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Danny Higginbotham was the special guest on talkSPORT this evening and he said that one of the younger members of our squad has to wear a digital watch because he can't tell the time.

:eek:

He also said that he's not going anywhere and we've got him for another season.

:eek:
 



PeterNdlovu081 said:
Danny Higginbotham was the special guest on talkSPORT this evening and he said that one of the younger members of our squad has to wear a digital watch because he can't tell the time.

:eek:

He also said that he's not going anywhere and we've got him for another season.

:eek:
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All I know is Danny Higginbotham has too much time on his hands.
 
Basically you're not a man if you can't tell the time just by looking at the sun. Even when it's cloudy.
 
PeterNdlovu081 said:
Danny Higginbotham was the special guest on talkSPORT this evening and he said that one of the younger members of our squad has to wear a digital watch because he can't tell the time.

:eek:

He also said that he's not going anywhere and we've got him for another season.

:eek:
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If that is the case,a sign Maguire is leaving and Higginbotham to play centre half ?
 
Apparently this isn't an uncommon thing... my Uncle teaches in secondary school and says he's had kids not know how to read an analogue watch and my boss says her son (aged 12) struggles if it isn't digital too.

It's just one of those skills which the young have no need for, a bit like manners or knowing when swearing is inappropriate.
 
Linz said:
Apparently this isn't an uncommon thing... my Uncle teaches in secondary school and says he's had kids not know how to read an analogue watch and my boss says her son (aged 12) struggles if it isn't digital too.

It's just one of those skills which the young have no need for, a bit like manners or knowing when swearing is inappropriate.
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Very true, many also struggle to understand what a digital display means and have no idea how to work out 'how long until ....'
 
oaklandrdblade said:
Very true, many also struggle to understand what a digital display means and have no idea how to work out 'how long until ....'
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Yeah... my gaffer said about him not understanding the "half pasts" and "quarter tos" (which makes you wonder how confused they are if they learn German and have to handle how they tell the time!)

It baffles me but then I have no idea what kids get taught. Isn't there some really ridiculous way of teaching them Maths which is so counter-intuitive that the parents have to go into lessons to actually learn how to help their primary school kids with their homework?

Phonetics too... I'm sure we were taught word sounds as well as letters and it wasn't considered some revolutionary concept that requires self-employed "experts" to go around peddling their learning programmes to teachers.
 
I actually teach secondary maths and the thing a lot of parents find confusing is the different methods they have now compared to years ago. The idea is a good one in that they are being taught to , hopefully, understand rather than just 'do'. Unfortunately the National Curriculum says that they have to do such a wide range of things that inevitably 'quick fix' methods get taught in order to keep the school looking good in league tables.
 
Linz said:
Apparently this isn't an uncommon thing... my Uncle teaches in secondary school and says he's had kids not know how to read an analogue watch and my boss says her son (aged 12) struggles if it isn't digital too.

It's just one of those skills which the young have no need for, a bit like manners or knowing when swearing is inappropriate.
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You're what 26? 27?

Whatever, it's somewhat incongrous to see you referring to "the young". You ARE the young...

:-)
 
Linz said:
Apparently this isn't an uncommon thing... my Uncle teaches in secondary school and says he's had kids not know how to read an analogue watch and my boss says her son (aged 12) struggles if it isn't digital too.

It's just one of those skills which the young have no need for, a bit like manners or knowing when swearing is inappropriate.
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Hmm, this year my daughter has learned how to tell the time and to do time calculations, both analogue and digital, in Year 2 numeracy so I can't see how it can be missed!
 



Linz said:
It baffles me but then I have no idea what kids get taught. Isn't there some really ridiculous way of teaching them Maths which is so counter-intuitive that the parents have to go into lessons to actually learn how to help their primary school kids with their homework?

Phonetics too... I'm sure we were taught word sounds as well as letters and it wasn't considered some revolutionary concept that requires self-employed "experts" to go around peddling their learning programmes to teachers.
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I wouldn't say ridiculous, just different and as said below, it's to try and aid understanding and having the ability to work things out and see patterns vs just rote learning. I think there's room for both as it ain't half useful to have the rote learned basics in your head to aid mental arithmetic (unless you work behind a bar or at BDTBL and need a till/calculator for 2 £1 drinks...).

Our friend Mester Gove has latched onto synthetic phonics and is forcing this on schools. I trust people like Michael Rosen far more who is stingingly critical of this approach (with non-words in the tests so that children can't "guess" a word but that's how we all learn and progress!) and says it will lead to children having a synthetic and therefore unenjoyable approach to (not) reading. Again there is a place for phonics programmes to aid literacy but they have to be done in combination with things like developing a love of reading and the comprehension that goes along with it.

Rant over ;-)
 
Last week whilst I was working a kid who was obviously skipping school asked me what time it was.

I said 12 o'clock and carried on with my delivery whilst he went back to his mate who was hiding in the bushes.

A couple of minutes later he came back, presumably sent by his mate and asked " how long is it until quarter to 3?"

I was so gobsmacked I missed the opportunity to say " if you went to school you may know that".

He seemed a nice kid and a bit nervous. I couldn't help thinking he was feeling very bad about playing hookey, no doubt influenced by his hidden mate who was keeping himself safely out of sight.

It did leave me scratching my head in bewilderment though that a secondary school kid couldn't work out how long from 12.00 until 14.45
 
Maidenhead said:
Last week whilst I was working a kid who was obviously skipping school asked me what time it was.

I said 12 o'clock and carried on with my delivery whilst he went back to his mate who was hiding in the bushes.

A couple of minutes later he came back, presumably sent by his mate and asked " how long is it until quarter to 3?"

I was so gobsmacked I missed the opportunity to say " if you went to school you may know that".

He seemed a nice kid and a bit nervous. I couldn't help thinking he was feeling very bad about playing hookey, no doubt influenced by his hidden mate who was keeping himself safely out of sight.

It did leave me scratching my head in bewilderment though that a secondary school kid couldn't work out how long from 12.00 until 14.45
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Maidenhead .... you've been working a kid?!!! I thought that was illegal now. Did you have a chimney that needed sweeping? :)
 
Wapping Blade said:
I wouldn't say ridiculous, just different and as said below, it's to try and aid understanding and having the ability to work things out and see patterns vs just rote learning. I think there's room for both as it ain't half useful to have the rote learned basics in your head to aid mental arithmetic (unless you work behind a bar or at BDTBL and need a till/calculator for 2 £1 drinks...).

Our friend Mester Gove has latched onto synthetic phonics and is forcing this on schools. I trust people like Michael Rosen far more who is stingingly critical of this approach (with non-words in the tests so that children can't "guess" a word but that's how we all learn and progress!) and says it will lead to children having a synthetic and therefore unenjoyable approach to (not) reading. Again there is a place for phonics programmes to aid literacy but they have to be done in combination with things like developing a love of reading and the comprehension that goes along with it.

Rant over ;-)
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The solution..? Teach your kid to read before they enter school.
 
Wapping Blade said:
Yep, as usual fine for those parents who do read with their kids and don't expect the school to do everything but there are a sizeable set of parents who do nowt (and it's not just the scallies that you'd expect).
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Not aimed at you Wapping but one of the things I find annoying is the referring to children as kids and more so when it's their own parents using the term, it maybe an age thing but kids seems to me be something of a derogatory term.
 
All that player has to do is look at the crowd. If they are booing and shouting "Fuck off Doyle! " it's about 450pm on a Saturday.
 
Maidenhead said:
Last week whilst I was working a kid who was obviously skipping school asked me what time it was.

I said 12 o'clock and carried on with my delivery whilst he went back to his mate who was hiding in the bushes.

A couple of minutes later he came back, presumably sent by his mate and asked " how long is it until quarter to 3?"

I was so gobsmacked I missed the opportunity to say " if you went to school you may know that".

He seemed a nice kid and a bit nervous. I couldn't help thinking he was feeling very bad about playing hookey, no doubt influenced by his hidden mate who was keeping himself safely out of sight.

It did leave me scratching my head in bewilderment though that a secondary school kid couldn't work out how long from 12.00 until 14.45
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He'll suss it out when it becomes 'drinking time' before kick off.
 
im more worried about them all not being able to tell which way the goal is. maybe its time to put up signs on the touchline.
 



It doesn't surprise me. I'd say McFad!
Anyone involved in recruiting youngsters will know how poor their level of basic education can be - & that's the ones fresh from Uni!! :o)

I've done it for the last 15 years or so and their levels of literacy can be frightening at times.
They can do fck all on a pc either if it doesn't involve iTunes or Facebook....
I'm generalising obviously & I probably sound ancient - but it is an eye opener I'll tell you!
 
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