Ilene Bauer Poet Limerick

A Math Teacher's Observation

When kids can’t read analog clocks
There might be some stumbling blocks.
Just try on for size
The expression “clockwise”
And watch as confusion unlocks.

For both “clockwise” and “counter” are based
On the way a clock moves as it’s faced.
Though with digital screens
Who can tell what that means
So that concept just can’t be embraced.

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Robert Johnson August 21, 2019 at 11:03 AM I find this completely perplexing. That youth find reading clocks so vexing. What do they think those things on the walls are for. Surely not just some strange new art to adore. Ilene Bauer August 21, 2019 at 12:13 PM Love this rhyming comment, Leslie! :)

Jan Allison August 15, 2019 at 6:23 PM It never ceased to amaze me how many of the kids couldn't tell the time by looking at a clock - the only way they could was by looking at their phones as so few of them wear watches:-( when he was about 9 I got our son a 'time teacher' watch which he loved wearing!:-) hugs Jan xx