Hey What Time is it?

[Dingo]

Really?

British Schools Removing Analog Clocks From Exam Halls Because Kids Can’t Read Them

The clocks aren’t broken, the kids just can’t read them, and that’s just not right, not even twice a day.Apparently, younger generations in Britain have been spending so much time on their digital devices that they can no longer tell time on analog clocks, reports Inspire To Change. So, rather...

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[JimN]

I am neither surprised nor bothered by this.

 

[w_b]

Prolly can't back up their lorries on the motorway either, without a boot camera's hind's-view aspect.

 

[A Potted Plant]

What is an analog clock? For 500 alex

 

[TimBay]

To me, it makes more functional sense to teach them how to read an analog clock, than to know that the appropriate term for a stop sign shape is an octagon (I can't name more complex shapes because nobody cares). Out of all the antiquated and useless shit they teach, reading a clock should make the list

 

[Juggernaut]

A seemingly infinite number of watch face configurations available.... and what do I select?



....something that looks like a 1970’s Timex.

 

[TimBay]

What is an analog clock? For 500 alex

This thread should be called E-clocks are a thing.

 

[Dingo]

So these kids would not understand "quarter after or half past" ?⌚

 

[Jeremy]

Ask me this question on Sunday morning and I’ll legit not know.

 

[jklett]

Am I the only one who saw the thread title and thought of this?

 

[Patrick]

Am I the only one who saw the thread title and thought of this?

 

[mwlikesbikes]

This is what I thought of...

 

[A Potted Plant]

@Patrick I think this thread is offensive to those that can't read an analog cock

 

[A Potted Plant]

I'm ok with this error

 

[serviceguy]

@Patrick I think this thread is offensive to those that can't read an analog cock

let's debate analog Vs digital cock...

 

[A Potted Plant]

let's debate analog Vs digital cock...

It was an honest mistake that I can live with

 

[serviceguy]

It was an honest mistake that I can live with

I agree, you should have got a digital cock. You wouldn't have been triggered by it.

 

[Patrick]

@Patrick I think this thread is offensive to those that can't read an analog cock

is it offensive if they never see it?

Besides the clock would like to be referred to as radial chronograph,
analog clock is demeaning.

 

[Patrick]

don't type what you are thinking.

 

[A Potted Plant]

I agree, you should have got a digital cock. You wouldn't have been triggered by it.

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