Summary Many young people have problems understanding how analogue clocks work. Hege Svensson, who runs a jewelery and watch shop, now organizes watch courses to help young people understand analogue watches. Despite the fact that many young people do not understand analogue watches, these watches are making a comeback and many young people are buying wristwatches with hands. TikTok has had a major impact on increasing interest in analogue watches. Many young people see analogue watches more as a piece of jewelery than a tool for reading the time. The course aims to create interest in analogue clocks and show how much fun it can be to learn. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. A long and a short show a dial with numbers. At, for example, schools and train stations, there are such clocks that tell us the time. But it is a challenge. Many young people have no idea what the long and short hands on the dial mean, says Hege Svensson. Everyone should learn the analogue clock before using a digital one, believes Hege Svensson. Photo: Elisabeth Tøtte Hansen / news She owns and runs a shop that sells jewelery and watches at Tista center in Halden. There is great interest in watches with hands, also among young people. Svensson says that especially young people who are active on TikTok are very interested. The clocks sell like hot halibut bread. – But if you see an analogue clock and can’t tell the clock, yes, then you have a problem, says Svensson. To help children and young people understand the value of these clocks, she organizes a clock course. She hopes many people will participate, preferably some who are a little older too. It is not just the youngest who struggle to understand the “old-fashioned” clocks; it also makes people well into their 20s. Watches become jewelry – We notice it when we have to sit down. Many people have problems with placing the hands correctly at 12.30 o’clock. They know what 12.30 is, but not how the hands are. Such watches are super trendy on Tik Tok. Photo: Hege Svensson Despite the fact that the knowledge of hands that tell the time is lacking in many people, the analogue clocks are back at full speed. But what do people do with a watch they don’t understand? – They become more like a piece of jewellery, says Svensson. Easier with the mobile So is Svensson right? Can’t young people interpret what the wise men say? On the streets of Fredrikstad, the people we meet think they have a good idea. Adrian Rudi thinks his knowledge of clocks from primary school is quite good. Photo: Elisabeth Tøtte Hansen / news Adrian Rudi is one of them. Although he mostly uses his mobile phone to tell the time, he is quite convinced that he can tell the time. But is it completely safe? What do the hands stand for when, for example, it is a quarter past one? – Both are in the top three, Adrian quickly asserts. Then he laughs out loud. – No, it’s wrong! There you can see. I can’t quite clock. And three girls in their 20s think they have full control. Mihalina Siemaszko, Amalie Eriksen and Mathilde Rasmussen can watch, but prefer to use their mobile phone. Photo: Elisabeth Tøtte Hansen / news – I learned the clock at primary school, but mostly use the digital one on the phone, says Mihalina Siemaszko. Her friends, Amalie Eriksen and Mathilde Rasmussen, say that they also know how to clock, but that they rarely use it. It goes in the digital editions. Amalia adds that she may have to think a little more when she sees an analogue clock. It is so much easier to just check the mobile. Do you understand the “old fashioned” clock with hands? Of course it is. I learned the clock at primary school. I can tell the clock, but sometimes I’m a bit unsure. I only use digital watches. I don’t see the point in understanding them with pointers. Show result Blackboard, marker and numbers Back in Halden, Adrian Ditmansen gets ready to learn the clock. He is 21 years old and works in Svensson’s shop. He promises that he knows the analogue clock to the letter. Adrian Ditmansen draws and explains on a clock course in Halden. Photo: Elisabeth Tøtte Hansen / news – I learned the clock at kindergarten, he says. He believes that the reason why many young people do not understand how analogue clocks work is that they do not follow the lessons that deal with numbers and hands. That is not the case with six-year-old Nikoline Holberg Fremmegaard. She suddenly wants to join the course, and climbs into a chair. She is ready to learn about the weasel and the long pointer. Nikoline Holberg Fremmegaard is ready to learn more about the clock with hands. Photo: Elisabeth Tøtte Hansen / news Adrian takes out markers and draws a large clock on the board. – What time is it here, he asks. Nikoline hesitates a little, but with the help of the teacher it is resolved quickly. It’s three o’clock. Then she says that she actually knows quite a lot about idioms and that she likes to learn. – It’s fun to know what time it is, says Nikoline. Published 28.08.2024, at 21.17
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