Susan Whitehouse
@susanwhitehouse.bsky.social
A Level Maths and Further Maths teacher, education consultant, co-author of "Teaching A level Maths" and of Hodder education A level Maths textbooks. She/her.
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This is my lovely grandmother, recorded 5 years before her death at the age of 97
This is my lovely grandmother, recorded 5 years before her death at the age of 97
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December 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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This is my lovely grandmother, recorded 5 years before her death at the age of 97
This is my lovely grandmother, recorded 5 years before her death at the age of 97
...After the war, he was offered a job as Professor of Law at Berlin University. He replied that he would rather be a binman in England than a Professor in Germany.
December 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
...After the war, he was offered a job as Professor of Law at Berlin University. He replied that he would rather be a binman in England than a Professor in Germany.
My grandmother managed to get her parents out of Germany, (though sadly not her sister, brother-in-law, niece and nephew, who dies in Auschwitz). Her father became fiercely loyal to Britain despite being interned as an enemy alien during the war...
December 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
My grandmother managed to get her parents out of Germany, (though sadly not her sister, brother-in-law, niece and nephew, who dies in Auschwitz). Her father became fiercely loyal to Britain despite being interned as an enemy alien during the war...
Yes, that's what I would go with too
December 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Yes, that's what I would go with too
I exist because my grandmother was taken in when she arrived alone with nothing as a 17 year old Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany. She worked as a cook, cleaner and au pair. My mother and sister are University professors, my brother and I are teachers.
December 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I exist because my grandmother was taken in when she arrived alone with nothing as a 17 year old Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany. She worked as a cook, cleaner and au pair. My mother and sister are University professors, my brother and I are teachers.
An incident involving the security services in the Terminal 3 car park (whatever that means) is the latest. Hope your day improves!
December 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
An incident involving the security services in the Terminal 3 car park (whatever that means) is the latest. Hope your day improves!
I think I would like your Dad. From each according to their ability to each according to their need...
December 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I think I would like your Dad. From each according to their ability to each according to their need...
Why do you think an answer without trig is better than an answer using trig?
December 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Why do you think an answer without trig is better than an answer using trig?
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4. Hazy shade of winter - Simon and Garfunkel
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2. River - Indigo Girls
3. Winter song - Sam Fender
4. Hazy shade of winter - Simon and Garfunkel
5. Winter lady - Leonard Cohen
#FridayFive
December 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
1. Tinsel and lights - Tracey Thorn
2. River - Indigo Girls
3. Winter song - Sam Fender
4. Hazy shade of winter - Simon and Garfunkel
5. Winter lady - Leonard Cohen
#FridayFive
2. River - Indigo Girls
3. Winter song - Sam Fender
4. Hazy shade of winter - Simon and Garfunkel
5. Winter lady - Leonard Cohen
#FridayFive
And what's nicer if you just want to be able to solve a particular type of trig equation immediately, isn't necessarily the same thing as what's nicer for long-term understanding and fluency, and to be transferable
December 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
And what's nicer if you just want to be able to solve a particular type of trig equation immediately, isn't necessarily the same thing as what's nicer for long-term understanding and fluency, and to be transferable
I love the graphs, I love the unit circle, but when I'm solving trig equations myself I go straight for general solutions. And in Mechanics, I'm all about right-angled triangles. I'm so glad that I have access to all these different representations 😀
December 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I love the graphs, I love the unit circle, but when I'm solving trig equations myself I go straight for general solutions. And in Mechanics, I'm all about right-angled triangles. I'm so glad that I have access to all these different representations 😀
I don't think all students agree that it's nicer...
December 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I don't think all students agree that it's nicer...
I'm a huge fan of teaching multiple methods. I don't necessarily think it is the quickest way of getting students fluent with the individual topic you're teaching, but I think you are playing the long game. It helps build students' understanding of Maths as a network of interconnected ideas.
December 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I'm a huge fan of teaching multiple methods. I don't necessarily think it is the quickest way of getting students fluent with the individual topic you're teaching, but I think you are playing the long game. It helps build students' understanding of Maths as a network of interconnected ideas.
I would certainly teach it. (Which I know is not answering the question of whether it comes up 😂)
December 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I would certainly teach it. (Which I know is not answering the question of whether it comes up 😂)
Depending who you talk to, CAST is a strange memorising technique for solving trig equations and very bad, or it is the use of the unit circle to solve trig equations and very good. (I think it can be either of these things, depending how it is taught/used).
December 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Depending who you talk to, CAST is a strange memorising technique for solving trig equations and very bad, or it is the use of the unit circle to solve trig equations and very good. (I think it can be either of these things, depending how it is taught/used).
I used to, but I don't subscribe so I can't access it any more
December 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I used to, but I don't subscribe so I can't access it any more
Glad that the resources are still useful! 😀
December 2, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Glad that the resources are still useful! 😀
I would assume they are after 2(x-5)(x-2), with the "fully" meaning that you can't accept (2x-10)(x-2) or (x-5)(2x-4)
December 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I would assume they are after 2(x-5)(x-2), with the "fully" meaning that you can't accept (2x-10)(x-2) or (x-5)(2x-4)
I didn't know you had new babies - congratulations!
December 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I didn't know you had new babies - congratulations!