What time is it??

Teaching is a tough job you know. I have taught some kids when I was in college and I know first hand. It really is tough! At the end of every academic year, your students are like live, walking-talking report cards. If you happen to do a good job, great! If you don't, then imagine having a report card that jumps around telling every person how pathetically you have scored in the teaching department!

Sometime ago, during a conversation with my friend, she asked me to teach her kids, eight and nine year old, "how to read time on the clock".

So, I told them...

Small hand shows the hour, big hand shows the minute. They nodded. I repeated...

Small hand shows the hour, big hand shows the minute. They nodded. I repeated...

Small hand shows the hour, big hand shows the minute. They nodded. I repeated...

Finally, when I was sure that I had the concept drilled into the very core of their brains, I gave them different times and asked them to mark it on the clock diagram. And guess what, they got it right!!!! :-)

I patted my back and ofcourse theirs too :)

Now, the kids came across a clock which showed this -

Kid - Its 7:50!!!!

Me - No sweetie, you have marked it wrong. Your marking says 6:50!

Kid - ** gave me a confused look!

Me - ** returned the confused look!

Kid - Small hand shows the hour and big hand shows the minute. YOU SAID SO!!!!!!!!!!

So, by THAT logic, 7:50 means small hand on 7 and big hand on 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now I know, I suck at teaching :-(