At least 31 states and the District of Columbia restrict cell phones in schools
New York City teachers say the state’s recently implemented cell phone ban in schools has showed that numerous students no longer know how to tell time on an old-fashioned clock.
“That’s a major skill that they’re not used to at all,” Tiana Millen, an assistant principal at Cardozo High School in Queens, told Gothamist of what she’s noticed after the ban, which went into effect in September.
Students in the city’s school system are meant to learn basic time-telling skills in the first and second grade, according to officials, though it appears children have fallen out of practice doing so in an increasingly digital world.
Very interesting - I have a newer Timex with RN on my (left) wrist right now and never thought about alternate notations for the numbers. Turns out it uses “IIII” for 4 but “IX” for 9 rather than spelling it all out in additive form. The designers made a curious choice for people wearing the watch on their left - the 9 o’clock “IX” is upside down so that it reads “XI” from the point of view of the wearer rather than, thus it looks like 9 is 11.
We had to learn RN when I was a kid, and I assume that’s only because there were a few RN clocks remaining out in the world. I’ve never felt like I need to process the numerals on a clock anyway - once you know what position corresponds to what hour you’re good to go. Many clocks and watches don’t have numerals at all and that doesn’t impair most people from using them.
I remember seeing a clock with roman numerals at a beach house as a little kid and thinking it was a clock for ghosts or skeletons.
What do you mean? For roman numeral clock faces, all the ones I’ve ever seen have had them oriented radiating from the center.