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Eq0@literature.cafe 3 weeks agoI also wonder: what’s the goal of teaching this? Sure, a cursory lesson is a good idea, but making it a fundamental step seems nonsensical in a world that doesn’t require it at all. It’s like teaching how to sharpen a quill, it’s not needed anymore
It’s an easy way to introduce fractions, especially since it’s common to hear/say it’s a quarter passed 2, half passed 5, and a quarter to 9.
Also teaches multiples, since the numbers on the clock represent multiples of 5.
Helps with directions, clockwise is when the hands spin to the right and counter-clockwise to the left. You’d be amazed how many students can’t tell their left from right.
You’d be amazed how many students can’t tell their left from right.
wtf? this goes back further than analogue clocks… we used to have a ribbon on one hand until we learned to distinguish right from left
I understand that learning left from right is a skill to learn. However, it was rare for a teenager to be unable to distinguish their left from right, unlike today.
so kids these days are no longer taught that two wrongs don’t make a right, but three lefts do? wild
Of course it’s still needed. There still exist analog clocks almost everywhere. (At least in my country)
foodandart@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
NGL, wind up analog clocks are useful in places where the power goes out often. I have a 7-day grandfather clock and it’s been a godsend when northeasters turn into ice storms that take down the power for days…
(Northern New England had wretched winter weather some years)
bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
I don’t have a horse in this race, but your argument doesn’t hold up. If you want a way to tell the time during a power outage, you don’t need an analogue clock, you need one that runs on batteries.
papalonian@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m also horseless, but their analog clock is a wind-up, no batteries required. So if you’re snowed in and can’t get to the store, it’s one less thing that will take up batteries.
Comrade_Spood@quokk.au 3 weeks ago
I have a watch that is piwered by movement, and it is analog. Love the thing cause I don’t have to remember to charge it or replace the batteries, it charges when I wear it. However if I forget to wear it it will likely die. But then I just give it a good shake and update the time.
Spaceballstheusername@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I don’t know why you would need a clock if you’re trapped in your house. Maybe if you have to take pills at a specific time but usually you can be off by an hour or two which I can tell simply by looking outside and sensing time internally.
AA5B@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ve always wanted one of these but really only to remind me of my grandparents house from when I was a kid