Math Lesson
The Better-Half studying P’s maths homework, ‘Okay, what’s half of one?’
Thinking hard, P says with joy, ‘Three!’
BH frowns, ‘Half of one.’
P, realises he must be wrong, ‘Oh, two!’
BH ‘Half. HALF. Think about it, P.’
P, ‘Umm, four.’
BH sighing, ‘HALF. Not double. Half. If I had ten sweets and gave you HALF, how many would you have?’
‘Five?’
‘Good, P. If I had two sweets, and gave you half…’
‘One!’
‘Great, P. Now let’s think about one. If you have one sweet and halve it, how many do you have?’
‘Umm. Six.’
posted by Jona at 10:46 am
3 Comments:
Guess P is just a whole numbers kinda kid ;o)
Reminds me of a story. Kindergarten: at recess, I have a flash of insight, and I run up to my teacher and say, "One and one are two!"
"One plus one equals two," she said, thus killing the moment. True story.
I tell ya, this 'New Math' can really be confusing sometimes.
Kudos to you P! anytime you get six sweets out of one...It's a good day.
Thanks for the true story, Doug ~ it gievs me some hope for P!
jlg, ohh now I feel guilty for teaching him the reality ;o)
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