Young Can 'only Read Digital Clocks'

[naomi24]

//That's the claim in a debate between teachers - with suggestions that digital clocks are being installed in exam halls for teenagers.
It follows a report in the Times Educational Supplement of a conference being told that pupils needed a digital clock to be able to tell the time.//

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-43882847

These are GCSE and A-level students so not so very young. Fine, they’ll be able to tell the time in exam halls – but what about in the rest of the world? Rather than simply install clocks they can read, I wonder if anyone has ever considered an option that would be far more useful to them - teaching them to tell the time?

[Mamyalynne]

The odder the better no doubt.

[Voltage]

just in case anyone is interested its 16.00 or 4 pm ;-)

[vulcan42]

"Acalculia
Impaired ability in numerical concepts. These inabilities arise as a result of primary neurological lesion, are syndromic (e.g., Gerstmann Syndrome ) or acquired due to Brain damage." medical dictionary.
I know it's not the only symptom but it is a useful indicator for a primary teacher.

[New Judge]

"The contention is, m'lud, that young shavers can look at that clock with the big hand and the little hand pointing at 11 and not know if it's 21:47 or 01:05."

Sorry, I'm completely lost. Why on earth should they think it is either of those two times?

[vulcan42]

Perhaps this will confuse them even more.
http://lovedbdb.com/nudemenClock/index2.html