Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Schooooooools...OUT...FOR...SUMMER!

Ack! A month went by. Well, another year ended at Ferris, and I was too far down on the rotation list to get any summer teaching assignments. That's a good chunk of change that we won't get, but with the depressing gas prices I don't really mind NOT driving up to Big Rapids. So, I'll just be in GR for the most part, trying not to spend too much money, mowing the lawn, teaching Annika to ride a bike, and doing a few mathematical things that I've been hoping to do.

At the end of April I attended the math meeting that the Michigan section of the Mathematical Association of America holds each year. This year I contributed a 20-minute talk on dividing squares and rectangles with into smaller squares, and the highlight was showing off the quilt Mom made using one particular pattern that divides a square into 21 smaller squares, no two of which are the same size. The quilt was a big hit. We had talked about showing it at the Tulip Time quilt show in Holland, but I needed it for my talk during the show. Maybe next year. Amazingly, I don't have a picture of the quilt.

Until next month...(hopefully not)...

2 comments:

Susan said...

Hooray! My summer vacation starts today and I'm so excited, too. It won't be quite as relaxing as yours, but still a nice change of pace.

By the way, it looks like a certain trophy traveled back to Calvin this year....

Nick said...

Lucky! I still have 3 weeks of school left. And that's awesome about the quilt.