Don't fix the problem just change the parameters
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About thirty years ago I was a teen. I remember talking with a girl only a few years younger than me, and being astounded that she didn’t know how to read an analogue clock.
Exactly as you indicated, this is nothing new.
my sister (born in the late 1970s) graduated from high school and tech college without being able to tell time on a regular clock.
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Something like 30 years ago analogue clocks seemed to be dominant. Does that mean you lived through childhood and adolescence without reading time?
Expensive digital watches with glowing led segment displays turned up late 70s, but battery life was shit. I never had one.
By the 90s cheaper digital with LCD screens were everywhere. Battery life was great.
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Cuz in a different thread he corrected when I typed "U" and replied "*you".
Totally pedantic and annoying
And he keeps saying "read again"
Totally annoying. I also told him to rephrase
When I said he's using text-to-speech I don't mean he's blind, I mean he can't read.
I reached common ground with him that diagnosed dyslexic people should get special treatment and I extended it to other unrelated skills like reading analog clocks (in biology exams). You, on the other hand, make fun of dyslexia. What context did I miss? Is ablism ok when the butt of the joke is an asshole? If the conversion was about whether dyslexic people or non native speakers should get extra time or something, would you be team "nah, they are just stupid"?
You, on the other hand, make fun of dyslexia.
You're actually right, that wasn't nice.
I actually didn't know there was such a condition before this. Ig I went overboard with the "even 6year Olds can read". I just lost patience with that ahole and decided to drop Down to his level. I thought I will criticize him for something he can't seem to do since he criticizes others personal choices.
If the conversion was about whether dyslexic people or non native speakers should get extra time or something, would you be team "nah, they are just stupid"?
Now that you say it, that actually sounds very much like something an asshole would say. I crossed a boundary that I wouldn't have liked to cross in my right mind. My bad, I'm sorry
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"Don't test for Covid, it will only make our numbers increase!" -Donald Trump, 2020.
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Shit isn't new and it hasn't always been the case.
It's fake.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/schools-removing-analog-clocks/
I didn't say it was always the case.
This statement just seems like agreement to me.... Idk.
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Exactly. And that's also true for young children. Reading digital clocks is exactly that... reading. It doesn't mean you understand what it means or how to interpret it. Analog clocks however are a great tool at actually get a feeling for time.
I think the biggest issue judging by the comment section is that most Americans (at least it seems that way) are almost never exposed to analog clocks.
Anecdotally, I have seen many Americans aren't exposed to a lot. Like pointing out countries outside of North America is tricky for a lot of them. There is systematic degradation of their education system, but also this culture of "we are the best, we don't need nothing"