To expect a 12 year old to know class times

[Ardha]

my son asked for help with his homework, he had to write, in German what time the classes in different subjects started. He didn't need help with the German, he has no idea what time his classes start.
I have no idea either as I don't go to his school.
I suppose I should be glad he isn't clock watching in class.
I thought when he had a watch it might help him to understand time but it hasnt and neither has moving to senior school.

My daughters always knew. My sons hadn't a clue from the day the started the school to the day they left!

does he not have a printed timetable with details on? or a homework diary with it in, or the schol website if you're pushed.

But yes, I agree, I'd expect him to know.

Surely he can work it out? He must know what time he has to be in school for- then I assume he has registration, which probably only lasts 10-20 minutes, and then I'm sure he knows when his break and lunch are and how long they last.

As a teacher I wouldn't say that really surprises me!especially from boys!
Don't worry.
But I imagine you're irritated as I would be

Maybe not, DS never did because they had bells and he just responded in Pavlovian fashion.
He could tell you the subjects of the day, and whether it was a double period or not, but times? Nope.

He has a timetable without times.
It was kind of amusing before, his younger sister understands time but I am glad I am not alone Funkyfoam ??
At least he knows what week he is in as he has a fortnightly timetable.

well...that's his personal homework for tomorrow - "write down what time lessons start"

The thing is he probably doesn't need to know what time the classes start and finish if he's at a school which has bells which go off at the end of each class.

My DSs are both older than your son and neither of them has any idea what time the classes are at (or what time lunch is, etc). They just go with the flow of the children around them. DS2 also has absolutely no idea which lessons are on each day; and his is only a one-week timetable!

Lots of children don't wear a watch and they just follow the bell. Irritating but relatively 'normal'.

I've heard Yr 6s say "is it lunch next" and we haven't even had morning break!

Im a lot older than 12 and i wouldnt know without asking my classmates what time different classes start. I know i start at 9 and where i need to be then, and i know lunch finishes at 1 and what class i need to be in after lunch but generally i just follow my classmates to the next class and trust the teacher to end classes on time for the next one.

his school may have the lesson time info on their website.

when I was at school we had a timetable with all the times. all the lesson slots were 50 minutes but you may have double or treble lessons so 2 x 50 or 3 x 50.

he should be able to find all this out for himself at 12 though.

If its German homework, the teacher will be more worried that he gets the German right than the times so he could possibly just make the times up!

also, if he knows what time school starts and ends and what time break and lunchtimes are and inbetween there are 2 lessons or 3 lessons, then he could probably use the maths to work out the times

Ds1 wouldn't have a clue what time classes start and finish I'm sure! He knows when school starts and finishes but he does just go with the flow throughout the day.

He did have a watch but lost in in the first week His phone languishes in the bottom of his bag so he's no way of telling the time!

The school I teach at has a policy of not having clocks in classrooms (I don't really understand either), so I guess kids might not always notice.

Does he not have the class times written anywhere? Ours have it printed under their timetable.

Otherwise, I expect his German teacher won't mind if he makes it up. I teach MFL, and to be honest so long as it sounds reasonable (e.g. he doesn't say his first class is at 6pm), then it's fine!

He must have a timetable. If he doesnt know at age 12 im shocked. Hes teasing you op! He knows!

Have a lot of you actually looked at the school timetables?
A lot just say period/lesson 1,2 or whatever. Somewhere in there lunch is mentioned. Not a time mentioned anywhere.
They know they have to be in tutor time by whatever time, because its drummed in that the school day starts at.
They know to go to lesson on because the bell sounds and the teacher dismisses them. They learn within the first week to ignore the bells because it's a double lesson and the teacher hasn't told them to leave. There is no mention how long these lessons continue for.

Ok so you think ok, look at the class clock? Been in a class recently? Not all have clocks. The ones that do either aren't working or the wrong time. I walked round a school a few weeks back. In the space of an hour, I had travelled 11 hours. Not many secondary schoolers wear watches because they have mobiles, but it takes several years for them to realise this doesn't help because they are not allowed phones. Usually around the same time that they realise it's winter, it's fucking cold and I need a coat lol.

Sugarontop he failed at that one, so he is making up times for the German homework.
He really isn't joking he has very little grasp of time, even worse at home where we do have plenty of working clocks. And Thornrose he can ask me about teatime even before we have had lunch.

Surely the point is using the German, not getting the times right!