Dec 17, 2008

More Fibbing

In a Japanese classroom the clock is always on the wall behind the teacher. I have asked many people about this but have not yet been able to determine why, other than that it has always been done that way. The clock position does not help the teacher time the class and its activities - the only valid use of time in the classroom - but it does allow the students to watch the clock as it slows to a crawl. I wrote the following fib about this.

clock
on
front wall
hands moving
over the teacher's head
time slows for those who can see it

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