When I was younger I'd try to figure out exactly how fast it was. It wasn't on purpose, really. I'd just happen to hear or see the "real" time while looking at my "fast" clock and my brain would automatically calculate the difference in the two times. And then I'd know how fast the clock was and it didn't matter anymore that it was fast, because I would do the math every time and know the "real" time again.
But that doesn't happen anymore. Do I simply avoid the math equation because I'm afraid of taking my kindergartener late to school? Or is it that I am now incapable of performing simple math equations in my almost-unconscious mind? Would this problem exist if I home-schooled my kids? Will taking a computer programming class restore my ability to do math?
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My kitchen clock gains time too. I just solve the problem by resetting it every month or so.
And I think you're smart enough to know that homeschooling rarely solves anything. :D
Have a lovely day, regardless of what time it is in the kitchen.
I think you're over thinking it. As arithmetic becomes less prominent in our lives, our active / passive arithmetic skills start to wane. A computer programming class will get you refreshed on using and remembering complex equations, not as much math though.
"Homeschooling rarely solves anything." :D I like that.
As for remembering complex equations, anything that improves my memory is good.
Yes, every year, we have to "fix" the problems created by homeschooling moms who finally realize they aren't doing very well and rush their kids off to a real school. Of course, we also have to fix the damage done by parents who put their kids in charter schools, too. There's one not too far from your alma mater that kicks out more than half their kids every spring so that only the highest kids take the standardized tests at their school and they continue to claim they're better than the public schools. And the kids they send us have HUGE gaps in their learning because the school is so bad. Ugh.
As for the clocks, well, pretty much every clock in my house is on a slightly different time. The one I go by "for reals" is my watch, which is set to match the bells at school.
I sometimes wonder what skills I could ahve now as an adult if I didn't have gaps in my math education. ... My gaps were caused by moving around so much. I think I didn't learn some of them until the end of high school, or possibly college.
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