14 January
School. n. 1. an institution where instruction is given, especially to persons under college age 2. an institution for instruction in a particular skill or field 3. a college or university 4. a regular course of meets of a teacher or teachers and students for instruction; program of instruction 5. a session of such a course 6. the activity or process of learning under instruction, especially at a school for the young 7. one's formal education 8. a building housing a school 9. the body of students, or students and teachers, belonging to an educational institution 10. a building, room, etc., in a university, set apart for the use of one of the faculties or for some specific person 11. a particular faculty or department of a university having the right to recommend candidates for degrees, and usually beginning its program of instruction after the student has completed general education 12. any place, situation, etc., tending to each anything 13. the body of pupils or followers of a master, system, method, etc. 14. a. a group of artists, as painters, writers, or musicians, whose works reflect a common conceptual, regional, or personal influence b. the art and artists of a geographical location considered independently of stylistically similarity 15. any group of persons having common attitudes or beliefs 16. parts of close-order drill applying to the individual, the squad, or the like 17. a group of people gathered together, especially for gambling or drinking18. the faculties of a university 19. the schoolmen in a medieval university -adj 20. of or connected to a school or schools 21. of the schoolmen -v 22. to educate in or as if in a school; teach ;train 23. to reprimand
"Ah'll pay ya back whenevah Ah get the money," Rogue promised. "Ah didn't come t' the mansion with a lot t' begin with."
"Consider it on the house," Hank declined. "I never had a reason to use whatever I've acquired until now. A pretty excuse such as yourself warrants a dip into my reserve."
"And me with mah biology homework," Rogue mused.
"The pleasure is all mine."
"Ah'm sure it is." She pulled out her hefty biology book from her backpack and set it gently onto the cafe tabletop. Running her fingers along the pages, she flipped it open to a specific page, a piece of paper marking the spot. "It all sounds like a lot o' jibberish t' me." She flipped the placeholder paper to the backside. "The first page Ah get. Ah copy the definitions next t' the word an' Ah pick a letter in the multiple choice."
"Hold on. Go back," Hank instructed her. He carefully picked the paper from her hand and turned it around. "Dissociation would not include the original molecule. H-two-oh - or more technically, dihydrogen monoxide - is not an ion. Dissociation yields ions, which are molecules with a positive or negative charge."
Rogue looked over her choices in the multiple choice section of the worksheet. "Ah didn't say it was water."
"Oh, yes. You chose D, not B." He rubbed his chin. "Hydroxide, that OH ion, has a negative charge. Hydronium, H-three-oh, would be created with synthesis."
"So what is it?"
"Dihydrogen monoxide dissociates into a positive hydrogen ion and a negative hydroxide ion. Choice A." He handed the paper back and grabbed his drink. "This is chemistry, not biology."
"Well, Ah don't like either."