Does your teen read a hand clock ?

[Anonymous]

Does your teen know how to read a clock? Drivers Ed teachers and I lost count on the numbers of kids don't know when I tell them to place their hands on 10 and 2.

[Anonymous]

I thought you put your hands lower now.

[Anonymous]

My otherwise extremely bright and accomplished 26-year-old has trouble reading a clock. He has to stare at it for a few seconds, like it's in a foreign language. It's truly amazing to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought you put your hands lower now.

It between 10, and 2 and 9 and 3 o'clock, they a both accepted but can't don't know it.

[Anonymous]

My teen can read an analog clock, but I don't think he knows the face well enough that he could put his hands at 10 and 2 without really having to think about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought you put your hands lower now.

It between 10, and 2 and 9 and 3 o'clock, they a both accepted but can't don't know it.

Is 11:30 and Holding A Cup of Coffee listed anywhere in the driver’s manual?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought you put your hands lower now.

It between 10, and 2 and 9 and 3 o'clock, they a both accepted but can't don't know it.

Is 11:30 and Holding A Cup of Coffee listed anywhere in the driver’s manual?

Right before 6:30 and a bagel with schmear.

[Anonymous]

Yes. And we do 9:00 and 3:00 in our house.

[Anonymous]

If your kids can’t figure how to read a clock, it’s parents fault as well. Both my teens can read a clock and actually own an old fashioned watch too.

[Anonymous]

Mine can. But we have analog clocks all around our house.

I think the “skill” is going the way of cursive for most.

[Anonymous]

It’s not taught well in elementary any more. It was barely introduced in 1st grade and then deemphasized due to Covid, never to be taught again.

[Anonymous]

Yes. We're into watches.

[Anonymous]

Seriously????

We are doomed.

[Anonymous]

Yes, because we have analog wall clocks in our house. It never occurred to me not to have them.

[Anonymous]

I have an analog clock in our home because I like them. But some of my kids’ friends don’t and while they may be capable of reading one, saying “10 and 2” (or 9 and 3) may be a less than intuitive metaphor since there’s no guarantee they look at a clock face regularly or even often — it’s likely their watches and phones and primary clocks are all digital.