In my elementary school we even had clocks, where the numbers were large dice the teacher could take out and rotate so they showed ½, 30 or 18 instead of 6, for example. It’s not hard to learn, if you’re at a school. But then again, digital clocks are so everpresent that it might not actually matter…

[–] WarlordSdocy@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The problem is unless you really use the skill a lot you're not really gonna learn it from school. I had to teach myself how to read analog clocks in highschool cause even though I'm pretty sure I learned it in elementary school I grew up with computers and eventually smart phones so I never had to use it.

Edit: Also for context I was born in 2001

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We had one in every classroom. So we only had to look at it for reinforcement of the original lesson.

[–] WarlordSdocy@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

We had them too but at least for me in elementary school I didn't really care what time it was. I remember I knew what position on the clock meant school was done but other then that didn't really need to read it cause the teachers would just bring us as a class to whatever our next class was for that day. By the time I got old enough to start caring smartphones were prevalent enough that I never really needed to learn how to read a clock. It wasn't until highschool where teachers got more strict about enforcing no phones out in class that I then learned how to read clocks so I could know when class would be done.