192. Maths class misery.

Mathematics class: not entertaining.

Maths teachers similar – unless exceptional.

Ours is Mrs Donnelan.

She’s OK, nice enough lady, except:

I don’t think she likes Maths.
I’m sure she thinks little of our class.
And even less of the school.

At times it is sad how sad she looks.

Extra:

Mrs Donnelan looks happy here in this class photo from 1st Year (or Year 7 as it is now called).

Nepean High School – Class 1A – 1968

Here are the names as I see them but would be glad to get some help:

Back Row (l to r): ?, Carolyn Bootle; Enda Humphries; Anita Anderson; Cheryl Hextall (?); Beverly Holmes; Margaret Osborne; Jenny Herdon; Christine Hinson.

3rd Row: Stephen Jolley; Peter Herrmann; Peter Nicholls; Stephen Abbott; Willy Roberts; Max Cowan; Garry Cockle; Rodney Megarrity

2nd Row: Greg Jackson; Graham Collins; ?; Jeanette Ross; Jenny Hawes; Gaila Ide; Wayne Chew; Howard Bell; Mrs Donnelan

Front Row: Robert New; Mark Hogan; Jonathon Cord; Paul Lukins; Peter Campbell; Paul Leathers; Andrew Wilmot; Kim Budd

Many thanks to Paul Darr & Garry Cockle for helping me cover up my memory exposed.

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30. Castles made of …

A mathematical primer:

Orange (10) to White (1) matches

Black (7) plus Pink (4) equals Green plus Yellow.

Permutations abound.

But none so pleasing as …

The Cuisinenaire Castle.

Wooden rods colourfully layered – orange base to singular white apex.

Three Cuisenaire Castles of Kindy – bombarded, shattered.

That’s fun!

Rods lost.

Cane found – swoosh – hits hand.

A Little Extra.

I don’t think I was listening to Hendrix at the time of this incident … but when I recalled it,  a Hendrix song floated by …

“And so castles made of sand melts into the sea, eventually”

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