• FelixCress@lemmy.world
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    This was only to reduce interruptions by some students (during a specific kind of UK exams), who had trouble determining the remaining time in the heat of the exam battle

    I am not being funny but if someone is unable to read the time perhaps they shouldn’t be in the exam room in the first place.

    It is like saying that all questions will be read out loud all the time and verbal answers recorded instead of written ones - because some students are illiterate.

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      Honestly if you can’t calculate things on an abacus you shouldn’t be in the exam room tbh. Sure, calculators have been invented and have ultimately replaced the abacus in nearly every facet of day to day life, but surely you know how to add beads together?

      We’re letting kids use GPS to get to school now? What the street signs and constellations aren’t good enough for you?

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        Let me rephrase it than - if someone is an idiot, they shouldn’t be in the exam room. If you are concerned about it, it may be because you fit the category.

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          What makes people who didn’t learn to read analog clocks idiots? If you have a thing about analog clocks, just keep it to yourself.

          it may be because you fit the category

          Or maybe because it’s just stupid af to judge people’s intelligence based on an unrelated life skill.

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            What makes people who didn’t learn to read analog clocks idiots?

            Wrong question. The correct would be: what make people who are too lazy or too stupid to learn the clock idiots - but that would be a rhetorical one.

            it’s just stupid af to judge people’s intelligence based on an unrelated life skill.

            Intelligence is an ability to obtain knowledge and skills. If someone lacks both, it is a strong indication of them not having enough intelligence to obtain them.

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              who are too lazy or too stupid

              They do know how to read the clock (digital ones :) ) Again, it doesn’t make them idiots or lazy for not learning something they don’t really need to learn

              Intelligence is an ability to obtain knowledge and skills. If someone lacks both, it is a strong indication of them not having enough intelligence to obtain them.

              What makes you think they don’t have the ability to learn how to read analog clocks just because they don’t? You might not know how ride a horse, but that doesn’t mean you can’t learn how to. Are you an idiot for not learning how to?

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                They do know how to read the clock

                They also know how to use calculator, they just don’t knot 2 times 2 is four without it. Neither have place during an exam.

                What makes you think they don’t have the ability to learn how to read analog clocks

                Because if they did, they would have done during lessons to learn it, sweetie 🙄

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                  Because if they did, they would have done during lessons to learn it, sweetie

                  Thanks for calling me a sweetie. Love u too. Forgetting is a thing. Unlike previous generations they are not as much exposed to analog ones. Therefore they don’t need to. Digital clocks are used in electronic devices etc.

                  They also know how to use calculator, they just don’t knot 2 times 2 is four without it. Neither have place during an exam

                  Except basic math is necessary since the brain is faster with smaller calculations and analog clock really isn’t that much necessary anymore. They can be replaced.

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          Yikes.

          Also, since you ran out of arguments and started correcting people’s spelling, *then.

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            “yikes” what?

            Passing exams is not an entitlement, it is an achievement. If someone is an idiot unable to understand the clock, they shouldn’t be in the exam room in the first place - and they certainly shouldn’t expect someone will start explaining clock to them when they are supposed to write an exam.

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              Why are you so adamant that reading an analog clock is required to pass an exam that doesn’t feature any material related to reading analog clocks?

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                  Not the one widely used, but they do know how to use the clock. And they’re not really that much more used than digital clocks. Therefore, it doesn’t matter

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                    Would it matter to you if they didn’t know how to add and multiply without calculator?

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      Ah, okay, I can’t take exams because my dyscalculia makes it difficult for me to read a clock (and it’s not worth my time).

      👍

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        No, you shouldn’t pass exams if you are an idiot - and if you do take them, don’t expect a special treatment because of your stupidity.

        And no, as I said people with diagnosed disability are a different matter.

        Hopefully that clarifies it for you.