the spread of smartphone even among children, it is having troubling consequences on their ability to learn the time of day with classic analog clocks.
The complaint comes from the United Kingdom – the “homeland” of Big Ben – where in many exam rooms for the (GSCE) General Certificate of Secondary Education, teachers have asked digital clocks installed because students cannot read with traditional hands, now used to seeing the time directly from their smartphones.
Geoff Barton, secretary general of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: “We are aware that some schools are replacing analog clocks with digital ones in exam rooms. grew up in the digital age and many are simply not able to read analog clocks as much as the older generation. It’s literally a sign of the changing times”, he explained.
Several teachers also reported the problem on social media. One tweeted: “Many students can really struggle on exams because there is often still an analog clock in front and they can’t figure it out.”
Another added: “Many of our children cannot read the clock. Even if they don’t need it, it’s a skill they should know about.”
Steve Chalke, founder of the Oasis Charitable Trust, which runs about 50 schools, told the Times: “We use a mix of digital and traditional clocks to overcome this potential problem.”
Birmingham City University’s Jeremy Hobbins told the prestigious British newspaper that a dedicated course was “a success, albeit a niche”, as young people were drawn to the microengineering behind mechanical watches.
In short, it may seem paradoxical, but in the UK it is estimated that hundreds of thousands of school-age boys and girls who can no longer learn the time are watching the hands of a clock.
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