As A Watch And Clock Collector, This Discourages Me

"Matt Nichelson" (whoismatt) 05/09/2018 at 11:30 • Filed to: None

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I hate to be all “Old man yells at cloud” about this, but damn. Is it really so difficult to read an analog clock? This is the world we live in now and it’s sad.

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Rainbow > Matt Nichelson 05/09/2018 at 11:33

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I think the whole story is just old people deciding for themselves that teenagers are too stupid to tell time.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > Matt Nichelson 05/09/2018 at 11:35

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* Looks down at wrist *

* Sees Digital Watch *

SHIT

But I love analog watches more

facw > Matt Nichelson 05/09/2018 at 11:35

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I mean, reading an analog clock isn’t an especially valuable skill, but it is also super easy to teach, so why not. If we are killing obsolete skills (or making them optional, or just teaching them later), I’d definitely go with cursive and Roman numerals before I got rid of analog clocks.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Matt Nichelson 05/09/2018 at 11:37

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Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Rainbow 05/09/2018 at 11:37

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I can tell time on analog, but digital is so much better for practical use.

Maxima Speed > Matt Nichelson 05/09/2018 at 11:37

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This is absurd. If they can’t tell the time than you educate them (it is a school), about how to read a clock.

BigBlock440 > Matt Nichelson 05/09/2018 at 11:37

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I believe it. I change the clock on any of my phones to “analog” just so I still have to look at one, thinking at the time that it was still a valuable skill. I’m not so sure it is anymore.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > facw 05/09/2018 at 11:39

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Let cursive go, but for the love of all that’s holy, keep penmanship!

. . > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 05/09/2018 at 11:39

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Is it though? It takes like half a second longer to read the time off an analog clock, and that’s only if you have to pay attention to both hands.

Urambo Tauro > Matt Nichelson 05/09/2018 at 11:39

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Sounds like a direct reflection on the education system to me. Are they not teaching this in 1st grade (or whatever it’s called in the UK)?

Censored > Matt Nichelson 05/09/2018 at 11:40

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I’m very proud to say that my now 6 yr old could read an analog clock at the age of 4. Now I will say that it took until about 5ish for her to be able to get down to the minute, first she just read it at the nearest 5 minute mark. She is now about to finish 1st grade and the teacher has commented that her and one other student are the only 2 that can reliably tell time.

71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors > Matt Nichelson 05/09/2018 at 11:41

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I don’t know what you’re talking about, I’m a youth and I can read the Devon Tread 1 the Harry Winston Opus 11 , and the Urwerk 110 just fine and they’re not digital.

HammerheadFistpunch > Matt Nichelson 05/09/2018 at 11:44

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So, there is a subset of people who genuinely have a hard time reading analog clocks (along with other math and number related problems), it’s called dyscalculia. It’s like math dyslexia. I know because it’s me, I can’t glance at a clock and read the time, I have to find a common reference (quarters usually work) and count from there. Its not for lack of trying, Im wearing an analog watch right now. Granted the idea that ALL teens can’t so lets remove them is super duper stupid.

Chuckles > KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time 05/09/2018 at 11:44

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*Looks down at wrist*

*Doesn’t see a watch*

*Remembers that he hates wearing a wristwatch and would rather drive a PT Cruiser than wear a wristwatch*

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > . . 05/09/2018 at 11:45

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I can glance at digital, I have to look at analog. Alternatively, we all carry a digital clock without having to wear it. It also works as calculator, dictionary, encyclopedia, GPS system, and I can go on. There is literally no reason for analog clocks to still exist other than vanity or aesthetic.

Wacko > Matt Nichelson 05/09/2018 at 11:46

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well that means those darn kids will loose interest in analog wrist watches, and prices should go down.

NKato > Matt Nichelson 05/09/2018 at 11:49

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I can read clocks without issues. Surprise.

CobraJoe > Matt Nichelson 05/09/2018 at 11:59

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Also: Driving stick is a rare skill, no one is buying wagons or sedans anymore, and the death of the internal combustion engine is in the forseeable future.

The future partially sucks. Welcome to being old (and I’m only 33)

PartyPooper2012 > Matt Nichelson 05/09/2018 at 12:01

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Why not remove books from libraries because kids can’t read

why not remove numbers from math problems because kids can’t math

why not remove jobs because kids can’t job... oh wait... robots... damn it.

ok. let’s all shrivel up and die already.

Chariotoflove > Matt Nichelson 05/09/2018 at 12:01

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Teenagers can tell time just fine. They just don’t care.

Svend > Matt Nichelson 05/09/2018 at 12:18

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Oh dear god.

They even spoke to a school head from a school down the road from me in Cockermouth.

Granted there are people who genuinely can’t read analogue clocks but if year nine, 10 and 11 students (that’s age group 13-16 year old) can’t read them, how about teaching them better when they start secondary school at age eleven-twelve. But honestly students should be getting taught this in junior school, age seven+.

(England school system and age, Primary School five-seven, Junior School seven-11, Secondary Secondary 11-16 years old).

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Matt Nichelson 05/09/2018 at 12:18

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My home state is thinking of changing the name of our airport because people don’t know the guy it’s named after. It’s times like this I wish there was a place children could go to where they would be taught things, like how to read a clock, or math, or their state’s history. But alas, I know of no such place.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Matt Nichelson 05/09/2018 at 12:22

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I hate everything about this

Svend > Urambo Tauro 05/09/2018 at 12:25

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I was taught how to read an analogue watch/clock at a very early age as did every one of school age and earlier at home.

I still remember some of the questions I had where I had to answer by drawing the short and long arms on a clock face.

Noah - Now with more boost. > Matt Nichelson 05/09/2018 at 12:28

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Gratuitous wrist shot. Definitely didn’t take a billion tries for this:

Conveniently wearing my Mido today... analog AND roman numerals. I’m only 25, there is hope! Would love to see a clock face or two from your collection.

jimz > Rainbow 05/09/2018 at 12:50

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no, it’s that they’re not being taught to. It’s not like it’s intuitive; you need to be taught that the different hands mean different things, and what each one means when it’s pointing to a particular number.

KevlarRx7 > Matt Nichelson 05/09/2018 at 12:54

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As somebody with a brain dominance issue, and really bad numeracy dyslexia analog clocks/watches used to be absolute hell along with tying shoelaces ect until I was in my very early twenties..... I made it a mission to learn, problem is people give up too easy now days. And due to the internet it’s presumed everybody learns in the same way.

Matt Nichelson > HammerheadFistpunch 05/09/2018 at 13:34

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That’s completely understandable. By no means am I calling out those with something such as that or dyslexia or others and this wasn’t meant to offend those people. The last sentence you wrote is my concern. Kids are becoming so dependant on technology that I am afraid old ways of doing things will vanish because schools won’t teach it anymore. I work at a credit union and I can’t tell you how many people I have had come in to open an account for their middle or high school aged child and the child not be able to write in cursive because it isn’t taught in school anymore.

Matt Nichelson > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 05/09/2018 at 13:37

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I shouldn’t have laughed at that like I did.

Matt Nichelson > Svend 05/09/2018 at 13:40

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My apologies. Not my intention to throw England under the bus.

HammerheadFistpunch > Matt Nichelson 05/09/2018 at 13:40

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Oh i’m not at all offended, just letting you know there are people out there who can’t and it’s not for a lack of trying. As for cursive, I can honestly say I don’t see the point. I mean, a signature is just an artistic representation of your name, it could be anything. Mine is usually single line based, or a letter and a line or sometimes its a little sailboat on the water. it doesn’t much matter beyond being able to say “yes, that looks like me”

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Matt Nichelson 05/09/2018 at 13:48

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So many possibilities with this headline:

Schools are removing numbers from classrooms as teenagers “cannot compute”

DO YOUR DAMN JOB!

smh...

Matt Nichelson > Noah - Now with more boost. 05/09/2018 at 13:51

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Nice! I like the look of it. Wearing my Sea-Gull today. Don’t let Party-vi know haha. I’ll have to get a picture of some of my others after work.

Matt Nichelson > HammerheadFistpunch 05/09/2018 at 13:56

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Fair enough on that. I guess I am just old school when it cones to cursive. I’m only 34, but it amazes me how different schools are now compared to when I was younger.

Derpwagon > Matt Nichelson 05/09/2018 at 13:57

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I should start a watch collection thread. Remind me to do that tonight.

Svend > Matt Nichelson 05/09/2018 at 14:06

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No worries.

If something is stupid, it should be addressed as such and corrected no matter if it’s America, Britain, Australia, etc...

It was the same school that said kids had to wear hand and eye protection when playing ‘conkers’ (it was done as a laugh to show just how people are ready to believe things get banned under health & Safety legislation).

Conkers is a traditional children’s game in Britain and Ireland played using the seeds of horse chestnut trees—the name ‘conker’ is also applied to the seed and to the tree itself. The game is played by two players, each with a conker threaded onto a piece of string: they take turns striking each other’s conker until one breaks.

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The first mention of the game is in Robert Southey ’s memoirs published in 1821. He describes a similar game, but played with snail shells or hazelnuts. It was only from the 1850s that using horse chestnuts was regularly referred to in certain regions. The game grew in popularity in the 19th century, and spread beyond England . [1]

The first recorded game of Conkers using horse chestnuts was on the Isle of Wight in 1848. [2]

There is uncertainty of the origins of the name. The name may come from the dialect word conker , meaning “knock out” (perhaps related to French conque meaning a conch , as the game was originally played using snail shells and small bits of string. [3] [4] ) The name may also be influenced by the verb conquer , as earlier games involving shells and hazelnuts has also been called conquerors . [3] Another possibility is that it is onomatopoeia , representing the sound made by a horse chestnut as it hits another hard object, such as a skull (another children’s “game”, also called conkers, consists of simply throwing the seeds at one another over a fence or wall). Conkers are also known regionally as obblyonkers , cheggies* or cheesers . Although a “cheeser” is a conker with one or more flat sides, this comes about due to it sharing its pod with other conkers (twins or triplets). Also Cheggers was used in Lancaster, England in the 1920s. In D. H. Lawrence ’s book Sons and Lovers , the game is referred to as cobblers by William Morel.

HammerheadFistpunch > Matt Nichelson 05/09/2018 at 14:07

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True that.

Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious > Matt Nichelson 05/09/2018 at 14:44

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I purposely chose a large analog clock to hang in the back of my classroom. After the first week, no one turns around constantly to let me know that they’re tired of long tones and scales. Those who actually DO look near the end of rehearsal, I find, are the ones who took the time to relearn how to read it. You know what? You made the effort, so go ahead and glance at it repetitively if you want. Good for you...because the clock or the bell does not dismiss you, *I* do.

Yeah, I’m that teacher. But in fairness, I almost never purposely dismiss the kiddos late.

Noah - Now with more boost. > Matt Nichelson 05/10/2018 at 23:15

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Reminds me of the Longines Master Collection! Blued hands/white face is classy AF