Don't fix the problem just change the parameters
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Are people really this stupid now?
Yeah they are. Try asking a simple question about geography. OR Remember in the movie Animal House how the Belushi character said that the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor. Say that today and most people still in school will readily nod in agreement
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No. Don't know how to use the clock? You shouldn't be in the exam room.
Except, they do know how to use a clock. Just not your favorite clock
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NGL, wind up analog clocks are useful in places where the power goes out often. I have a 7-day grandfather clock and it's been a godsend when northeasters turn into ice storms that take down the power for days..
(Northern New England has wretched winter weather some years)
I’ve always wanted one of these but really only to remind me of my grandparents house from when I was a kid
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Except, they do know how to use a clock. Just not your favorite clock
Nope. They don't know how to use the clock. The one widely used.
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Just not the analog clock. Why should they anyways?
Because it is is widely used?
Why should they learn alphabet in the first place? Why should they learn numbers?
It's not really widely used anymore.
Alphabets can't be replaced by something easier and more convenient. But clocks can be
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Idk in our university lecture halls we had HH:MM.sss digital clocks and it's obviously superior for exams because you can just compare the numbers instead of translating and then comparing the numbers. And I'm pretty sure that's why they were digital, because it's easier to quickly compare.
The point wasn't about which is easier but that many really can't read an analog clock. And that's really sad.
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Nope. They don't know how to use the clock. The one widely used.
Not the one widely used, but they do know how to use the clock. And they're not really that much more used than digital clocks. Therefore, it doesn't matter
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What makes people who didn't learn to read analog clocks idiots? If you have a thing about analog clocks, just keep it to yourself.
it may be because you fit the category
Or maybe because it's just stupid af to judge people's intelligence based on an unrelated life skill.
What makes people who didn't learn to read analog clocks idiots?
Wrong question. The correct would be: what make people who are too lazy or too stupid to learn the clock idiots - but that would be a rhetorical one.
it's just stupid af to judge people's intelligence based on an unrelated life skill.
Intelligence is an ability to obtain knowledge and skills. If someone lacks both, it is a strong indication of them not having enough intelligence to obtain them.
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Its because they rarely get practice with it.
I would argue that a lot of what I learned in school didn't have much opportunity to practice outside of school, but I agree that analog clocks are not a learning priority.
Most of the things that I was taught that I don't get practice with I do not remember how to do it anymore. Now I do have ADHD so that definitely does not help.
However I will say I do think in some cases learning how to do things you wont necessarily need outside of school can be useful as it can teach you other helpful things subconsciously. There are certain supporting skills that are developed when you learn those things that can be used in other contexts. Are there more effective ways to learn those supporting skills besides teaching things most people likely wont use again? Probably, but I don't really have an answer for what
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It’s only happened twice, but I’ve run into kids who couldn’t read an analog clock. You know what I did?
I taught them. It took, like, 30 seconds. I know it took 30 seconds because I was wearing a goddamn watch.
Still can't understand how any kid cannot do it. Isn't that something you learn from your parents before you even go to school
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It's not really widely used anymore.
Alphabets can't be replaced by something easier and more convenient. But clocks can be
It's not really widely used anymore.
Absolute and utter rubbish. Now go to the first high street shop with watches and try again.
But clocks can be
Your point is?
Maps can be easy replace with a GPS. Ability to read maps is still (and should be) on the curriculum.
Calculator has replaced the need to add, multiply and divide, yet we still ask children to learn these skills.
Go figure
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Snopes article about this from 2018 stating it’s mostly false.
Well who would ever disagree with a Snopes article
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Not the one widely used, but they do know how to use the clock. And they're not really that much more used than digital clocks. Therefore, it doesn't matter
wrote last edited by [email protected]Would it matter to you if they didn't know how to add and multiply without calculator?
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What makes people who didn't learn to read analog clocks idiots?
Wrong question. The correct would be: what make people who are too lazy or too stupid to learn the clock idiots - but that would be a rhetorical one.
it's just stupid af to judge people's intelligence based on an unrelated life skill.
Intelligence is an ability to obtain knowledge and skills. If someone lacks both, it is a strong indication of them not having enough intelligence to obtain them.
who are too lazy or too stupid
They do know how to read the clock (digital ones
) Again, it doesn't make them idiots or lazy for not learning something they don't really need to learnIntelligence is an ability to obtain knowledge and skills. If someone lacks both, it is a strong indication of them not having enough intelligence to obtain them.
What makes you think they don't have the ability to learn how to read analog clocks just because they don't? You might not know how ride a horse, but that doesn't mean you can't learn how to. Are you an idiot for not learning how to?
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Would it matter to you if they didn't know how to add and multiply without calculator?
It would cuz there's no better alternative. But analog clocks do have an alternative ........ Digital clocks
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How did the seconds end up with three digits?
He never learned the clock.
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Well who would ever disagree with a Snopes article
Mostly misogynistic right wingers but I don’t know any on this site.
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It would cuz there's no better alternative. But analog clocks do have an alternative ........ Digital clocks
cuz
I guess spelling didn't matter to you either?
no better alternative
Calculator is an alternative to the mental arithmetic sweetie. Yes we still want kids to know that 2 times 2 is four without using a calculator. Go figure why.
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It's not really widely used anymore.
Absolute and utter rubbish. Now go to the first high street shop with watches and try again.
But clocks can be
Your point is?
Maps can be easy replace with a GPS. Ability to read maps is still (and should be) on the curriculum.
Calculator has replaced the need to add, multiply and divide, yet we still ask children to learn these skills.
Go figure
wrote last edited by [email protected]Now go to the first high street shop with watches and try again
Digital clocks exist there too
Calculator has replaced the need to add, multiply and divide, yet we still ask children to learn these skills.
Cuz the mind is quicker with smaller calculations than a calculator.
But analog clocks are harder to comprehend than digital ones
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who are too lazy or too stupid
They do know how to read the clock (digital ones
) Again, it doesn't make them idiots or lazy for not learning something they don't really need to learnIntelligence is an ability to obtain knowledge and skills. If someone lacks both, it is a strong indication of them not having enough intelligence to obtain them.
What makes you think they don't have the ability to learn how to read analog clocks just because they don't? You might not know how ride a horse, but that doesn't mean you can't learn how to. Are you an idiot for not learning how to?
They do know how to read the clock
They also know how to use calculator, they just don't knot 2 times 2 is four without it. Neither have place during an exam.
What makes you think they don't have the ability to learn how to read analog clocks
Because if they did, they would have done during lessons to learn it, sweetie
