Those who are familiar with rock band parodies of the 1980s may recall the deliberately B movie “Spinal Tap” with its famous line (about one character’s new and improved amplifier, and punctuated with heavy British accent), “Mine goes up to 11!”.
Well kids, mine goes up to 109! And what’s more, it begins at -6!!!
Lucky me, I had amongst my helpers this week a tenured math professor from York, who kindly agreed to re-create my number line. He did so in rather a meticulous fashion, taking considerably longer to complete the job than I had anticipated. It was, however, a masterpiece once complete, and it now sits proudly laminated and affixed to one of my bulletin boards, awaiting the awe and wonder of 20 Grade 3 students next week. (It has already garnered much commentary from my envious colleagues, whos number lines -- if they even have one -- only go up to 20, or at best, 100!)
I sent the happy professor a photo of a commercial number line for sale at Staples this morning, along with its price. I soon rec’d his reply; according to his calculations, his work then was worth approximately $1.00 per hour. Considerably less than he makes at York, I would presume.
“Yes, but, mine goes up to 109”!
Well kids, mine goes up to 109! And what’s more, it begins at -6!!!
Lucky me, I had amongst my helpers this week a tenured math professor from York, who kindly agreed to re-create my number line. He did so in rather a meticulous fashion, taking considerably longer to complete the job than I had anticipated. It was, however, a masterpiece once complete, and it now sits proudly laminated and affixed to one of my bulletin boards, awaiting the awe and wonder of 20 Grade 3 students next week. (It has already garnered much commentary from my envious colleagues, whos number lines -- if they even have one -- only go up to 20, or at best, 100!)
I sent the happy professor a photo of a commercial number line for sale at Staples this morning, along with its price. I soon rec’d his reply; according to his calculations, his work then was worth approximately $1.00 per hour. Considerably less than he makes at York, I would presume.
“Yes, but, mine goes up to 109”!
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