Study: 4-in-5 Oklahoma City students can’t read clocks

[68Charger]

Really want to mess with 'em?

I've got one of these:

https://www.amazon.com/Crystal-Power.../dp/B000YHO28U

TECHNICALLY, it's a digital clock

[ColoradoTJ]

I guess it is all in the curriculum of the school/parenting. My kids had to learn to read the analog clock time and were tested on it. This was done as of 3 weeks ago and my kid is in 2nd grade. I have another one in kindergarten and it is a requirement to be able to tie their own shoes.

Cursive writing skills? I could see this going away. Between phones and PC's, do we really need to teach cursive writing skills anymore? I personally write in a logbook every day at work, and we had to make a standard to print instead of cursive writing due to not being legible. I have even given back a prescription request from my doctors office due to the dribble that Doctors write down. I figure if I can't read it, how in the hell is a pharmasist going to and give me the correct medicine?

Things are going to change, that is a fact. Funny, but my oldest went out and purchased a pocket watch so she could learn to tell analog time. She enjoys it, and used the money she worked hard for to purchase the pocket watch.

It is interesting to see an older generation complain about knowledge in younger kids today (I include myself in this older generation). Kids today can't tell time on an analog clock, but can most likely hack into your bank account or personal PC without batting an eye. My 8 year old can go through my iPhone 6 and teach me things about it, and she doesn't even own one. Kind of interesting how we measure intelligence...

[Dave_L]

It is interesting to see an older generation complain about knowledge in younger kids today (I include myself in this older generation). Kids today can't tell time on an analog clock, but can most likely hack into your bank account or personal PC without batting an eye. My 8 year old can go through my iPhone 6 and teach me things about it, and she doesn't even own one. Kind of interesting how we measure intelligence...

Yup, it's very interesting to see what each generation see's as "intelligence". Kids today know electronics like the back of their hand but can't do some of the most basic stuff that most of us grew up knowing. We had a 19 year old helping fill in at my office for a bit. She laughed that we didnt have dual monitors but she couldn't address an envelope. Tech is great but it feels the next generation has put all their eggs in that basket and ignored everything that you can fall back on when tech goes out.

[Circuits]

to a class room of 1400 students

That's a shitload of students for one class. I don't believe I've ever been in a lecture hall that would hold that many...

[CS1983]

I run an analog wrist watch. Only part that sucks is when I forget to spring fwd a day on weird months and I end up thinking it's the wrong date.

[BushMasterBoy]

So much for check your six...

[hatidua]

Cursive writing skills? I could see this going away.

I hope it does. There seems to be an indirect correlation between cursive legibility and number of post-graduate degrees a person has.

[Jonsey]

I didn't learn analog very well in school but figured it out eventually. It was one of the first things I taught my own kids and led into fractions which I thought was kind of cool. I think people probably need those kinds of skills still, but also a lot more tech than we used to need. I am not so good at teaching that. They usually teach me.

[ColoradoTJ]

I hope it does. There seems to be an indirect correlation between cursive legibility and number of post-graduate degrees a person has.

You may be on to something there....

[ColoradoTJ]

Yup, it's very interesting to see what each generation see's as "intelligence". Kids today know electronics like the back of their hand but can't do some of the most basic stuff that most of us grew up knowing. We had a 19 year old helping fill in at my office for a bit. She laughed that we didnt have dual monitors but she couldn't address an envelope. Tech is great but it feels the next generation has put all their eggs in that basket and ignored everything that you can fall back on when tech goes out.

I'm pretty sure any amount of electronics can't fix her problem.

Then again, maybe she never wrote a letter and sent it snail mail?