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I was talking to my school librarian the other day about, of all thing, clocks. We have a policy where you sign into the library, and you put your name, grade/homeroom, and the time. People keep asking the librarian where the clock is, so the librarian got tired of telling people and moved it to a more obvious location.
That’s when she realized something dreadful: the freshman cannot tell time! Conversation:
Silly freshman: “Where’s the clock?”
Librarian: “It’s right behind me on the wall.”
SF: “…oh. What time is it?”
Librarian: “You can’t read the clock?”
SF: “No, I never learned how to tell time.”
She’s had multiple conversations regarding telling time since then. What’s so wrong with this world that we can’t even tell time anymore? Really, people? Really? I don’t even have a digital watch – it’s an analog! Maybe I’m just weird. It’s so simple to read! Of course, it takes you about ten seconds longer, but in this fast paced world, what’s so wrong with waiting ten seconds?
