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Happy 11111011111

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 01/01/2015

Happy New Year, Happy 2015, Happy 11111011111 which is, of course, 2015 in binary, Base 2.* And its a palindrome, which, as you know, I like. Speaking of palindromes, Monday is not only the first day back at school, its also the first palindromic date of the year: 5 1 15 and we won’t see […]

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Boxing Day, Football Fixtures and Chinese Postmen

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 27/12/2014

Boxing Day. Possibly the only day I don’t envy the lifestyle of a Premier League footballer. Yes, they may earn millions, yes, they only “work” a few hours a day, but  Boxing Day is a day for rest and recovery, not for running around after a ball for ninety minutes. So I settled down on […]

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A maths teacher on holiday

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 21/12/2014

Happy holidays to all pupils, parents and teachers. A Maths Teacher Writes – Probably the Best Blog in the World Related posts: A maths teacher on holiday Maths Teacher Shortage! Has the PM been reading my blog? If maths teachers wrote Christmas cracker jokes

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True Grit

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 17/12/2014

The Government has recently announced plans (and funding) to “Instil character in pupils.” The current buzzword is “Grit”, and for me it conjures up images of a posse of young John Waynes swaggering off into the sunset telling their mates to “get off your horse and drink your milk.” All noble stuff and it does […]

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The Poetry of Parallel Lines – The Movie

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 16/12/2014

This post, where I first blogged about the above image, has become one of the most popular pages on my blog. Since discovering the image, I have fallen in love with the melancholic nature of the tale, imagining the moment in the sun when the two lines meet, and the inevitability of them drifting apart, […]

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