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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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[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

I'm a millennial and I was taught how to read a clock in 2nd grade. Are they not teaching this basic skill anymore?

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm a millenial, too. Even I use my phone or computer to tell time more often than anything. Before smart phones we had some solid years relying on wall clocks and watches. It was a skill we kept using after we learned it, unlike a lot of kids who haven't needed to flex that muscle since they were taught.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah but smartwatches exist and digital watch faces look awkward on the ones with a round dial. Plus I have an analog clock on the wall for when the watch is charging and I don't feel like pulling out my phone... So it's still a useful skill to have.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 1 points 3 days ago

Not saying it isn't useful, but that it's understandable someone might not have that skill.

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What decade were you in second grade?

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

The mid 90s, LONG after digital clocks were already ubiquitous.

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You didn't even have to read the article, just the excerpt from OP. "students are taught to read analog clocks in first and second grade in city public schools" l

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

you ought to change your pedantry to instructed because some of them did not learn