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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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[–] 0 points 10 months ago (1 child)

How is that surprising ? Why would kid learn a useless skill ? Yes it's useless if you always have a digital clock on you and only read time that way. Should they learn to read cuneiform too? Now that the phone ban is in place, they will learn to read analog clock since it's useful again.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    Cuneiform is an ancient writing system that died 1900 years ago. An analog clock (many of which are still around today) has hands that point to the numbers on the circumference. I don't think the two can be compared.

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