Current Events > Schools are removing analogue clocks teenagers 'cannot tell tell the time"

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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2018/04/24/schools-removing-analogue-clocks-exam-halls-teenagers-unable/
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When will millennials stop killing things?
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If they can't tell how close they are to the end of the exam then they deserve to fail.
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This is why Trump won.
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Shouldn't schools be teaching kids how to tell time on analog clocks at an early age? Like in elementary school?
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Were_Wyrm posted...

When will millennials stop killing things?

Millennials are not teenagers. Teenagers are generation Z.

CableZL posted...

Shouldn't schools be teaching kids how to tell time on analog clocks at an early age? Like in elementary school?

That's when I learned it, anyways.

But no, people are gonna have digital expensive watches in the future smh
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Schools will waste time teaching students cursive but not how to read a clock. What a world.
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My wife is a HS teacher and can confirm.
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When's the last time you needed to tell the time but couldn't use your phone
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Bullshit. There's seriously no fucking way. Big hand points to minute, small hand points to hour. Analogue clocks are still everywhere, both physically and still in culture. There are often analogue representations of clocks even on digital devices.

There has to be something additional, like they were awful Roman numeral clocks with no notches for minutes or something.
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Antifar posted...

When's the last time you needed to tell the time but couldn't use your phone

An exam?
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To be fair, analog clocks are becoming obselete, and digital clocks are objectively superior.
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CableZL posted...

Shouldn't schools be teaching kids how to tell time on analog clocks at an early age? Like in elementary school?

Elementary? That was something from pre kindergarten TV shows for kids.
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Antifar posted...

When's the last time you needed to tell the time but couldn't use your phone

He says, in a topic about students.
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CableZL posted...

Shouldn't schools be teaching kids how to tell time on analog clocks at an early age? Like in elementary school?

Even if they did, it'd be like teaching cursive or how to use an abacus. You wouldn't retain the information because you don't use it. And with every gizmo having a digital clock, many kids don't use it after they learn it.
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s0nicfan posted...

Antifar posted...

When's the last time you needed to tell the time but couldn't use your phone

An exam?

Lmao
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Probably the same posters on here that hate wearing wristwatches because "using a smartphone is easier."
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NeonOctopus posted...

This is why Trump won.

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My question was more in response to those acting like telling time on an analog clock was some necessary life skill.
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Antifar posted...

My question was more in response to those acting like telling time on an analog clock was some necessary life skill.

Duck duck goose isn't a necessary life skill, but I bet kids know that shit
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The failures of our educational system are shocking.
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Romulox28 posted...

NeonOctopus posted...

This is why Trump won.

Gonna have to agree. The dumbing down of this country is accelerating.
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Goldice posted...

CableZL posted...

Shouldn't schools be teaching kids how to tell time on analog clocks at an early age? Like in elementary school?

Even if they did, it'd be like teaching cursive or how to use an abacus. You wouldn't retain the information because you don't use it. And with every gizmo having a digital clock, many kids don't use it after they learn it.

I dunno... I retained this info relatively easily... unlike cursive, it's not blunt memorization of symbols. It's knowing how something functions.
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I've been hearing this since the 90s. In HS it was "4th graders can't read the clock, you will be among the last people groups of graduates that knows how to tell time on analog clocks". Was complete with an article for discussion in social studies about a school changing to only digital clocks.
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My high school already had all digital clocks when I started there in 2003. I think the only room that still had an analog clock was the Library.
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A_Good_Boy posted...

Schools will waste time teaching students cursive but not how to read a clock. What a world.

They wont even waste time teaching that anymore.

removing working ones seems silly, but I can definitely see not replacing ones that break. we're back to everyone having a pocket watch.

edit: or replacing broken analogs with new digitals.
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I love how people are blaming Trump when the article is talking about UK kids. Only in America
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CableZL posted...

Shouldn't schools be teaching kids how to tell time on analog clocks at an early age? Like in elementary school?

High schools aren't elementary schools. High schools shouldn't be wasting their time trying to fix elementary schools mistakes when they can just replace a clock instead.

JE19426 posted...

CableZL posted...

Shouldn't schools be teaching kids how to tell time on analog clocks at an early age? Like in elementary school?

High schools aren't elementary schools. High schools shouldn't be wasting their time trying to fix elementary schools mistakes when they can just replace a clock instead.

Seems like it'd cost more to do that.
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my niece is 1st grade school and we live in a shithole country but she is currently learning how to tell the time in an analogue clock, whatthge fuck is up with your learning system lol.

no wonder peole grow up to be snobby about temperatures, height, and weight.
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Weird. I can't tell time very well with a digital clock--I have to keep looking to get it to register in my mind. With an analog clock, I can visualize how much of the hour is left (or has transpired), which is much more meaningful for me. How close is the minute hand to the 12? That has meaning. Random numbers with a colon between them? Not so much.

And for a PP--studies have shown that learning cursive has benefits beyond being able to write in cursive. Our brains actually work differently when we write in cursive. (Full disclosure: I rarely write in cursive. I do often prefer to write by hand, but I print.)
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Antifar posted...

My question was more in response to those acting like telling time on an analog clock was some necessary life skill.

It was a dumb question. I looked at an analog clock last night at my parent's house.
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Who cares? Oh no analog clocks!..technology changes. Digital clocks are more common all around. Yall acting like the transition in clock technology is gonna end the world or something lol.
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Kineth posted...

Seems like it'd cost more to do that.

I doubt it. Replacing analogue clocks with digital ones is a one-time and a fairly cheap one, while teaching every class of kids how to read analogue clocks is a recurring cost, as you'll need to do it for every class in every year.

Goldice posted...

CableZL posted...

Shouldn't schools be teaching kids how to tell time on analog clocks at an early age? Like in elementary school?

Even if they did, it'd be like teaching cursive or how to use an abacus. You wouldn't retain the information because you don't use it. And with every gizmo having a digital clock, many kids don't use it after they learn it.

are you saying that kids that were taught cursive and how to read analog clocks in elementary school dont know how to anymore?
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TheVipaGTS posted...

Who cares? Oh no analog clocks!..technology changes. Digital clocks are more common all around. Yall acting like the transition in clock technology is gonna end the world or something lol.

Nobody is saying that. Analog clocks are still in use though, and digital clocks have been around for decades now but analog has been taught regardless because for one thing it's easy to learn.
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DKFjalfe posted...

A_Good_Boy posted...

Schools will waste time teaching students cursive but not how to read a clock. What a world.

They wont even waste time teaching that anymore.

Yah, I feel like that was taken out a few years ago.
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These days schools try to do these stupid smart phone engagement programs, which is really just an excuse for schools to buy teachers phones.
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JE19426 posted...

Kineth posted...

Seems like it'd cost more to do that.

I doubt it. Replacing analogue clocks with digital ones is a one-time and a fairly cheap one, while teaching every class of kids how to read analogue clocks is a recurring cost, as you'll need to do it for every class in every year.

The cost of having idiots roaming the streets is heavier.
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cuttin_in_farm posted...

Goldice posted...

CableZL posted...

Shouldn't schools be teaching kids how to tell time on analog clocks at an early age? Like in elementary school?

Even if they did, it'd be like teaching cursive or how to use an abacus. You wouldn't retain the information because you don't use it. And with every gizmo having a digital clock, many kids don't use it after they learn it.

I dunno... I retained this info relatively easily... unlike cursive, it's not blunt memorization of symbols. It's knowing how something functions.

Odds are you used it in some way then. If you learn something in 2nd grade and never use it until 7th, you'll forget it. Simply because it has no value.

Its not an absolute.
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I learned this shit in 2nd grade
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Kineth posted...

The cost of having idiots roaming the streets is heavier.

I'm not sure what that has to do with this topic.

fenderbender321 posted...

The reality is that analogue clocks make for much nicer decorations, so they are definitely not going away.

Also this.
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Its not that people wont remember how to use an analog clock...they just wont need to as often. Why take time to teach something theyre really only going to use while in that school? Reading a clock is a good skill to have, sure, but how often does anyone use an analog clock anymore? Ive been out of school for years and I cant remmeber the last time I had to use one. I wear watches but I dont even use that to tell time because I have my phone on me. Thats just the new normal.
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I was gonna say that's stupid but then I remembered they taught us cursive as kids and I never write in cursive today. Haven't in years probably.

I still think they should teach it though, its really simple to read an analogue clock and they're still all over the place. I wouldn't say its a necessity but when your phone dies and there's an analogue clock on the wall, its useful to know. I guess you could ask someone the time but still. Its so easy to learn how to read a clock.