The Right Tail...

Sometimes I make cartoons to help my students remember stuff. This one is to help my junior Maths kids remember that a graph which is 'right skewed' is one where the long 'tail' is on the right hand side of the graph. Another name for 'right skew' is 'positive skew'. The cat image is from pixabay (public domain images) and the cartoon was speedily put together using chogger.

Talking Turkey

Today's attempted coup in Turkey got me thinking...

The above comic looks different to previous comics on this blog because bitstrips has gone off line - so I used pixton instead (it's not nearly as good as bitstrips was but that's another story).

Parkour

Based on a real life (as in one of my students tripped and came out with the punch line below)...

No End in Sight (aka Response #3)

Can't Complain (aka Response #2)

Sadly, this one was inspired by real life events. When my boss asks how things are going, here's my new standard response...

Response #1

There is a reason for this blog. Management at work don't take criticism at all well and if you complain, they try and do this...

That Parent

Here's how I'd react if my child's teacher kept harassing me to make an appointment for parent / student / teacher interviews ...

Luckily none of the parents I spoke to actually did this - but in my imagination, it could happen...

Work / Life Imbalance

Did I mention how much I love my job?