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Besides being unable to read clocks or read/write cursive, kids can't use money. I have also encountered a number who have never read an entire book at age 18 or 19 because their attention spans are limited to 30 seconds while multi-tasking.
Cash registers give exact change- since they can't do basic math well enough to count back change. But they are also having trouble coming up with the right bills and coins to give the change since they no longer use cash themselves- only debit cards.
My husband had to tell a young cashier the other day that $7 in change was one five and two dollar bills. A good thing he didn't have to figure out .89 in coin.
I'd hate to think what would happen in an emergency when all goes offline and the batteries go dead.
This is not just about clocks and telling the time. Humankind is on the skids and we all have to face this fact head on. I strongly suspect that few people care as more and more of them are becoming human robots and are losing or have lost the ability to think like humans. They don't need to ...their technology does it for them. Meanwhile they tend to laugh it off as being no big deal. Time will tell whether or not I'm correct.
Not necessarily. Many of us still remember how to use our BRAINS for common math problems. I won't go into the reasons why one should develop that talent...
For those who can't recall why one needs to use his/her brain to solve common math problems or to read an analog clock, Google it.
I have a cheap Wal-Mart wall clock that I actually use to check the time. I know - that's so 1970's
I had to go to Wal-Mart to get my wife a Clock Radio when hers died. Talk about 1970's! The numbers on the display are real big so the old folks can see it without putting their specs on.
I'm in my late 30s---which isn't old---but I notice that hardly any people younger than I even wear watches anymore. So many people now are used to pulling out their smart phones and reading the digital time display.
Personally, my wrist feels naked without a watch. I also think it's a lot easier to just glance down at your wrist---whether wearing a digital or an analog watch---than to have to reach down in your pocket, pull out a phone, and then put it back in your pocket---to see what time it is.
I'm the opposite. I hate having a watch on my wrist. On the rare occasion when I take a watch with me I take my pocket watch.
I understood as well. But there is a big difference between what he meant, and what he actually posted.
Yes, and it took a while to realize my error . Since I'm a senior I could blame it on old age, but I won't. It's just a think before you type kind of thing.
Sign of the times. I have several clocks in my immediate vicinity (computer, bedside, on the bike, etc.) all digital. I learned how to use a dial clock as a small child and still know how to now, though lately I've found it takes me a moment to figure the time on mom's dial clock due to constant exposure to the "look up and forget it" nature of numeric readouts.
Like I said, sign of the times.
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has regained some sanity and ushered off most LED digital clocks
Really? Where? News to me.
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I had to go to Wal-Mart to get my wife a Clock Radio when hers died. Talk about 1970's!
It's not one with the numbers that flip over, is it? Jeez, I still have one of those!
omg,who cares about reading something that is obsolete and serves no real gauge for knowledge and intelligence. ...These very same kids will all be fixing your computer and iPhone problems and setting up your smart TVs and routers and wireless internet.
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