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Who am I? I call myself Mozzie because I am a Morris and an Ozzie. I love the certainty and precision of mathematics but also the thrill of discovering of new ideas and connections, my mathventures.

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Peter Morris

Early days

Born in 1952 in Sydney, Australia.Moved with family to Adelaide, Australia, in 1964. My high school and University education was in Adelaide. Dad was a teacher and historian of Education at Adelaide University. I inherited Mum’s mathematical brain.

Education

Call me a failed academic if you will, I dropped out of a PhD program but eventually found my way into high school teaching. I would say that was my making as an adult and mathematician. It gave me insight into the world of pedagogy and the process by which we learn as much as the content of what we learn.

Travels

My father was an orphan who had the good luck to meet a young Swede in Sydney with whom he formed a life-long friendship. On a pilgrimage to Europe in 1980 while visiting Sweden I met my future wife and mother of my children. Here’s me just before I left.

Family and career

Eventually I emigrated to Sweden where I continued as an educator of mathematics and international program manager, the International Baccalaureate Diploma program. You can say I landed on my feet as my new career in Stockholm took me literally around the world. On IB conferences I was able visit many of the cities in Europe and as a tutor for IB exam preparation courses I have worked at (not for) Oxford and Cambridge University colleges, M.I.T. in Boston, Melbourne and Sydney Universities in Australia.

After work

On retirement in 2016 my working life took another twist. I was enticed to spend a year in an Indian school near Delhi to help them develop an IB Diploma program of their own. After that too I was employed as replacement teacher of IB Diploma Mathematics at the American School of Barcelona. And soon a new IB exam prep course in Munich.

Life as retiree

Now I am back at home in Stockholm with a grandson to care for, my best friend I call him. What to do as a retiree was a constant question before retirement but now I am happily busy and my life has been fruitful and fulfilling. What to do? Mathematics is my passion and since COVID grounded me in Australia I have been developing some ideas that have been sitting waiting for inspiration since my university days. These form the basis of several series I have planned to post on WordPress.

Other interests

What do I do in my spare time? I have led an active life – swimming, playing rugby, mountain walking and climbing, skiing downhill and cross-country, ice skating on the frozen lakes near home. I love watching cricket and Aussie Rules football.

I love travelling and, inspired my maternal grandfather’s origins in India, have been on several great trips in that country and soon will undertake an extended tour of the Himalayas.

I hope you enjoy what I have to offer …