Error of one quarter of an hour
Text/Shi Qinghua
"Sister, your clock is a quarter of an hour faster." At the moment when my sister opened the door, I saw a big wall clock that was different.
Most of the wall clocks of ordinary people are hung on the top of the door into the living room, or on the wall between the two bedrooms. My sister's house was hanging on the wall next to the large window in the living room. Coming out of the three bedrooms, out of the dining room, coming in from the outside, the first thing you can see is a wall clock thirty centimeters in diameter.
"Hmm." My sister opened the study, put my lively, mischievous, and dancing "bookworm" into it, and did her own thing without answering the question. If you are angry, it is not interesting to be self-pleading, how long you want to be angry, how long you want to be angry, little sister I am not on this fool, that busy person does not care whether you are angry or not. She always felt that she didn't have enough time, and often complained that God had given her less time, so that some things were not done satisfactorily.
I, the "bookworm", burrowed into the book, nibbled for two hours, and clipped a book before saying goodbye to my sister. That's pretty much the case every time.
"Sister, your clock is a quarter of an hour faster." Sister still "um" sound and went to her own business. If so repeatedly, Ben Xiaomei is a little confused. When things happen, I like to find the root of the matter, simply do not ask why it happened when reading, sitting on the sofa, looking at the wall clock, to guess why the error of a quarter of an hour.
Didn't tune it? No way. The sister who has been a teacher for more than ten years can no longer tolerate visible mistakes. If a student writes an extra "test" of the exam, she will definitely write a correct one next to it with a red pen, and the side comments "write fifty behind the practice book." After a few days, check it out. It can be done over and over again until the student writes it right. When changing the composition, read the words carefully, study the sentences deeply, and even punctuation marks. I greatly appreciated the beauty of the text. Analyze the reasons for the deficiencies in the article and propose suggestions for revision. After the reappraisal of an essay, it is often red and black that account for half of the country. After reading it, the students felt sorry for the teacher if they didn't write well.
On this basis alone, it is impossible not to adjust. But why is it still an error of a quarter of an hour? Is there a problem with the quality? Look at the appearance of polished, three-needle flash, "tick", "tick", the sound is crisp, not like the quality of the problem, and some inaccurate. Today's people are good at superficiality. And the buyer is to eat a trench and did not grow a wisdom, bought fake goods, thought he was unlucky, did not expect to go to accountability, to protect their rights and interests. Next time you may also buy something fake. This may be an important reason why counterfeit and inferior goods are repeatedly banned.
But the clock at my sister's house was not used for decoration, but for work. It is impossible not to be careful and despise quality. Moreover, it is also her professional habit to value quality. She pays attention to quality and pursues perfection in everything she does. Although it is difficult to be perfect, it is also necessary to strive for perfection.
Once I went to the province to take an open class "Guancang Sea", the preparation was painful. Each process is first made into a card with what to do and a blank space. Nail these cards to a long string in the study. I got a beautiful difference: help her find the history of Wei and Jin, find out the "Jian'an wind bone", and write a brief history of Cao Cao. In doing these things, laughing at my sister is a bit pedantic. Don't you just take a class, why are you so excited about the masses, you can get by? After the sister knew, she had a good word: "No matter what you do, you have to pay attention to quality." If it is perfunctory, it is better not to do it. Then he wrote a large number of teaching plans, discussed with colleagues, and asked famous teachers for guidance. In and out, watching the sun rise and the moon set, filling the blank space on the card, and some of them also installed their tails, so that they had a design that they thought they were more satisfied with.
I'm tired of watching. Where this is in class, it is simply playing for life. A provincial first prize is about an affirmation of the sister's pursuit of quality, and the warm applause of the students is a consolation for the sister's hard work.
A meticulous pursuer of quality obviously won't buy a wall clock with problematic quality. But the wall clock is an error of a quarter of an hour, which is an indisputable fact.
Still staring intently at the wall clock, I could only hear the "tick" and "tick" to ask why this was so. In a daze, I suddenly realized: the numbers pointed by the hour hand, the minute hand, and the second hand, plus the error of fifteen minutes, can't form a specific password? Such stories have been read a lot. Safes, security boxes, this canacard, the list goes on.
Money is a good thing, but it is neither convenient nor safe, especially when you are away from home. So a variety of cards came into being, for the sake of insurance, often a card and a password. A variety of purchases can be swiped. There are many people, especially young people, who rarely have a lot of money when they go out, but have a lot of cards. This card is more than one, which is much more convenient. There are also some troubles: passwords are difficult to remember. One card and one password, three drops and four drops, Zhang Guan Li Dai happened from time to time. Therefore, some important passwords are placed in a conspicuous place in the home for easy memorization.
Sister this busy person, work seriously, thinking carefully, for convenience, accurate work, with an error of a quarter of an hour set a password, must be so. When he was proud that he had cracked the secret of the wall clock, he felt that something was wrong.
The brother-in-law did not have a fixed occupation, and went from place to place to work as a temporary worker, although it was hard, but the income was limited. Outside of the family's life, there is not much left. My sister was a teacher, and I had three thousand dollars a month. But born warm, kind, with relatives and friends coming, will be generous hospitality; who encounter difficulties, will help. Once, my brother-in-law's niece was admitted to a middle school, but she had no money to go to school. The sister gathered relatives and friends to collect donations for them, and she was generous: she donated five thousand yuan. When students have difficulties, it is common to buy them some learning materials and give them some support in life. Another point is that I love books like life, and when I see a book I like, I will definitely buy it back. One of the walls of her study, all made into bookcases, was stuffed to the fullest.
The child is in high school, and there must be a lot of money. Just such a little salary, after the division and cutting, there should be very little left. Even if there is more than enough, there is not much. Even so, there is no need to make the password so solemn and mysterious.
So it seems that it is not a password. What the hell is it? This question is always shaking in front of your eyes. Come to think of it, there are many answers. Such as the time of the appointment, the specific node, etc., there is no consensus. After asking my sister several times, she wanted to stop talking. Probably because I was afraid that this "little broadcast" of mine would preach the secret. I'm out of the woods, and I have to ask for a root today.
I got up from the couch, ran into the study, and pulled my sister to pretend to be a child: "Sister, I have a question, I have thought about it for a long time, and I have not found the answer." You must know, but tell me. The sister took a look at it, smiled and said, "Yo, my little sister of Xiucai, is there any problem that can stop you, will I know?" I shook my sister: "Well, you must know. The sister shook her head: "Well, as long as the sister knows, I will tell you." I clapped my hands together, "Yeah, my good sister." You tell me, why is your wall clock always faster than a quarter of an hour? "Oh, it turns out you were in a daze at the wall clock, just for this." I thought you were conceiving some wonderful chapter. "Please don't change the subject." The sister said without hesitation: "Good, but I have a condition, you have to agree." I was impatient: "Yes, I will agree to any condition." "One word is enough." "One word is enough." "You are not allowed to speak to outsiders." "Guaranteed to do it."
"It's actually very simple, I dialed a quarter of an hour faster." "Why?" "Go to work early and enter the classroom." "You can do it on time, why go ahead?" "I'd rather wait for a quarter of an hour than have them wait a second."
(June 16, 2017)
【About the author】Shi Qinghua (male), a teacher at Xiangqun Middle School in Gong'an County. Born from a humble background, I had the privilege of growing up, but the years were staggering, and I achieved nothing, so I had to work diligently and be a down-to-earth person. No ambition, socializing with civilians, sour, sweet and bitter, clutching sorrow and joy, penetrating into the heart. However, I hope that he will awaken and strive to be self-motivated. Seek your own welfare and be loyal to your country. Talk about civilian affairs and share human feelings.