I remember being a kid thinking waiting for an event that was 2 weeks away felt like 2 years away.
I remember school days feeling like it dragged on and on.
Now as a working adult, I can’t remember what day is is tomorrow or even today. My days bleeds in together in a good way.
As a kid, having less things to do was a factor. As an adult, you find there’s not enough hours in a day.
How do you remember experiencing time as a child?
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% of time. When you are 5, one week is a much bigger % of your life than when you are 50.
Also, understanding of time. I work in an elementary school, the kids have no understanding of time. I’ll hear things like “we’re moving tomorrow”. I’ll talk to the parent and they will be like “Yea, we’re moving in two years.” Or the opposite “I moved here yesterday!” And it’s like kid, I’ve known you for 4 years. You didn’t start in this school yesterday.
And knowledge of what needs to be done. Ok, we’re going on vacation in two weeks, but before that, I know I have 10 days of work, have to do X, Y, and Z. But, as a kid, it’s just “I have to wait for vacation”. They don’t know what “two weeks” means.
One of my most memorable moments when I first started teaching (because I was so new). Kindergarten kid was living with grandma. Mom told him that “starting in September, you’ll be living with Mommy and taking a different bus to Mommy’s house”. Next day, kid refused to get on the bus because “Mommy told me I have to take a different bus”. School called mom to pick him up, and she comes in screaming “I told you next year. If you ever do this again, I’m gonna beat your ass in front of all these teachers!!” (Pretty good clue why kid wasn’t living with Mom). Obviously this mom was crazy, but it is a lesson in realizing that kids don’t understand the calendar as much, and that we need to be careful how we explain things.
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