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British schools are removing analogue clocks from exam halls as teenagers 'cannot tell the time'
The Telegraph ^ | April 24, 2018 | Camilla Turner

Posted on 04/26/2018 7:36:23 AM PDT by Trump20162020

Schools are removing analogue clocks from examination halls because teenagers are unable to tell the time, a head teachers’ union has said.

Teachers are now installing digital devices after pupils sitting their GCSE and A-level exams complained that they were struggling to read the correct time on an analogue clock.

Malcolm Trobe, deputy general secretary at the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), said youngsters have become accustomed to using digital devices.

“The current generation aren’t as good at reading the traditional clock face as older generations,” he told The Telegraph.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Education
KEYWORDS: analog; analogclock; analogclocks; analogue; analogueclock; analogueclocks; britain; clock; clocks; generationz; genz; publiceducation; publicschools; time; uk; unitedkingdom
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To: IYAS9YAS

Good points.


61 posted on 04/26/2018 8:41:26 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: IYAS9YAS

I just hope one day to come across a waiter, like Steve Martin in “The Absent-Minded Waiter.”

https://youtu.be/Fsh47iNVRkM?t=338


62 posted on 04/26/2018 8:43:15 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Trump20162020
SO YOU'RE A SCHOOL!

TEACH THEM!

63 posted on 04/26/2018 8:44:05 AM PDT by grobdriver (BUILD KATE'S WALL!)
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To: Trump20162020

I was taught to read a clock in about second grade and in fourth grade was taught penmanship (cursive writing). These were in addition to reading, arithmetic, civics, American history and basic science. Perhaps if schools stuck to teaching the basics and quit wasting class time on self esteem BS, sexual orientation issues, climate change, gun control and Trump hate kids today might know how to read, actually write their name and tell time on a real clock


64 posted on 04/26/2018 8:44:07 AM PDT by The Great RJ ("Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

My school clocks all had Roman Numerals.

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65 posted on 04/26/2018 8:44:41 AM PDT by Mears
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To: RightGeek
So is Big Ben going to be converted to digital?


66 posted on 04/26/2018 8:46:05 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Trump20162020

They can’t read analogue clocks, they can’t read cursive, but they can hear the sound of wet grass over a cellphone.


67 posted on 04/26/2018 8:46:09 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: pabianice

68 posted on 04/26/2018 8:46:15 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: Trump20162020

Does this mean that if a kid is instructed to do something clockwise, he flashes 12:00 repeatedly?


69 posted on 04/26/2018 8:48:25 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: Trump20162020

It only takes a matter of minutes to teach a child how to tell time. The fact that schools don’t want to take the time to teach it, and it is a shame the parents don’t, is telling.


70 posted on 04/26/2018 8:50:36 AM PDT by odawg
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To: Trump20162020

When I was in school, we were taught to read a clock in the second or third grade, maybe sooner. We were also taught penmanship (cursive) by about the second or third grade. Now, schools are dropping penmanship, and high school kids can’t read clocks. Progress!


71 posted on 04/26/2018 8:56:40 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: blackdog
If you can manage a sink rate of 125 fpm, you’re equalling that of a high performance sailplane. Depending on altitude at which the engine failure occurs, that should give you plenty of time to sort out where to land. I don’t know what the Aztec’s effective L/D ratio would be in that scenario, however, so I don’t know how far you can fly to reach a given airfield. I’m also sure your foot on the good engine side is going to be getting mighty tired, unless you can trim it out.

As a (unfortunately non-current) sailplane pilot, I’ve always thought we should emulate the Europeans and require that pilots seeking airplane ratings first receive their glider rating. It really ingraines good judgment when every landing is a forced landing and go arounds are not an option. Sailplane pilots also learn good control coordination habits and learn how to manage their aircraft’s energy, all invaluable skills in an engine out scenario.

72 posted on 04/26/2018 9:14:14 AM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: Trump20162020

don’t be too hard on them- their teeth hurt so bad that their vision is blurred


73 posted on 04/26/2018 9:15:15 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Trump20162020

Give them a sun dial and make it part of the test end stupidity.


74 posted on 04/26/2018 9:25:04 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: Trump20162020

Teach them how to use the damn things instead of throwing them away.


75 posted on 04/26/2018 9:29:56 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: noiseman

Most planes I seem drawn to have a glide ratio identical or worse than a brick. I flew a Great Lakes bi-plane for a few months to get acrobatic training and real spin recovery training, but never again care to do so. My stomach does not care for such things.


76 posted on 04/26/2018 9:31:53 AM PDT by blackdog
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To: noiseman

Altitude and 10’000 foot runways are a man’s best friend.


77 posted on 04/26/2018 9:34:40 AM PDT by blackdog
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To: BBQToadRibs

When you are watching old TV chows, have him sit thru the credits & tell you what year the show was produced-—many are still in Roman numerals.


78 posted on 04/26/2018 9:40:38 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Trump20162020

Public education can now add inability to tell time to inability to do math, and to understand science, know history, read and write. The DNC will have to find a way to affix pictures to their candidates on the ballots so the new 16-year-old voters will cast the proper vote.


79 posted on 04/26/2018 9:40:41 AM PDT by DPMD
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To: Jonty30

They’re assuming that the kids can identify numbers.


80 posted on 04/26/2018 9:46:46 AM PDT by glorgau
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