the hypothetic phenomenon

AG came up to me the other day and asked me a random question. i shot back a few answers which were not to her satisfaction. then she said,"come on mummy, tell me your hypothesis"

i took 2 steps back and blinked stupidly into space for a few seconds. then i asked her, "do you know what hypothesis means?" she said,"yes, a clever guess." and i was simply dumbfounded. i was also a little annoyed coz i thot my guesses were quite clever tho bordering on the silly.

her science teacher uses the term in class when he tries to stir curiosity with the group. amazing isn't it. i'm glad school is not all theoretical anymore and they let the kids be hypothetical in their journey. it is definitely more fun and it really is what science and innovation is all about. besides, you need the hypothesis to get to the theory. right?