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Maths Teacher and Countdown Addict

Mark Wilbraham in earlier years.

Teaching Capacity

Signed MSW on his intra-school documents, Mark Wilbraham is a mathematician holding a BSc Hons. with Qualified Teacher Status Degree from Leeds University

Countdown

Mr Wilbraham appeared on the television show Countdown on Thursday 6th February, 1997, during its (19524)34th season, and attained a score of 45 points. He was unfortunately defeated by his opponent and did not appear on the show a second time. Unsurprisingly, he did not find the number rounds problematic, but does note that the sound of the musical clock is rather distracting.

Password

He also holds the honour of having the school intranet password sharing his name.. and no, I'm not giving away any secrets there because: a) who knows the username and b) who cares??!

He also dispises people singing the countdown tune behind him. Supposedly its a detentionable offence according to him.

Quotes

• "Consonant please, Carol."
• "And that plus makes more plus."
• "Everyone got it wrong, except those who didn't."
• "You do make some stupid mistakes!"
• "Wilbers: "You alright Steph?"

"Steph: "Yeah, are you?"

• "Exercises and Examples."
• "you 'right girls?"(repeated every lesson ,with menacing look across his face)
• "look Greg this is the FIRST time youv'e got a late homework and if you get ONE more its headmasters detention. Because its THREE lates until you get and after school detention."
• To a YEAR 10 class "Can anyone tell me the name of the line around the circle?", after many whispers of 'does he really want us to answer that?' from the class, someone told him it was a circumference...
• (in silence, aimlessly wandering around the classroom) to self: "ooh i can smell beef crisps"
• (also in silence, whilst staring at the wall): "Where were you at lunchtime?"

Repeat 3 or 4 times, each time louder and more irate than the last. ((Okay, so the wall turned out to be a window and there was someone on the other side of it, but it was very funny from the corner of the classroom I was in.))

• "So why is a cone not a sphere?"

Footballing legend

Mr Wilbraham has appeared in over one staff football match and has managed to 'show the kids some stuff'. Mr Williamson described Wilbo as being "suprisingly tricky" although later went on to say that this was possibly due to him watching too many Rochdale A.F.C. matches.

Wilbers is a committed Dale fan, having watched a total of 6,435,784 matches in his lifetime.

Nicknames

Wilbo, the Wilberbeast, Wilbear, Wilbers