Classroom Short Stories

Short stories, from the classroom, written by a mathematics teacher.

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Short stories, from the classroom, written by a mathematics teacher.

Online Short Stories to Inform, Entertain and Inspire

Amusing stories, poignant stories, illustrated stories, true stories.

Welcome to Mixed Numbers — Recollections gleaned from over three decades of pushing chalk across a blackboard. Some stories are accompanied by an illustration that contains errors for the reader to spot.

My website includes other writing ventures including my children’s books – The Blake E Mysteries.

In Praise of Discarded Timber
Arakoon National Park
Wood in Motion

New ItemsOther ‘MIXED NUMBER’ anecdotes include:-

I’m Living in the Sixties

The Die is Cast

High Five Duncan

Balancing Squares and Cubes

Tom, Dick and Harry

Black, Flat, and Functional

Persistent Peristalsis

A Beginning at the End of the Line

“The Finest Memorial”

The Naive Novice

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About Mixed Numbers

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