Telefonverbot in New York zeigt, dass einige Schüler keine Uhren lesen können
https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-phone-ban-reveals-some-students-cant-read-clocks
Telefonverbot in New York zeigt, dass einige Schüler keine Uhren lesen können
https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-phone-ban-reveals-some-students-cant-read-clocks
13 Kommentare
People are acting like these kids are dumb but they were actually taught this in 2nd grade. It’s just an atrophied skill. If you didn’t have to use long division for ten years because you had a calculator in your pocket, you’d probably struggle to do it on a chalkboard too. It’s not a lack of intelligence, it’s a lack of necessity
My grandparents can’t even read a sundial!
The one that I find more amusing is that they have a hard time understanding time when it’s spoken using analog terms. If you say something like „half past one“ „quarter of two“ or „ten to three“ you are very likely to create confusion with them since they grew up just reading the numbers on digital clocks.
These kids also can’t write cursive!
Nope. I won’t be putting down my younger generations. Sorry capatilist owned rag, we’re not boomers.
How many of these kids can saddle a horse?
This is already known.
Im 36 and can’t read a clock. I’ve tried to learn and I’ll get it for a bit, just forget every time
They also can’t make change.
There’s a bunch of people here with a snarky tone implying this is not big deal – I bet you’d turn around and rail against Trump’s anti-intellectualism, too.
It’s doesn’t matter if clocks are outdated. Analog clocks are still around and it’s a basic spatial skill that people should know.
And yes, teachers already knew this before the ban.
And at the top, our President cannot follow the Constitution either. Gotta discern the time you are in.
Where’s the „No shit“ button for this one?
I retired in June after teaching 8th grade civics for 20 years and I used to have to have my students complete third grade worksheets to try to teach them how to read an analog clock and fully one quarter of them still had no idea how to understand it.
People comparing being able to read a clock to some useless outdated skill is just so embarrassing.
It’s a fucking clock. You should be able to tell the time without a phone in the same way that you should be able to do basic arithmetic without a calculator.