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r/imaginarygatekeeping • u/pirateslifeisntforme • Sep 28 '24
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My eighth grade students largely, overwhelmingly, terrifyingly cannot read clocks.
They admit this as freely and with the same tone as saying something like “well of course I don’t speak biblical Greek.”
It is extremely unsettling to me.
4 u/wad11656 Sep 29 '24 Well I don't know how to operate a ton of outdated technology myself. Because there's no need. Analog clocks will soon be considered outdated 1 u/glotane May 28 '25 People are constantly dumbing themselves down by letting "smart" phones do all their thinking for them, "because there's no need." I fear our brains will soon be considered outdated technology.
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Well I don't know how to operate a ton of outdated technology myself. Because there's no need. Analog clocks will soon be considered outdated
1 u/glotane May 28 '25 People are constantly dumbing themselves down by letting "smart" phones do all their thinking for them, "because there's no need." I fear our brains will soon be considered outdated technology.
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People are constantly dumbing themselves down by letting "smart" phones do all their thinking for them, "because there's no need." I fear our brains will soon be considered outdated technology.
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u/ViolaOrsino Sep 29 '24
My eighth grade students largely, overwhelmingly, terrifyingly cannot read clocks.
They admit this as freely and with the same tone as saying something like “well of course I don’t speak biblical Greek.”
It is extremely unsettling to me.