Yesterday, distracted and affected, I tried to teach a clock reading lesson to the 2nd graders. I drew a gigantic clock on the board, and we went over how many minutes were between the big numbers. Then I drew the big hand and the little hand and we started telling time. I confidently noted that the big hand tells us what hour we are in and the little hand tells us how many minutes past that hour it is. And we went on to draw our own clocks, telling time using this paradigm.
One problem, that's not how to read a clock, its the other way around.
I cited this example as a manifestation of my distraction to a girlfriend last night while I wept for unrelated reasons. She replied that if the 2nd graders only have to worry about you helping them distort time than they are doing pretty well.
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