Schools are removing analogue clocks from examination halls because teenagers are unable to tell the time, a head teachers’ union has said.
Teachers are now installing digital devices after pupils sitting their GCSE and A-level exams complained that they were struggling to read the correct time on an analogue clock.
It seems that kids have gotten so used to seeing digital readouts on their phones and computers that they can't deal with traditional clocks, and having an analog clock in the room could induce unnecessary stress on the little darlings. The kids also have trouble holding pencils and pens:
Earlier this year, a senior paediatric doctor warned that children are increasingly finding it hard to hold pens and pencils because of an excessive use of technology. Sally Payne, the head paediatric occupational therapist at the Heart of England foundation NHS Trust, said that when children are given a pencil at school, they are increasingly unable to hold it.
Math will likely be impossible for them as well, absent the calculator function on their phones.
Should it really be necessary to explain to students preparing for university "Now when the big hand is on the 12, and the little hand is on the 2..."
Most of us learned that stuff before we started elementary school. It's curious that so much money is spent attempting to educate students who are so stupid that they can't tell time when looking at a standard clock.
Welcome to the future.
