Comment on Don't fix the problem just change the parameters

• Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I agree.

  That being said, there’s a difference between having a disability and just not having had enough practice.

  Just having an analogue clock in all rooms and halls of a school is a way to give people the opportunity to get the practice.

  In higher grades you can have an analogue clock in front and a digital “cheat” one in the back. If they’re not sure, they can glance at that. And if that cheat clock is only in every other room. Most will learn because it’s easier that way.

  When reading the clock comes as a topic of the curriculum in 1st or 2nd grade, having the teacher ask a student to read the time periodically from the classroom clock for a few months will make sure everyone has had at least some opportunities to practice.

  Of course, if someone does have a problem bordering on disability, accomodate them. But a quarter of a class having it is really either bad luck or just bad methodology.

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  • lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The post talks explicitly about teenagers in exam halls. Don’t know if “exam hall” is a term for regular class rooms but either way it talks about teenagers. True, younger kids should learn it. Even if without practice, you have a hard time as a teenager, you can revive the skill later. Source: I did.

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• FelixCress@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I am not referring to students with diagnosed disabilities - I am referring to the vast majority without.

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  • lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    … in the context that many students can’t read analog clocks and shouldn’t get help. Pretty sure there is no official diagnosis for this so no problem and they don’t deserve to know how much time they have left in a biology exam. Again, there is no reason to discriminate against people lacking unrelated skills, if diagnosed or undiagnosed.

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    • FelixCress@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Let me put it this way: if someone is not disabled and still unable or too lazy to understand the clock, they shouldn’t be in the exam room in the first place.

      This is not a “discrimination” - most exams are for the people with a some level of the IQ, certainly above the level of a radiator. Or a stool.

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      • Karl@literature.cafe ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        unable or too lazy to understand the clock, They can understand the clock? Just not the analog clock. Why should they anyways? It’s not like that’s the only way to tell time and since reading analog clocks is an unrelated skill why do u think they’re not fit to write exams? It has nothing to do with IQ, it’s just that analog clocks aren’t as common as they used to be. Hence, they’re less used to them than previous generations. They probably can learn to read them if they wanted to, but they just don’t bother, since they don’t really need it these days

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