Wednesday January 27th
University day and the dreaded verdict on my inept Fibonacci assignment. Blow me, but I only got a B! Apparently it was a good idea and my tutor wants to see it in action. I think she was just being nice. Even so, that B made for a much better day.
Really enjoyed today as we were looking at statistics and she pulled out a bunch of really interesting charts from real life. I was particularly taken by this one - Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. Not only is it mathematically accurate, it's tells an incredibly powerful story through a brilliant combination of numbers and art. If I could find something like this for every lesson I teach, I would be very very happy. It clearly shows that his Army was pretty much done for by the time it got to Moscow in August and that the retreat was just the nail in the coffin.....as it were
