By sadmother - 01/07/2011 23:12 - Canada

Today, I asked my daughter what time it was. She stared at the clock for several seconds before muttering, "I don't know". She's 14 years old and on the honour roll, and yet she can't tell the time on an analogue clock. FML
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krysxkatastrophe 14

I know college kids who can't read a regular clock. It scares me that these people are the future of this world.

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starwind3438 9

Hell, I still use a sun dial but it messes up at night when I look at it with a flashlight.

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IndigoFuckYou 9

I'm fourteen and on the honor roll, straight A student. I can't tell the time on an analog clock, either. :3 and I still don't know the months in order...I'm wondering if I somehow managed to skip my kindergarten years.

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HeaRTs_Girl 0

#54: You don't know the months in order? Honey, I think you not only skipped kindergarten, but every grade between then and now. Jesus...

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itsgen 16

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec dumbass. its not hard

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prelim_champ 10

And this is why I worry about the people who will run our future...

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mikaykaykayla 0

So many people don't know how to read analog clocks! They don't even teach it in school anymore! When I was little the first type of clock I could read was a roman numeral wall clock; the only one in most of the house! You should take it upon yourself to teach her.

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rattusrattus 18

I was taught myself (I'm English, for reference), and Mum bought me a model of an analogue clock to help. I was good at it until I went over to more digital clocks (i.e. when my wall clock ran out of juice and I never bothered to replace the batteries about three years ago) and fell out of practice. I still can, it just takes me a while. And analogue clocks without a second hand creep me out for some reason.

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monnanon 13

How can you fall out of practise reading a clock, its very easy. Its not like some kind of wierd equation you need to practise is it? You see the numbers, the hands point to them, long one is minutes and the short is hours. It is very easy. For gods sake I can read a backwards analogue clock how can people think this is hard.

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geeksaresexy 18

Did either of you have a Flik Flak watch where the hands were blue and red people? They were awesome..

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knocking 0

It takes me awhile to tell time on a non digital clock too. I learned how when I was a child, but I rarely use what I learned since most clocks are digital. I'd rather whip out my cell and check than try to tell time with a "normal" clock. I had a 4.0 all through out high school and I currently have a 3.9 in college. I think I turned out okay. I'm sure your daughter will too. It's just not a skill that is used that often anymore...

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happyface1 0

geez, i'm the same age. i've been asked to skip grade 2 , and i have always been above average in my classes, but i'm so used to digital, so that on analog clocks it takes me very long !

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Alysin 14

you'd be surprised by how many people can't tell time on a non-digital clock lol

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HaloR 0

Schools stopped working because she got lazy

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cn12socr 1

I'm 16 I'm the same way could never comprehend it cause of my ADHD

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notsofriendly 17

i knew analog when i was little and forgot later... then i had to re-learn it again when i was taking foreign language in high school... we learned to say the time on little paper analog clocks...

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maddy23a 5

I've noticed a lot of people who can't read analog clocks now a days :/

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