Throw in Roman numerals and the kids will be crying.
Books are next.................
Total Failure.
Send them back to previous grades.
I don’t suppose that actually teaching them to read them ever crossed their minds...
It literally takes less than when the fast hand makes one loop, to teach a kid to read a clock.
Most expensive designer watches are analog not digital, of course watches are more of an accessory statement than actually used for time. Same with decorative clocks for living room areas...all analog. I guess these kids are just dumb?
Now the kids will be buying Rolex’s and not knowing how to read them.
So will the UK demand all cars have digital gauges?
"...kids can’t tell time..."
They can’t hold pencils either, according to yet another Brit report.
Brits have too much time on their hands having all these studies to find this stuff out.
My cellphone has a fancy steampunk clock background that tell the time.
But I’m old.
I guess it would be asking too much for teachers to teach kids how to tell time.
If they cannot tell time or any other sort of deficiency, the solution is for teachers to teach them - radical I know.
IIRC, the Air Force’s Pilot Aptitude Test in the 70’s was heavily weighted towards reading analog gauges and choosing the correct reading. Now I think it went a little beyond just telling if a pilot candidate could read the amount of fuel remaining. Would the best explanation be judging critical thinking skills? One might think teaching students to read a clock would be an essential step in teaching students how to think. And heaven help our digital babies them when the EMP comes.
Give all kids a clock reading test. If they fail, stuff them all into one of those old aircraft carriers they sink to form artificial reefs. How are they not learning to read a clock, even at home?? If you are older than 7 years old and can’t read a clock, you are truly hopeless.
NO wonder the UK is now a slave state. Poor Alfie, May God personally care for you in heaven.
The big hand is on “dumb” and the little hand is on “ass”. So what time is it Johnny?
when I homeschooled I removed all digital clocks from the house.
They learned, it was like breathing. by age six all could tell time.
I suspect that analog clock reading requires a higher level of abstraction than some of their students can ever muster.