got the time?

How do you tell time?

How do get the time? 

Look at your phone? 

Call Time and Temperature?  

Google it?

Do you know what a clock face is?

Can you tell time by looking at the hands and face of a clock?

What if it has no numbers?

I saw this math clock in the dorm room at North Georgia College when I visited my niece. Makes you stop and think, doesn't it!

The big hand is on the… remember learning to tell time, I think it was in 3rd grade. Yes, way before digital clocks. 

Is it obsolete now? 

Does the younger generation even know how to tell time? 

Does it matter?

I type medical reports and recently typed 'the mass was in the 2 o'clock position in the breast' - which made me think, do they teach this in medical school - how to tell time so the physician will know what the radiologist is talking about? 

This week the news talked about the SAGE test: The Self-Administered Gerocognitive Exam (SAGE) is designed to detect early signs of cognitive, memory or thinking impairments. It evaluates your thinking abilities and helps physicians to know how well your brain is working.

I checked it out, it looks pretty easy. One of the questions: 

Drawing test
- Draw a large face of a clock and place in the numbers
- Position the hands for 10 minutes after 11 o’clock
- On your clock, label “L” for the long hand and “S” for the short hand

Probably the old folks who will be taking this test will have no problem with it, but I wonder about the younger generation? Maybe I will give this test to my grandkids… J

...if they have the time

is the ability to tell time is going the way of cursive writing- another 3rd grade lesson that is becoming obsolete