The Lazy Studentሰነፉ ተማሪ
Amharaአማራ · 1 min readደቂቃ ንባብ
Narrated by Kassa Alamrew
There was once a lazy student who couldn’t understand simple maths. One day the teacher was discussing subtraction in the class. Now the student couldn’t understand, and the teacher started to give him an example.
He said, “Say you have five sheep in a campus. If one goes out through a hole, how many are you left with?”
The student said, “Sir, I will be left with none.”
The teacher lost his temper.
“How could you make a mistake like that?” he shouted.
The student replied crying, “Oh sir, oh sir, I know the character of sheep. If one goes, all the rest will follow.
And the teacher laughed and the class all laughed too.
ሰነፉ ተማሪ
በካሣ አላምረው የተተረከ
አንድ ቀላል ሂሣብ እንኳን የማይገባው ሰነፍ ተማሪ ነበር፡፡ አንድ ቀን ታዲያ መምህሩ ስለመቀነስ እያስተማሩ ሳለ ተማሪው ስላልገባው መምህሩ ምሳሌ ይሰጡት ጀመር፡፡
እንዲህም አሉት “አምስት በጎች በረት ውስጥ ቢኖርህና አንዱ ሾልኮ ቢያመልጥ ስንት ይቀርሃል?”
ተማሪውም “ጌታው እረ ምንም አይቀረኝ” አላቸው፡፡
መምህሩም በመበሳጨት “ይህ እንዴት አይገባህም?” ብለው ጮሁበት፡፡ ተማሪውም እያለቀሰ
“እረ ጌታው የበጎችን አመል ጠንቅቄ ነው የማውቀው አንዲቷ ካመለጠች ሌሎቹም ተከትለዋት ነው የሚጠፉት፡፡” አላቸው፡፡
በዚህም ጊዜ መምህሩ ሲስቁ ክፍሉ በሙሉ ሳቀ፡፡
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Check your understandingግንዛቤዎን ይፈትሹ
Who narrated this story?
What subject was the teacher discussing in the class?
In the teacher's example, how many sheep were in the campus to start?
How did the one sheep leave the campus in the example?
How many sheep did the student say he would be left with?
Why did the student say he would be left with no sheep?
For discussionለውይይት
- The student gave a wrong maths answer, but his reason about sheep was true to real life. Do you think he was foolish or clever? Why?
- The teacher first lost his temper, then laughed at the end. Why do you think his feelings changed?
- What lesson do you think this story is trying to teach us about how people think differently?
- If you were the teacher, how would you help this student understand subtraction? What would you say or do?