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Poor young things.....they are really going to suffer when they get older.
That is, I've had to switch back to analog dive watches because with my bifocal corrective dive mask, I can't read my digital instrumentation easily. There is a trick or two I use on my dive computers, but often, I just use my analog gauges, watch, and calculations.
I just have to ask, why is it up to the schools to teach kids the basics in life? Telling time, simple counting, ABC's, and scrambling an egg is something that the parents could be teaching their kids.
Analog is easier because it's like looking at a picture. You don't even need the numbers because you can tell by the shape the clock hands make. It's so basic and intuitive. Before clocks there were sundials...the basic idea goes back well, nearly to the beginning of Time, lol.
Take five minutes and teach the poor dears how to read a clock. It's not that hard.
Not to mention the analog clock is also a very useful tool in teaching fractions, decimals and percentages.
Schools are also stop teaching cursive. Well maybe in the future we are going to need cursive translators?
That's what I am worried about. Many of our constitutional documents are written in cursive, and I can totally see the government out right lying what the actual documents say, and might make up stuff, and the kids won't know any better.
I think there's a place for both analog and digital. Analog is gauges are quicker to pick up for the human eye. Digital can provide better precision. It would be dumb not to keep both as an option.
People have been using analog clocks for almost as long as they have been telling time. However, with the abundance of modern technology, the younger generations are finding it difficult to tell the time using the hands of the clock.
In the UK, the home of the world’s most famous clock, Big Ben, many educators are phasing out analog clocks in favor of digital ones. Students taking the GCSE and A-level exams were complaining that they couldn’t read the time. In order to make everything “as easy and straightforward as possible,” they are making the switch to digital time reading.
Stephanie Keenan works at Ruislip High School in northwest London and is the Head of English. Her school has installed digital clocks in the exam hall.
Teachers have started “removing analog clocks from examination halls because teenagers are unable to tell the time [1].” While many classrooms will still have analog clocks, during scholastic aptitude examinations digital clocks are favored. Students are under strict time constraints during these tests, and teachers believe that using digital clocks in favor of analog clocks help students.
Not sure how I feel about this there are going to be times in their life where they under a deadline, Coddling them now isn’t going to help them down the road.
How is this coddling them. Who has analog clocks these days? They are becoming antiques. And shouldn't parents teach them that?
How is this coddling them. Who has analog clocks these days? They are becoming antiques. And shouldn't parents teach them that?
Parents coddle schools are supposed to teach..
Maybe this is what some call progress I don’t know it sounds lazy to me then again I’m old.
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