Thursday, September 22, 2011

Killing Time!

If you are an athlete at Clear Brook High School and seek medical care in my training room, you will have to know a few basic pieces of information in order to sign in on our treatment book. Most students know their name, sport and injury but filling in the time of arrival stops them in their tracks. You see, the clock placed near the sign in book, looks just like the one posted here. Many kids have no clue how to read this type of clock. Few will ask the time, others leave it blank and most just stare at the clock trying to figure out the time. Lost count of the number of high school students, I have taught or re-taught to tell time on a standard clock. Not sure where to list this on my job performance appraisal...maybe under community service!

The group mentioned above may all have an iPhone, iPad, alarm clock, computer and any other electronic device that have a digital display to blame for this situation. While serving at jury duty this week, I looked around the room of over 300 people and would guess less than half were wearing a watch, interesting! The women next to me was one that was watch-less, so yes I asked her. Her answer to timekeeping was her iPhone. Not me, feel naked not wearing one and yes I admit, the one worn daily is digital as I use the stop watch feature often on my job. Truth is I love watches, especially really nice ones. A great piece of jewelry that earns it keep by showing the time. No matter how you choose to keep track of time today, we all have just 24 hours, so are you going to make a difference or just be killing time!
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  1. CamilleSeptember 22, 2011 at 9:43 AM

    The kids come to the biblioteca and say things like "Miss why don't yall have a real clock?" Real clock meaning a digital clock, so we bought one and we still have problems. You need to come see my new sign-in system, it rocks! It eliminates their need to be able to read a 'real clock'. : )

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2011 at 10:14 PM

    I gave up my watch the last time the battery died. I always seem to have my phone or a computer or the TV (DVR) available to find the time.

    When there's a power failure, I never know how long it lasts!

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  3. Too much time on my handsSeptember 23, 2011 at 10:41 PM

    My watch is 'analog' and always will be. And now, if I understand correctly, future kids won't know how to read cursive. And cars are parallel parking themselves.

    I'm suddenly feeling old.

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