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New York teachers stunned to learn some students can’t read time on old clocks after phone ban comes into play (www.independent.co.uk)

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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.

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[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Microwave, stove, tv, computers... Digital by default or digital only. Who hangs a wall clock anymore?

[–] xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

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.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

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.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

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.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Who wears watches for fashion?

[–] paraplu@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago

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.