 

"Ok then...."he said

 

Gabe blinked rapidly, "Did I just witness a human calculator or what?! Little lady, I think I've misjudged you." He grinned at Maddie and scribbled down a shortened version of what she'd written, "Man, no wonder my dad is always dominating me at everything. He works in the freaking school of superior beings! Damn!"

 

Maddie giggled, "Thanks"

Rita sat back down at her desk. "What are kids in next period?"

 

"English...."he said

 

"With Ms Ceravie, I presume?"

 

"Uh...yeah..."

 

"Good luck!" She said, "You'll need it!" She smiled and transformed into her cat form, then began rolling around on her desk.