The relativity of time

Most everyone knows the basics of the theory of relativity. As Einstein put it:

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity.

Basically, it simply states that time moves at different speeds when you are moving at different speeds. Although this may seem a little abstract for most of us, it can easily be put into perspective. Doesn't it seem that as you get older time seems to go faster and faster? Suddenly, you don't have to wait as long for Christmas or your birthday? Well, this is because the time that passes gets smaller and smaller as you get older and older. Like, 1 year when you are 10 is 10% of your entire lifetime, while when you're 50 years old it is only 2% of your entire lifetime.This is the reason that time seems to go faster and faster; simply because time periods seems shorter in relation to the rest of your lifespan. gives you something to think about, right? When I graduate, I will have spent approximately 24% of my life in high school.