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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Neither of my kids (18 and 16) are particularly good at telling time on an analog clock.  They can sort of do it if they have to, but they mostly don't.
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Same here! We have had the same analog clock in our living room their entire lives. If their phone isn’t nearby, they will ask me what time it is before looking at that clock. I make them look at the clock anyway. They say it just takes too long compared to looking at their phone. [b]I try to tell them that it shouldn’t take longer, and they should be able to read the clock just as fast. They aren’t buying it![/b]

Apparently it’s a whole thing with their generation. They are even replacing analog with digital in rooms where ACT is taken because the kids can’t read the clock to figure out how much time they have left. [/quote]
I don't buy it either! I can read an analog clock but it definitely isn't as fast as digital.[/quote]

I put about 10 analog clocks around our house for this exact reason. One clock, gasp, has Roman numerals. I'm even thinking of taping over the microwave clock. The kids still ask me what time it is. I never tell them as they are literally surrounded by clocks. It infuriates them that they actually have to look at an analog. I laugh and then ask them repeatedly where my socks/shoes/coat/swimsuit/googles/backpack are. They are definitely going to need therapy when they grow up.[/quote]

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