Story - Hartwig Distler

I count in certain step sizes, thus e.g. 7, 14, 21. Or in reverse order 1001,994,987… In the meantime I come on intervals up to 100. Moreover I
do not necessarily begin always with the same number. First I start with 0,5,10,15… another time 2,7,12,17…
Multiplication and division: 1*7, 2*7, 3*7… 5:5, 10:5, 15:5… In another variant I add another value. I thus e.g. make 5+1*3, 5+2*3,5+3*3. The
same accounts for the division.
Free computation I make with Cogpack.
The goal of the whole action is it become again familiar with the range of numbers. And this is actually becoming better from day to day.
08.11.2008
The watch
Life with a watch and my difficulties thereby!
When I became ill, I could also no longer read the watch. I still was able to read the clock, but I could not communicate that any longer. The
process was still there, but I couldn’t communicate it. If I was asked: How late is it? Then I could not give an answer. At the beginning of my
sickness I did a lot of exercises in that field. Once you can read you just forget how difficult it was to learn that.
At the beginning it was very difficult to make again the correct allocation. What is e.g. 9 o'clock and where does the pointer have to stand then?
Or with a digital clock what is 11:15 and how do I get this communicated.
Moreover the watch is in the “12-hour mode”. I had to learn counting at the same time, and the numbers go in a “10 hour mode”. That always
confused me a bit. By now I have no more difficulties to designate the full hours. But I still have – after three years - my difficulties if it concerns
times such as 8:15 clock or times such as 8:45. The half hour is in the meantime also OK.
Since I do not use a watch in my life I lack a bit of exercise. I do not use a watch, since there are everywhere clocks. At the computer and in
the house and also everywhere where I go there are clocks. But it still might be a good idea to have a watch for the reason of practicing. Then
I could practice all day long (-:.