Originally Posted by
Dan Hintz
Glenn got ya on that one, Jim ;-)
I don't consider the lack of ability to tell time on an analog clock to be a dumbing down, I simply consider it a skill not taught... I see no shame in no longer teaching skills that are becoming less and less important. How many students today learn how to use a sliderule in engineering classes? None, but I don't feel that hampers them in any way. What hampers them is their reliance on the calculator without understanding the problem at hand... but the same could be said for the sliderule.