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backscatter712

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111. There are lots of analog clocks and watches out there.
Mon May 7, 2018, 12:34 AM
May 2018

And besides, telling time on an analog clock isn't hard.

If only there was a place kids could go to be schooled in such skills. n/t PoliticAverse May 2018 #1
LOL Scurrilous May 2018 #6
Why? Blue_true May 2018 #22
An analog clock may give one a better perception of time. Kaleva May 2018 #47
If the argument was on writing style, I would agree. Blue_true May 2018 #53
Exactly! Lulu KC May 2018 #134
Analog clocks DO give a faster perception of relative time Thunderbeast May 2018 #105
Yes, if you want to see "at a glance" how close you are to the next hour an analog clock display... PoliticAverse May 2018 #132
Really. Christ on a crutch. How hard is it to learn to tell time? Makes me wonder Nay May 2018 #25
They read and do math just fine. Codeine May 2018 #30
I spent the most of my life w analog time randr May 2018 #60
They do math just fine? Ask one of them to make change without a calculator...... lastlib May 2018 #102
The problem with the change thing, giving the cashier the change or even just part of it, PoindexterOglethorpe May 2018 #107
My own kids seem to do mental math Codeine May 2018 #130
I'm old fashioned Dorian Gray May 2018 #127
I think I leaned that in first grade. nt Flaleftist May 2018 #66
Yes, such used to exist. They were called "schools". Ghost Dog May 2018 #70
LOL Demovictory9 May 2018 #113
They'd always be tardy. Throck May 2018 #128
We're only a couple of generations away from this: Initech May 2018 #2
LOVE IT!!!!! MyOwnPeace May 2018 #77
That is not Big Ben. Tipperary May 2018 #139
It was MyOwnPeace May 2018 #157
Exactly what I envisioned Freethinker65 May 2018 #80
lol. Demovictory9 May 2018 #114
No words ... n/t RKP5637 May 2018 #3
Why can't they just teach them how to read both types of clocks? BigmanPigman May 2018 #4
How long can it take to teach an adult to learn to read an analog clock? PoliticAverse May 2018 #31
Exactly! That is why I said they are lazy or they are being losers. BigmanPigman May 2018 #38
I am teaching my daughter...she learned to read a clock years ago I am sure but has never used it Demsrule86 May 2018 #150
I am very visual and I see analog clocks all over the place in public. BigmanPigman May 2018 #151
Yeah for how long will cursive and analog clocks be around...I was forced to use a slide rule by a Demsrule86 May 2018 #154
These kids use their phones to tell time. Demsrule86 May 2018 #160
All it takes is a little practice, and you can make a game out of it FakeNoose May 2018 #156
Maybe people don't have the patience to teach it BigmanPigman May 2018 #162
Imagine that, TEACH them how, elleng May 2018 #58
Why don't schools teach how to tell time on analog... CatMor May 2018 #5
i observed this phenomenon in the 80s samnsara May 2018 #7
My eldest stepson, who is in med school, cannot do cursive writing. Kaleva May 2018 #8
Hand them a rotary phone and see what happens.... dixiegrrrrl May 2018 #9
Another Carrington Event would really screw up the younger generations. Kaleva May 2018 #14
Exactly. dixiegrrrrl May 2018 #86
Another Carrington event will screw up ALL generations. roamer65 May 2018 #115
I can get by without cell phones, or any phone, and electronic games Kaleva May 2018 #117
All the spent fuel pools would eventually lose power and become radioactive infernos. roamer65 May 2018 #164
What do clocks have to do with reading real books? Codeine May 2018 #18
There were illiterate-ass motherfuckers when you were in school? Mariana May 2018 #59
Or (shudder!) conduct a cash transaction Golden Raisin May 2018 #20
Or write a bank check...seen it when asked as a job duty...no can do lunasun May 2018 #64
They would Learn. Adrahil May 2018 #24
You'd think some of the people posting on this thread Mariana May 2018 #63
This thread has a very get off my lawn feel to it crazycatlady May 2018 #144
As was pointed out elsewhere in this thread Mariana May 2018 #148
Ah, the art of double-declutching low-gear changes Ghost Dog May 2018 #71
You were lucky gladium et scutum May 2018 #122
My current doctor's cursive handwriting is close to illegible, Ghost Dog May 2018 #75
My handwriting is so bad Jake Stern May 2018 #106
I can barely understand his writing in print Kaleva May 2018 #110
I think it's called "Doctor Keep em' Guessing" 101. zanana1 May 2018 #140
I can't tell the time with an hourglass malaise May 2018 #10
Not fair. You are too modern. Oops, got to check my sundial. Blue_true May 2018 #26
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah malaise May 2018 #27
But can such technology always be relied upon, Malaise? Ghost Dog May 2018 #73
Very interesting response with wonderful information malaise May 2018 #76
When the next big war starts, soon, however, Ghost Dog May 2018 #82
Then those who paid attention to history malaise May 2018 #87
Yup. Ghost Dog May 2018 #89
Dave Allen had this covered years ago: Denzil_DC May 2018 #11
Seems like it would be better to leave the analog clocks Raine May 2018 #12
Very few of them can use a sundial Codeine May 2018 #13
Hmmm.. GeorgeGist May 2018 #15
Who cares? Adrahil May 2018 #16
This. Codeine May 2018 #21
My First Grade teacher was a hardass on penmanship. Blue_true May 2018 #29
I learned how to write cursive and then Codeine May 2018 #33
I wrote in cursive until I started working as an engineer. Blue_true May 2018 #46
Exactly. DavidDvorkin May 2018 #32
I think reading and writing in cursive is important. phylny May 2018 #36
IMO, we need to move on. Adrahil May 2018 #45
I can attest that writing longhand boosts creativity. See my post on that. nt Blue_true May 2018 #51
After years of being an engineer, I started writing fictional novels during free time. Blue_true May 2018 #49
I'm experiencing something similar: Ghost Dog May 2018 #91
I found that I think easier and can tolerate distractions better when I do first drafts freehand. Blue_true May 2018 #166
Nothing wrong with that... Adrahil May 2018 #131
I use a combination of cursive and block lettering. Blue_true May 2018 #167
Cool... I find writing on the computer way easier.... Adrahil May 2018 #169
I tend to analyze while I write, from habit. Blue_true May 2018 #170
++ see post 54 . We taught it at home to all and if the teachers allow it, they use it for any lunasun May 2018 #61
I read a study from a decade ago, or so, that stated that CrispyQ May 2018 #67
They also got rid of sundials and time balls. rickford66 May 2018 #17
On mental acuity tests, one of the tasks DeminPennswoods May 2018 #19
So when will they update Big Ben? lpbk2713 May 2018 #23
So, teach them. n/t Guilded Lilly May 2018 #28
Why? Codeine May 2018 #35
I disagree that it's useless. MariaCSR May 2018 #39
I disagree as well BannonsLiver May 2018 #50
Because knowledge is power. Because not everyone lives in a digital world. Because... Guilded Lilly May 2018 #79
This is the UK Sgent May 2018 #109
The mindset isn't exclusively American related. Knowledge is still Guilded Lilly May 2018 #126
There are lots of analog clocks and watches out there. backscatter712 May 2018 #111
You're having a turkish! ProudLib72 May 2018 #34
many analog clocks need no batteries or current when the power fails. they msongs May 2018 #37
No, hardly any. How many people have to wind up clocks as part of their job these days? muriel_volestrangler May 2018 #121
Christ, I taught myself how to read an analog clock when I was maybe five or six years old Downtown Hound May 2018 #40
I could tell time on a clock back in 1957 when I was five, elocs May 2018 #44
Me too and I was curious enough Raine May 2018 #55
Wait they should practice with Big Ben. Historic NY May 2018 #41
Began noticing kids weren't learning to tell time on analog clocks in early 70s bobbieinok May 2018 #42
There is something more serious here... defacto7 May 2018 #43
I think without practice its a skill that's easy to lose. aikoaiko May 2018 #158
For all those saying "well, teach them" - it is taught, in Year One, but this is 10 years later muriel_volestrangler May 2018 #48
But if the classrooms have analog clocks sarisataka May 2018 #78
I don't think many classrooms do have analogue clocks muriel_volestrangler May 2018 #120
I'm younger than most of this forum crazycatlady May 2018 #52
Quarter and half aren't "rounding"? Spider Jerusalem May 2018 #123
I'm well aware of that crazycatlady May 2018 #143
Teacher asked our uoungest not to turn in work in cursive . He tokd her oh my parents wanted lunasun May 2018 #54
Seriously? I taught my kids how to read a clock as soon as they learned their numbers. Laffy Kat May 2018 #56
They better know how to read this one lol Blues Heron May 2018 #57
Three minutes before midnight? Ghost Dog May 2018 #92
yeah and this one's running slow! Blues Heron May 2018 #94
Imagine their confusion over a sun dial randr May 2018 #62
I have an analog clock on my phone wallpaper... Wounded Bear May 2018 #65
We have a retirement clock. dixiegrrrrl May 2018 #90
Hmmm...I wasn't born with that skill, either. MineralMan May 2018 #68
There goes half past four and MineralMan May 2018 #69
What's really shocking is that today's kids don't know how to use an astrolabe DavidDvorkin May 2018 #72
Yup. Nt Adrahil May 2018 #104
So when they're watching old movies with clocks in them and knowing the time is betsuni May 2018 #74
So does mine. Cha May 2018 #99
Just asked my 13yo and 15yo defacto7 May 2018 #81
I see more analog clocks then digital ones at offices and so forth. Kaleva May 2018 #112
Persistence of Memory comes to mind Blues Heron May 2018 #83
+1 for Dali defacto7 May 2018 #161
I bet people said the same thing when we quit using sundials. Hoyt May 2018 #84
Actually I wish I knew how to tell time with one Raine May 2018 #119
+1 Lulu KC May 2018 #135
Never stop learning! Decoy of Fenris May 2018 #155
Thanks! nt Raine May 2018 #168
The wife and I had a huge fight when we got our boat. GulfCoast66 May 2018 #85
Always maintain your dead reckoning constantly updated Ghost Dog May 2018 #93
Hah. But too often dead reckoning gets you dead on the water! GulfCoast66 May 2018 #97
ok. gonna put an analog clock on the puter now. pansypoo53219 May 2018 #88
Post hoc ergo propter hoc, or maybe the inverse, or some-fallacy, or something? RockRaven May 2018 #95
Thanks for your post canetoad May 2018 #96
This is just sad. Teach it.. it's a part of Cha May 2018 #98
That's just one design. Can you tell the time on this one? jberryhill May 2018 #124
They couldn't teach them in like 5 minutes? They must have stupid teachers and/or students! nt doc03 May 2018 #100
Our house is full of analog clocks. hunter May 2018 #101
Some analog clocks have Roman numerals like Big Ben kskiska May 2018 #103
When I started fourth grade, PoindexterOglethorpe May 2018 #108
I get very confused when people say 'it is half past seven' crazycatlady May 2018 #146
Just to confuse things more, in German, the 'half' is *before* the next hour muriel_volestrangler May 2018 #147
Penmanship is on it's way out to. Kaleva May 2018 #116
They don't teach flint knapping either. briv1016 May 2018 #118
What I wish is that we could teach people here to read the article before posting Blue_Adept May 2018 #125
It's a bad article too, which has suffered from being an indirect report muriel_volestrangler May 2018 #141
Exactly Blue_Adept May 2018 #142
At least they can do metric. Throck May 2018 #129
Good point. Hoyt May 2018 #138
Remove them? It sounds like a teaching opportunity. Vinca May 2018 #133
They're likely to have a digital clock in their pockets crazycatlady May 2018 #145
I disapprove of this move. Pope George Ringo II May 2018 #136
Use it or lose it IronLionZion May 2018 #137
My own daughter can't tell time with a regular clock! She is the baby of the family. I don't know Demsrule86 May 2018 #149
AND STAY OFF MY LAWN!!! progressoid May 2018 #152
As a kid I had trouble reading analog clocks csziggy May 2018 #153
Yeah, it's time to go digital dalton99a May 2018 #159
But don't use the 24-hour clock lest kids complain about that, too Blue_Tires May 2018 #163
Teach Them How To Read Analog Clocks erpowers May 2018 #165
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