Given a sentence in Tagalog language, translate the sentence to English language keeping the meaning of the original sentence intact.

Tagalog sentence: Ito ay maaaring mukhang kakaiba na Mauchly, na noon ay labindalawang taon na mas matanda kaysa sa Eckert, ay dapat na kanyang estudyante.
It might seem strange that Mauchly, who was twelve years older than Eckert, should be his student.