cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/41056130
At least 31 states and the District of Columbia restrict cell phones in schools
New York City teachers say the state’s recently implemented cell phone ban in schools has showed that numerous students no longer know how to tell time on an old-fashioned clock.
“That’s a major skill that they’re not used to at all,” Tiana Millen, an assistant principal at Cardozo High School in Queens, told Gothamist of what she’s noticed after the ban, which went into effect in September.
Students in the city’s school system are meant to learn basic time-telling skills in the first and second grade, according to officials, though it appears children have fallen out of practice doing so in an increasingly digital world.
How is that even possible? The only clocks on display in my house are analog. Do people not have wall clocks? Do kids grow up never knowing what time it is? That’s a standard household furnishing.
Then again, it does say some students, so I probably should assume it’s a minority who never asked their parents what the fuck that thing on the wall was.
Microwave, stove, tv, computers… Digital by default or digital only. Who hangs a wall clock anymore?
Most people in my country, but I guess not USA, huh? I thought analog watches are almost always more fashionable than digital, too, so I’m really surprised it seems to be not used enough that a couple of dudes here dedicated paragraphs to oppose its use.
Idk, I have an analog hanging up. Some guy on lemmy who can’t even read analogs at a glance isn’t the sole arbiter of timekeeping for everyone’s house in the country.
I’m not in the USA. I do have an analog clock and watch though but they just sit in the closet.
Here’s the problem, I don’t have a lot of wall space and I already have clocks everywhere else. If the purpose is to know the time, then the purpose has been delivered like 5 times over. I don’t need to waste wall space on an analog clock.
Who wears watches for fashion?
I imagine a lot of folks. Everyone has a pocket watch nowadays. Building a habit to check your wrist instead of your pocket isn’t necessarily easy if it’s new.
That’s a choice. You don’t have to have any analog clocks. I don’t currently have any. I dislike decorational clocks and strictly have digital clocks as informational devices where I want the time at a glance. Not to mention, I have 4 appliances in the kitchen with digital clocks (oven, microwave, drip coffee, keurig). Meanwhile, I absolutely hate audible ticking, so the only analogs I’ve bought are watches.
Also, as a former child, I can tell you children do not know what time it is. I also had digital clocks available the whole time, ranging from my dad’s “James Bond” Casio, to the VCR flashing 12:00 all the time. Mostly, the pale teal VFD type.
It doesn’t make sense to think of reading an analog clock as a necessary skill. It’s like driving a manual car. Can you? I do it daily. I can count on one hand the number of times being able to drive stick saved me in an emergency situation by being the only transmission available (it’s a closed fist). All the same, I have never been in an emergency situation that was dependent on my ability to read an analog clock
That’s a choice to be stupid. When I was a child I was frustrated as hell I couldn’t read the signs Bugs Bunny held up, so I was chomping at the bit to learn. And these kids see “circle clocks” and just figure, “Meh. Guess it will always be a mystery.”
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Youre choosing to be esoteric.
Tick Tock. Tick Tock.
That shit gets it’s battery removed or taken off the wall and shoved in the bathroom whenever I end up at a hotel/motel with one.
Drives me insane.
I don’t mind ticking (up to a certain point), but my Dad used to have in his garage an analog clock that not only ticked but also had extremely audible whirring sounds. They were associated (I assume) with the gearing. Again, it never really bothered me - I didn’t spend much time in the garage and I’m pretty sure that clock had been around longer than I had (which is probably why it was so noisy). I was accustomed to it.
However, I remember the day my dad got hearing aids. One of the first things he observed was how noisy the clock was, asking if it had always been that way.
My dad spent a lot of time in his garage. Pretty sure that clock didn’t last out the week.
Hearing aids are such a QoL improvement once people admit they need them. There’s so much noise in the world that gets lost with age/damage. My dad got less irritable because he could actually understand normal talking levels. He definitely noticed some “new” noises in his house like yours did.
But now I have a new issue. I can hear him breathing and chewing through his own hearing aids since they’re cranked to 11. Whatever, I’ll take it.
My dad also got less irritable after. Before he got them, he got in a few (fairly slight) arguments with my mom due to him perceiving her as saying nonsense things - because he couldn’t hear the context. Unfortunately, my mom died before he got the hearing aids, but he definitely always loved her and the arguments stayed minor and surrounded by good connections. He fairly doted on her most of the time.
He lived for a long time after getting them and it was good to see, as you said, his QoL improvements.
I never had the issue you’re describing, but I think that’s in part because he could largely function with his limited hearing and mostly kept the aids off or on low settings. I’m glad you’re able to deal with the inconvenience!