Analogue clocks will be removed from exam halls and replaced with digital ones because teenagers are unable to tell the time, claim head teachers.
校長們稱,因為青少年看不懂指針時間,指針時鐘將從考場里消失,取而代之的是數字鐘。
Digital devices will be installed into exam halls because GCSE and A-level students complained that they were unable to read the correct time.
由于參加英國普通中等教育考試(GCSE)和英國高考(A-level)的學生抱怨他們看不懂指針時間,考場里將安裝數字鐘表。
Students need to be as relaxed as possible in an exam and it adds to their stress if they cannot tell the time, Malcolm Trobe, deputy general secretary at the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), said.
英國學校與學院領導人協會副秘書長馬爾科姆•特羅貝說,學生需要在考試中盡可能放松,如果他們無法讀出時間,心理負擔會增加。
He told the Telegraph: 'The current generation aren't as good at reading the traditional clock face as older generation.
特羅貝告訴《每日電訊報》:“現在這代人認傳統鐘面的能力不如上一代。”
'They are used to seeing a digital representation of time on their phone, on their computer. Nearly everything they've got is digital so youngsters are just exposed to time being given digitally everywhere.'
“他們習慣用手機和電腦看數字時間,他們接觸的事物幾乎都是數字化的。年輕人看到的時間也基本都是數字時間。”
He added that it is assumed by the time that students reach secondary school age they are able to tell the time on an analogue clock.
他還稱,人們以為孩子們開始上中學時,就能讀懂指針時鐘。
在意識到許多學生不會看傳統時鐘后,一些學校已經在考場安裝了數字時鐘。
Many teachers are now finding that students aren't able to read analogue clocks at GCSE and A level age.
如今,許多教師發(fā)現參加英國普通中等教育考試和英國高考的學生看不懂指針時鐘。
Although they want to encourage children to read clocks they can also see the benefit of digital ones when it comes to exams.
盡管他們想鼓勵孩子們認指針,但他們也發(fā)現數字時鐘在考場是有優(yōu)勢的。
This is because they want to make things 'as easy and straightforward as possible' for pupils in exam time.
這是因為他們希望在考試期間,一切都盡可能簡單明了。
It has been proposed in a bid to stop people putting their hands up to ask what the time is during the exam.
該提案就是為了以防有人在考試時舉手詢問時間。
這則消息引發(fā)了一場網絡辯論。有人認為,數字時鐘更容易閱讀,用其取代指針時鐘很合理。
“如果你是一個急匆匆沖進課堂的學生,你不知道還有多久上課鈴會打響,與學習認識指針鐘表相比,數字時鐘能更快幫你解決問題,方便且省時。數字時鐘存在是有原因的,而指針時鐘有什么必要存在嗎?”
不過更多網友認為,參加考試的中學生連指針時鐘都不認識,這簡直是英國教育的悲哀,值得人們反思。
“參加考試的英國小孩看不懂指針時鐘,真是難以置信。他們能讀懂考題嗎?我們的教育系統真是一團糟,可悲。”
“如果他們無法讀懂指針時鐘,那就不應該參加考試。”
“據說,有些蠢貨的解決辦法就是縱容學生的無知。”
一個小小時鐘就讓英國人吵翻了天,然而這種問題在中國根本不存在的好嗎!
作為80后、90后、00后,相信你一定還記得小學試卷上的鐘表題。從入學起,老師就教我們認識指針時鐘,做“時間的小主人”。
而對中國小學生來說,區(qū)區(qū)幾道鐘表練習題算什么。一起來看看那些逆天的小學試題:
就當它們是一樣的吧!
總覺得這是一道音樂題是怎么回事?
題目:讀讀下面的句子,看小林是“哭了”,還是“沒哭”。
A、小林差點哭了。 B、小林差點沒哭。 C、誰說小林哭了?
D、誰說小林沒哭? E、沒有人說小林哭。 F、沒有人說小林沒哭。
不管小林哭沒哭,反正我是哭了……