When Bostein clearly stated that ' the rules of high school turn out not to be the rules of life ' he apparently meant that the social-scale in a stereotypical high school is considered fake and has no purpose whatsoever in the outside world. Meaning that appearance and athletic status will not apply or be necessary to any sort of work in the 'real world'.
False- the purpose was to <span>set the boundary of the Louisiana Territory between the US and Canada at the 49th parallel.</span>
We know it is iambic because we are able to stress every other syllable.
Just a little hint: Not all, but most poems are written in iambic. Even a lot of pop songs now-a-days are written in iambic meter ;)
I believe Shakespeare had about 150 sonnets and only a few were not written in iambic. Crazy.