Tom Brown
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Tom Brown
I consider myself a teacher of mathematics. I have an MSc at the University of
South Africa and a PhD at the University of Pretoria but people mostly know
South Africa and a PhD at the University of Pretoria but people mostly know
me as Mr Brown. What gives me most meaning and fulfilment in work is to
encourage and inspire gifted young people, who could face similar difficulties
and adversities than I've had. My main academic research interests would be
in stochastic processes and in the mathematical theory of empathy.
My greatest academic ambition is to consolidate the work of Prof Niko Sauer.
A monumental task. For the love of God and the fear of Mathematics!
it's good to be young
Posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
It's good to be young and insane.
Read full commentPosted in Mental Illness
I asked my love
Posted on Mon, 28 Jan 2019
I asked my love to take a walk just a little walk, down where the waters flow, down by the banks of the old Iho. Do you know the song Parson? Your poem also reminds me of "Diep Rivier" of Eugene Marais.
Your poem's tragic end is masterly...
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This is really lovely
Posted on Thu, 24 Jan 2019
This is really lovely Donna! So beautiful in its simplicity. The kind of poem I most like to read.
Keep well! Tom
Read full commentPosted in The Hills
Lost on the internet
Posted on Fri, 25 Jan 2019
So true &
Read full commentPosted in 21st Century Kids
This one guy
Posted on Thu, 24 Jan 2019
This one guy called a friend of mine "deep" so he answered "Then you must be shallow". Reminds of Shakespeare hey? Fascinating dialogue yes. Couragous. And originail is it? Good idea- to keep it short. Good idea yes.
Tom Brown
Read full commentPosted in FactoidMan and ShallowMan
wine
Posted on Sat, 15 Dec 2018
Indeed. Drunkenness and anger speak truthfully -Old African proverb
Read full commentPosted in In Vino Veritas
I didn't know of this jelly
Posted on Mon, 26 Nov 2018
I didn't know of this little jelly blob thing 'till I got blind in one eye for about 2 minutes at work, so later I went to see a doctor he looked he said it's fine the same story as yours. He's got machines and stuff. It happens to everybody they...
Read full commentPosted in Vitreous Humourless
Good old stuff
Posted on Thu, 20 Jun 2013
Good old stuff! Defiant!
Read full commentPosted in a junky's lament
Sala kahle!
Posted on Sat, 10 Nov 2018
“Sala kahle” is a Zulu greeting for goodbye. It says “stay well”. For “go well” the greeting is “hamba kahle!”
I gave an attempted phonetic English spelling. I am learning isiZulu it's going slowly but steadily. I find it very difficult....
Read full commentPosted in In That Moment
Sounds good!
Posted on Thu, 15 Nov 2018
Sounds good! We don't ever get snow here in South-Africa. Never. Most of us haven't even ever seen snow. Only when it's terribly cold sometimes it snows on the mountains. The Cape mountains and the Drakensberg. There in the northern hemishere is...
Read full commentPosted in LET THE SEASONS
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