I may have learned how to tell time the same way waiting for Sesame Street to come on. I think it helped, though, that I knew it started after my great-grandmother’s soap operas were over; then I only had to watch the hands move into 4 and 12.
Penelope Trunk says:
Your memory makes me think that what we remember about our early learning reveals what we are good at — where our brain is really focused. I can remember learning to spell the word said. And thinking that letters and words are so cool that everyone would agree that the spelling is right.
I may have learned how to tell time the same way waiting for Sesame Street to come on. I think it helped, though, that I knew it started after my great-grandmother’s soap operas were over; then I only had to watch the hands move into 4 and 12.
Your memory makes me think that what we remember about our early learning reveals what we are good at — where our brain is really focused. I can remember learning to spell the word said. And thinking that letters and words are so cool that everyone would agree that the spelling is right.
Penelope