Topographical Waves

Sometimes '3D' happens - this time it required surprisingly little effort. Today's Gratitude Item: Vindication! For the past two years I have focused on 'skills based' material in my senior…

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Scarf Fall

This one is related to 'topographical waves' - it's good when making slight changes results in interesting differences. Today's Gratitude Item: Figuring out how to turn off notifications from a…

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Ridge Wave

In a fractal universe, wave appear with a predictable regularity. Today's Gratitude Item: Finding the next two books of a recently discovered trilogy at the library. It's nice not having…

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Ripple Crescent

Presenting yet another ocean / wave image. Today's Gratitude Item: Summer holidays are here! This might be as good as it gets :)

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Rule #10 (revisited)

This one is on my classroom wall. I had one which says 'Just do it' but one of my students plagiarised and then quoted the rule. This one should encourage…

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Escalator Waves

The pattern reminded me of the 'tread' of an escalator. Hence the name. Today's Gratitude Item: Managing to do my share of junior Mathematics exam marking in record time. Unfortunately…

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Shaky Ground

If you're having one of 'those' days - please hang in there. Eventually the shaking will stop (or you'll get used to it). Today's Gratitude Item: That the first day…

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Shock Wave

These waves have some spiky bits for variety. Today's Gratitude Item: A simple solution to an annoying problem. There is a sink outside my classroom which is convenient for filling…

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Polar Wave

This one looks better 'small'. Today's Gratitude Item: Getting confirmation that everything is set up for my students to submit 'external' work for marking. This is quite a big deal…

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Rule #6

This one really applies to kids who don't try at all. If they do try, they will eventually succeed (even if a bit of failure is necessary first). Today's Gratitude…

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