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GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 1 day agoIt’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.
MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 23 hours ago
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
GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
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.
MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 23 hours ago
so kids these days are no longer taught that two wrongs don’t make a right, but three lefts do? wild