(February 1, 2014 at 12:56 pm)ElleBelle Wrote:(February 1, 2014 at 12:46 pm)pineapplebunnybounce Wrote: I'm not a teacher, but I tutor on and off for cash and it's like teaching because usually the kids do not know anything. I've had one who couldn't read clocks. A few who do not know how many seconds in a minute/how many minutes in an hour/how many hours in a day. Imagine having to keep a straight face and pretend like that's a normal and acceptable gap in knowledge. I say kids but they're in high school. And don't worry, I don't do english, I'm aware of my horrible grammar on this forum.
You'd be shocked how many kids in middle school don't understand the analog clock.
Interesting. All we have at my school is analogue but I never stopped to wonder how many can't use it.
But it makes me wonder generationally how many of us prefer analogue or digital right here. I suspect on a scatter plot matching age to analogue preference we'd find the older we are the more we prefer it.
Sometimes when I look at a digital read out like on my phone I find myself thinking about what that means about where we are in the day. When I look at an analogue I see a proportional representation of the day with built in bench marks. I suppose those who grow up with digital must develop some intuitive references too.
