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re: Some students don’t know how to read analog clocks
Posted on 5/4/18 at 7:16 pm to IAmNERD
Posted on 5/4/18 at 7:16 pm to IAmNERD
quote:Wow. A gas tank can be 3/4 full or have a quarter of a tank missing. Who gives a frick which way it's expressed?
I know what it means, but it really irks me when people say this. What is so much different than saying 4:45? It has the exact number of syllables so you're not saving time. Makes me think they are just trying to be a pretentious douche.
This post was edited on 5/4/18 at 7:17 pm
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Posted on 5/4/18 at 7:22 pm to Geauxtiga
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Who gives a frick which way it's expressed?
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IAmNERD
Posted on 5/4/18 at 7:49 pm to pioneerbasketball
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According to London's Telegraph, some schools in the U.K. are ditching analog clocks for digital ones because students are struggling to read them.
If only the UK had institutions designed for students to learn things they don't already know. I wonder what they would call such an institution?
Posted on 5/4/18 at 9:32 pm to 777Tiger
quote:1:32
What the hell is that?
Posted on 5/4/18 at 10:40 pm to IAmNERD
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Makes me think they are just trying to be a pretentious douche.
Before the advent of digital clocks, and watches, we felt the same way about people who said 4:45. Not kidding either.
Posted on 5/4/18 at 11:42 pm to pioneerbasketball
A lot of kids can't make change either. It's sad how dumbed down the last two generations have been.
This post was edited on 5/4/18 at 11:43 pm
Posted on 5/5/18 at 4:03 am to pioneerbasketball
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According to London's Telegraph, some schools in the U.K. are ditching analog clocks for digital ones because students are struggling to read them.
When most of these children's parents migrated from third world countries and whose culture is stuck in the middle ages how can you express surprise?
Posted on 5/5/18 at 4:35 am to stat19
None of this is surprising. Kids can't do basic math either. Without that, how could they ever decipher a clock?
Posted on 5/5/18 at 4:36 am to starsandstripes
can't change a tire
Posted on 5/5/18 at 7:40 am to High C
No, I am still teaching. I now teach at a fully online school (not in ebr). My students live in the state (some out of state), but I seldom ever see them. We have half of the bs paperwork, 1/5 of the stupid meetings, and nearly no discipline issues (which only occur during live internet classes). I teach, grade their work, make calls/send messages, compile data, and make more money.
It isn't a bad gig.
It isn't a bad gig.
Posted on 5/5/18 at 7:42 am to pioneerbasketball
Posted on 5/5/18 at 8:00 am to LaBR4
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Sad
Is it?
I mean I can read an analog clock, but in this day and age who gives a shite if someone can’t? It’s literally a useless skill.
Posted on 5/5/18 at 8:02 am to Tigerfan56
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It’s literally a useless skill.
It is a useless skill to look at a clock and be able to read it? Seriously?
Posted on 5/5/18 at 8:08 am to lsufan9193969700
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It is a useless skill to look at a clock and be able to read it? Seriously?
Yes. We have cell phones and countless other technologies that do that for us now.
If someone can’t read an analog clock, how would that negatively affect them in any aspect of life?
Posted on 5/5/18 at 8:11 am to pioneerbasketball
If someone tells me they don’t know how to read a clock I am going to assume they have some kind of disability.
Posted on 5/5/18 at 8:51 am to 777Tiger
It’s an altimeter. Very useful instrument for pilots.
Posted on 5/5/18 at 8:53 am to Tigerfan56
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I mean I can read an analog clock, but in this day and age who gives a shite if someone can’t? It’s literally a useless skill.
I think the problem is, as EA6B pointed out is that there are still analogue clocks all over the place, as well as a ton of other instruments and gauges that are read in a similar way. We’re not exactly talking about an abacus here.
And it’s not like this is a particularly difficult thing to learn.
This post was edited on 5/5/18 at 8:55 am
Posted on 5/5/18 at 8:56 am to 777Tiger
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What the hell is that?
I hope you're joking
Posted on 5/5/18 at 9:06 am to pioneerbasketball
I just quizzed my 15 year old son and he got it right but he did say a lot of kids at his school don't know how to read one.
My son isn't what you would call a "scholar" either so I am in no way shape or form saying he is smarter than the other kids. I was actually surprised he got it right.
My son isn't what you would call a "scholar" either so I am in no way shape or form saying he is smarter than the other kids. I was actually surprised he got it right.
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