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Don't fix the problem just change the parameters

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  • O [email protected]

    It's getting really bad. Some people even use "populous" when they mean "populace."

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    It's getting so bad that some people even put the period INSIDE the quotation mark at the end of a sentence!

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      Read again. Slowly. And again. And again.

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      You too, honestly. It reads straightforward enough. If you somehow misread his comment, that's on you. Idk if you can really ask people to read.

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        I feel like I'm going insane reading these comments about how difficult it is to read analog clocks, how it needs too much understanding of maths, how it takes too long,...

        Can someone please confirm: you just look, for a fraction of a second, at the clock face and know the time, right?

        Learning to read the clock was like... A couple of lessons and some homework in the 2nd grade, and everyone got it.

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        Yeah but the "hard" work of reading an analog clock apparently offends some people. Just more of "feelings" nonsense vs. facts

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        • L [email protected]

          You're ratioed in each and every comment and still you act with this feeling of superiority. I admire this level of confidence or should I say lack of self reflection.

          Where I live, students get a calculator in I think 8th or 9th grade. So at this point, it would be ok to also hang a digital clock in the classroom, right?

          If you are repeatedly misunderstood and want to change that, maybe rephrase your point if you have one. Than you might even be taken seriously.

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          He's honestly so cringe. Must be a sour old guy who wants to demonstrate his superiority in the least effort taking way possible. He's made so many comments and not a single valid point. If he finds he cannot make a good argument, he turns to insulting and "rEaD aGaIn sLoWly".

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          • C [email protected]

            I feel that learning cursive is important.

            First you learn how to write ordinary letters. That trains your fine motor skills so you can write them reliably (try writing with your non-dominant yourself hand to see).

            What cursive teaches you is how to write quickly. Of course, no one will write in pure, perfect cursive. Most people settle for a style somewhere in between. It teaches you the concept of "you can combine letters together to make you write faster" and "here are a bunch of ways to combine them". It's a good thing, Especially if they end up going to college.

            Giving them a few more weeks of practice in reading and writing is a great way to avoid them being partially illiterate.

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            Counter point: I can write a hell of a lot faster on a keyboard if I need to take notes.

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            • S [email protected]

              I feel like I'm going insane reading these comments about how difficult it is to read analog clocks, how it needs too much understanding of maths, how it takes too long,...

              Can someone please confirm: you just look, for a fraction of a second, at the clock face and know the time, right?

              Learning to read the clock was like... A couple of lessons and some homework in the 2nd grade, and everyone got it.

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              Lemmites will never miss an opportunity to make things difficult to draw attention to themselves.

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                I feel like I'm going insane reading these comments about how difficult it is to read analog clocks, how it needs too much understanding of maths, how it takes too long,...

                Can someone please confirm: you just look, for a fraction of a second, at the clock face and know the time, right?

                Learning to read the clock was like... A couple of lessons and some homework in the 2nd grade, and everyone got it.

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                How tf are we in 2025 and people are still spouting off as if all humans have the same brain capacity and capability?

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                  Looks like .world is nothing but ableist assholes. From what I understand it's a lot of reddit refugees, so that tracks.

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                    How tf are we in 2025 and people are still spouting off as if all humans have the same brain capacity and capability?

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                    Literally noone I know in real life has any problem whatsoever reading analog clocks, no matter the "brain capacity", neuro-typicality, state of drunkenness,... It is an extremely simple "skill".

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                    • C [email protected]

                      I agree.

                      That being said, there's a difference between having a disability and just not having had enough practice.

                      Just having an analogue clock in all rooms and halls of a school is a way to give people the opportunity to get the practice.

                      In higher grades you can have an analogue clock in front and a digital "cheat" one in the back. If they're not sure, they can glance at that. And if that cheat clock is only in every other room. Most will learn because it's easier that way.

                      When reading the clock comes as a topic of the curriculum in 1st or 2nd grade, having the teacher ask a student to read the time periodically from the classroom clock for a few months will make sure everyone has had at least some opportunities to practice.

                      Of course, if someone does have a problem bordering on disability, accomodate them. Regardless of whether their parents took the time and money to have it diagnosed or not. But a quarter of a class having it is either bad luck or just bad methodology.

                      Edit: all this applies to elementary school.

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                      The post talks explicitly about teenagers in exam halls. Don't know if "exam hall" is a term for regular class rooms but either way it talks about teenagers. True, younger kids should learn it. Even if without practice, you have a hard time as a teenager, you can revive the skill later. Source: I did.

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                      • joel_feila@lemmy.worldJ [email protected]

                        and I yet I had a class in note taking and then years latter got points taken off because I didn't take like that teacher wanted

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                        Why the fuck would your notes be any of the teacher's business?

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                          You too, honestly. It reads straightforward enough. If you somehow misread his comment, that's on you. Idk if you can really ask people to read.

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                          Have you learned how to use the clock yet?

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                            Or should we get rid of spoons or hammers?

                            I have to say, I'm quite fond of my pneumatic hammer. When will my pneumatic silverware become a thing?

                            I just can't be bothered to expend any energy while I'm eating! It's supposed to give me energy, after all!

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                            pneumatic silverware

                            🤣 awesome. I'd love to see that.
                            Reminds me of a video where a guy tried to eat corncob by mounting it on a drill. IIRC he lot some teeth doing that "stunt".

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                              I feel like I'm going insane reading these comments about how difficult it is to read analog clocks, how it needs too much understanding of maths, how it takes too long,...

                              Can someone please confirm: you just look, for a fraction of a second, at the clock face and know the time, right?

                              Learning to read the clock was like... A couple of lessons and some homework in the 2nd grade, and everyone got it.

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                              Clock reading was covered in kindergarten and cursive writing taught in 1st grade. These were some of the first wrinkles pushed into our little growing brains in the early 80s by school. That these things are no longer being taught so early explains why so many people are willing to immediately accept the Google AI overview as gospel and are wearing Crocs everywhere they go.

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                              • pat_riot@lemmy.todayP [email protected]

                                Clock reading was covered in kindergarten and cursive writing taught in 1st grade. These were some of the first wrinkles pushed into our little growing brains in the early 80s by school. That these things are no longer being taught so early explains why so many people are willing to immediately accept the Google AI overview as gospel and are wearing Crocs everywhere they go.

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                                FWIW, I went to school in mid-2000. My sibling even later. They still taught it back then, and at least here, I am pretty sure they still do. (And why would they not, after all...)

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                                  I feel like I'm going insane reading these comments about how difficult it is to read analog clocks, how it needs too much understanding of maths, how it takes too long,...

                                  Can someone please confirm: you just look, for a fraction of a second, at the clock face and know the time, right?

                                  Learning to read the clock was like... A couple of lessons and some homework in the 2nd grade, and everyone got it.

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                                  I am in the transition age range of people who have trouble reading analog clocks and I must admit I had trouble with it until I started wearing a watch as an accessory as a teenager. The issue isn't that it's hard, it's just something that you need practice at to do quickly and a lot of young people just don't look at analog clocks to tell time very often. It's not a matter of being stupid or not being taught how to do it, it's like mental "muscle memory" that just isn't built up in a world where digital clocks are everywhere, including in your pocket 24/7

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                                  • S [email protected]

                                    I feel like I'm going insane reading these comments about how difficult it is to read analog clocks, how it needs too much understanding of maths, how it takes too long,...

                                    Can someone please confirm: you just look, for a fraction of a second, at the clock face and know the time, right?

                                    Learning to read the clock was like... A couple of lessons and some homework in the 2nd grade, and everyone got it.

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                                    Throughout middle school and high school, my bedroom clock was one of these, just the mechanism, no face, no numbers, hanging off the edge of a shelf. I had no trouble reading it. I still can easily read an analog clock with no numbers or any face marks.

                                    Clock parts

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                                    • S [email protected]

                                      I feel like I'm going insane reading these comments about how difficult it is to read analog clocks, how it needs too much understanding of maths, how it takes too long,...

                                      Can someone please confirm: you just look, for a fraction of a second, at the clock face and know the time, right?

                                      Learning to read the clock was like... A couple of lessons and some homework in the 2nd grade, and everyone got it.

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                                      Man I always felt analog clocks are just old age. I felt like that for about 30 years since I was a little kid. Its easier to read digital

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                                      • pat_riot@lemmy.todayP [email protected]

                                        Why the fuck would your notes be any of the teacher's business?

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                                        I don't know bit it really pissed me off

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                                        • S [email protected]

                                          I feel like I'm going insane reading these comments about how difficult it is to read analog clocks, how it needs too much understanding of maths, how it takes too long,...

                                          Can someone please confirm: you just look, for a fraction of a second, at the clock face and know the time, right?

                                          Learning to read the clock was like... A couple of lessons and some homework in the 2nd grade, and everyone got it.

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                                          Yes.

                                          I used to have some complex thinking I was slow at reading time in an analog watch, these days I feel much more confident.

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