Schools Removing Old-Fashioned Clocks Because Children Can’t Tell Time

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Some schools in London are removing old-school clocks because students cannot read them.

All clocks with a “face” and “hands” will now be removed.

“The current generation aren’t as good at reading the traditional clock face as older generations,” Malcolm Trobe, deputy general secretary at the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), told The Telegraph.

They are used to seeing a digital representation of time on their phone, on their computer.”

We are not sure if the US will follow suit, but we a bit sceptical about this.

Wouldn’t you want your kid to be able to read time the old school way?

Let us know your thoughts.

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