New York City teacher surprised to find students can’t read old clock amid phone ban

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new york city Teachers say the state’s recent ban on cellphones in schools shows that many students no longer know how to tell time with old-fashioned clocks.

“It’s a major skill that they’re just not used to,” said Tiana Millen, assistant principal at Cardozo High School in Queens. Tell Gothamist What she noticed afterward prohibiteffective in September.

Officials say students in the city’s school system are expected to learn basic timekeeping skills in first and second grades, although children no longer appear to be practicing those skills. An increasingly digital world.

“The constant refrain is ‘Miss, what time is it?’ Madi Mornhinweg, an English teacher manhattanadded in an interview with the media. “That was a source of frustration because everyone wanted to know how many minutes were left in class. … Eventually we started saying ‘Where are the big hands, where are the little hands?'”

Both students and teachers said they had seen Big changes in school culture That’s since a phone ban backed by Gov. Kathy Hochul and the New York City teachers union took effect.

As New York state's phone ban takes effect in September, teachers say they're seeing students struggle to tell time on old clocks

As New York state’s phone ban takes effect in September, teachers say they’re seeing students struggle to tell time on old clocks (Getty Images)

Observers said they saw a boom in human interaction, from exercise at recess to loud conversations in the lunch room.

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“We have more school spirit,” Rosalmi, a senior at New Heights Academy Charter School in Harlem, told CNN new york magazinedeclared in a December report that the ban “saved the city’s high schools,” home to the largest public school system in the country. “People are more willing to do things.”

“Dominoes is really the main game in the Dominican Republic,” she added. “People get passionate. You have to slam the first piece on the table!”

Students also began playing board games and cards in their free time.

New York students reportedly stopped playing dominoes, volleyball, reading and talked more after school phone ban

New York students reportedly stopped playing dominoes, volleyball, reading and talked more after school phone ban (AFP via Getty Images)

Others are trying to escape the spirit of the ban by using other digital devices, such as old-school iPods, or bringing walkie-talkies to school.

“I have a love-hate relationship with it,” said Raisa Ibnat, 16, a senior at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. Tell new york times ban. “I do like that my phone is not with me so I can focus more in class.”

“I didn’t like not being able to do homework or take notes in school,” she added. “Because I have a long commute, I now have to carry five notebooks.”

New York City teachers union backs phone ban proposal

New York City teachers union backs phone ban proposal (Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. all rights reserved.)

Prior to the ban, some local areas had attempted phone bans, such as Schoharie, N.Y.; Cell phones banned in 2022and achieved positive results, with an increase in face-to-face social interaction among students.

At least 31 states and the District of Columbia According to Education Week, schools have some form of restrictions on phone calls in books.

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California will soon join these states, requiring every school district to have a policy in place by July 2026 under the recently passed Phone-Free Schools Act.

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