I can barely read analog clocks, but that’s because I never properly learned. In second grade, I went to a school where they taught analog time-telling (and cursive handwriting) in third grade. In third grade, I went to a school where they taught those skills in second grade. I had to self-teach in both areas, and the analog clock thing never seemed worth getting good at, although I can do it if I decide it’s worth a minute.
I wear a digital watch every day. I went to some trouble to find a source for attractive, feminine, jewelry-ish digital watches, but with that taken care of (this lady makes them, if anybody’s curious), the last incentive to be good at analog is gone for me.
In second grade, I went to a school where they taught analog time-telling (and cursive handwriting) in third grade. In third grade, I went to a school where they taught those skills in second grade.
Man, that phenomenon is so annoying!
I can sympathize with not wanting to bother, though. I like analog clocks because they’re pretty and interesting devices which signal intelligence and class, but it’s becoming less and less necessary to keep them around. Of course, my previous sentence works if you replace “analog clocks” with “dead-tree books” as well. In both cases, the main advantage of the older format is that it doesn’t (necessarily) require electricity; other than that, the reason for peoples’ preferences for them is a bit nebulous.
As someone whose Kindle recently died on me, I’d like to put in a word for dead trees. Also, I can loan one dead tree to a friend while still having all the others, but when someone wants to borrow a book I have on Kindle, I can’t loan it to them unless I loan them the Kindle.
Very good point. Although I think I remember reading that one of the ereaders—Nook, maybe—lets you lend books. Also I’d hope that it keeps track of what you’d bought and lets you redownload it without repaying, but that may be overly optimistic.
It does keep track and let me redownload, and the replacement was covered by warantee. I’d recommend kindle to anyone who reads a lot, but I’d advise en to invest in a protective cover—it doesn’t handle being bumped well.
I can barely read analog clocks, but that’s because I never properly learned. In second grade, I went to a school where they taught analog time-telling (and cursive handwriting) in third grade. In third grade, I went to a school where they taught those skills in second grade. I had to self-teach in both areas, and the analog clock thing never seemed worth getting good at, although I can do it if I decide it’s worth a minute.
I wear a digital watch every day. I went to some trouble to find a source for attractive, feminine, jewelry-ish digital watches, but with that taken care of (this lady makes them, if anybody’s curious), the last incentive to be good at analog is gone for me.
Man, that phenomenon is so annoying!
I can sympathize with not wanting to bother, though. I like analog clocks because they’re pretty and interesting devices which signal intelligence and class, but it’s becoming less and less necessary to keep them around. Of course, my previous sentence works if you replace “analog clocks” with “dead-tree books” as well. In both cases, the main advantage of the older format is that it doesn’t (necessarily) require electricity; other than that, the reason for peoples’ preferences for them is a bit nebulous.
As someone whose Kindle recently died on me, I’d like to put in a word for dead trees. Also, I can loan one dead tree to a friend while still having all the others, but when someone wants to borrow a book I have on Kindle, I can’t loan it to them unless I loan them the Kindle.
Very good point. Although I think I remember reading that one of the ereaders—Nook, maybe—lets you lend books. Also I’d hope that it keeps track of what you’d bought and lets you redownload it without repaying, but that may be overly optimistic.
It does keep track and let me redownload, and the replacement was covered by warantee. I’d recommend kindle to anyone who reads a lot, but I’d advise en to invest in a protective cover—it doesn’t handle being bumped well.