After reading a report that said that upwards of 65% of under 5’s cannot tell the time using a standard clock face, and are so programmed to a digital time, maybe it’s time we taught the little diddums how to function in 24 hour time? I am aware that this is stretching the brain power of some kiddies, and will no doubt result in a human rights complaint, but it does make sense. It is less confusing, relatively simple to adjust to, is already in use in the military, airlines, police, hospitals etc. so can we just do it? —Rip Van Wanker
This article appears in Jun 23-29, 2011.
well shit o.p., we might s well teach the bells too. that is also military time.the old navy used to use it. the best way is just to teach them the time as it is on digital watches and such.
a kid gets confused just trying to remember their goes into tables. and nowadays, they have that neat little cel phone to cheat with anyway. how many kids are using them to access the net, while in class today, is almost impossible to tell.
Very important stuff, for sure. heh, I remember living in europe and even the tv guides were ‘military time’…
technology has made some skill redundant, get over it. How many people can program their VCR to record Magnum on thursday nights at 9?
Not to mention Baz(profiling again) that you’d have Greenpeace, The Ragging Grannies, The Voice of (Some) Wimmin, The Student Coalition Against Battle, Project Plowshits, and any number of freshly dropped NDP road apples bursting their piles at the notion of ANY promotion of militarism among todays, angsty, peanut-fearing youth.
Besides, the little fuckers can always ask one of their swarming victims the correct time, to ensure that they get home in time to watch Glee.
yeah, i thought so too commander, but i don’t wanna freak him out. is magnum still on cranky^^ juliet kilo
It’s not actually correctly called military time. It only got tagged that because it is used in the military. It’s actually called the 24 hour clock.
Personally, I like the idea and if you really want to kick up a stink, don’t just switch to 24 hour time, but also switch to Greenwich Mean Time or Zulu time. That way the little ankle biters have to do some math too, to convert it back to local time. (Zulu is 3 hours ahead of AST during Daylight Savings and 4 hours ahead during the winter). And there would be no more of this annoying “TV Show X on at 8 o’clock, 8:30 in NFLD” shit anymore either. Everybody would be on the same clock right around the country. “What time is the game on?” “2330 hours zulu” “Sweet! Pass the popcorn” Sign me up.
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Sierra Charlie Romeo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo….
PG talk like that gets me hotel oscar romeo november yankee, lima oscar lima.
Ahhh phonetics! Be still my cavitating heart!
romeo alpha whiskey kilo
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Proper quebecois time is 24hr clock too. Buttt no one uses it, really.
I got used to it when I worked for DND. It’s really NOT that hard — just subtract 12 and if you know the approx time of day just subtract 2 from the last digit.
I’m really good with head math so… maybe it’s just easier for me.
hotel alpha yankee miss kitty, how goes the vacay?
This is a non solution to a non problem.
65% of children under five years old can’t tell time?
That’s not a big deal. I wouldn’t expect my three or four year old kid to know how to tell time at that age. I didn’t learn until I was seven and now the only time I ever use this almost obsolete skill is when my cellphone dies and there happens to be a clock nearby.
Anyway I think switching everything to military time is a shitty idea. I have enough trouble distinguishing the cab fair from the time when I’m on the way home from a night of drinking as it is.
Plus have you ever seen a 24-hour analog clock? It’s pretty crowded, especially the ones that have two layers of numbers. Now picture that shrunk down to the size of a watch (because some old school people still like to use watches). It’s like a big fuck you to anyone with poor vision or has a need to count time units in anything smaller than half an hour.
Why is it so important for five year olds to know what time it is? Do they have places to go and people to see? Appointments with their stock brokers perhaps?
Five year olds shouldn’t be worrying about what time it is. They’ve got the rest of their lives to be ruled by the clock. Let them be dreamers and daisy pickers and sillyhearts.
OP, maybe you weren’t around then, but you should have heard the howling when Canada went metric. It’s a system that CAN be a lot more rational than the old Imperial system of units if implemented properly.
In some places, like the U.K. for example, they still can’t bring themselves to kiss the Imperial system goodbye entirely. Resistant to change they are.
I can imagine a similar stink from those old enough to be stuck in their ways (anyone north of 30 years old) if you tried to change how we tell time.
Find another crusade.
My step-daughter couldn’t use an analog watch until she was in her 20’s.
Had a real problem with things like ‘ten to’.
VCR? lolz – too many peoples recorders are flashing 12:00
There is 24hrs in a day, not 12
“My step-daughter couldn’t use an analog watch until she was in her 20’s.” Jeeeeeezus
“ragging grannies”
Them old battleaxes ain’t been on the rag for decades…
Romeo oscar oscar oscar…
teehee…lima oscar victor echo yankee oscar uniform
Golf India Golf Golf India Tango Yankee
haha, were gonna drives ’em nuts if we keep this up… too bad. geronimo romeo romeo romeo
😉 it’s nice to see so many people know the phonetic alphabet, & cool too.
http://www.rlrouse.com/phonetic-alphabet.h…
Better than Eubonics.
i grew up sailing and my pa was a very good captain and always followed the rules. we all knew the call letters for our ship’s name. i love stuff like this too hugo
its golf not geronimo paingirl
*hangs head*
I know that by heart hugo. Watches the same…me little wee ones all get analogs. Plus, kids/people now a days, haven’t a clue how to count up, either…in giving change. It’s all thought out for them, thanks to stupifying, the masses .. Until there’s a power failure, then all hell breaks loose. Hahaha, that’s when it’s pay back time. -evil grin-
I think the kids should be more scared of those fucking 1980s GMC tinted glass window pedophile vans around the city, versus whether or not they can read an analog clock. Who the fuck even buys those vehicles? Father _______ <---- insert priest's name here.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
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Huge you’re sebastian’s step-father? :O
Speaking of sebeticus, maybe if he went to church wearing a white gown a rogue priest would mistake him for a little boy with premature balding hairline. At the same time seb can also seek penance for his disgusting lifestyle choice that God abhors.
“Huge you’re sebastian’s step-father?” – lol. Nope, she has hair 😉