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That’s Not on the Test

British students are finding one aspect of their Secondary and A level exams more difficult: the time. “The current generation aren’t as good at reading the traditional clock face as older generations,” says Malcolm Trobe, deputy general secretary at the Association of School and College Leaders. Schools are beginning to replace analog clocks with digital ones. “One hopes that we will be teaching youngsters to read clocks,” Trobe said. Sally Payne, head pediatric occupational therapist at the Heart of England foundation NHS Trust, pointed out another skill students are losing: “It’s easier to give a child an iPad than encouraging them to do muscle-building play such as building blocks, cutting and sticking, or pulling toys and ropes,” she said. “Because of this, they’re not developing the underlying foundation skills they need to grip and hold a pencil.” (MS/London Telegraph) ...They’ll want to learn that if it’s a Personal Emergency Non Computerized Information Logger.