On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Warren Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My wife teaches fifth grade and tells me that her kids can't tell time on an > analog clock. They grew up in a digital world! Most analog devices are more > accurate than their digital counter parts. Take the clock, there is an > infinite number of places between the 12 and the 1.
I remember when I first taught my son how to use a wrench. I had to explain to him the difference between "clockwise" and "counter-clockwise". It was not obvious to him because of digital clocks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
