Fractions aside, I bet even that student knew that four o'clock is a bit down from due right.

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> On Aug 20, 2019, at 4:10 PM, Judy M. <jmadnick (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
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> My cousin, a former high school teacher, told me she had a student who thought that a quarter past the hour meant 25 after!
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> Judy
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> On Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 4:07 PM 'Efrem G Mallach' via Dixonary <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com <mailto:dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>> wrote:
> You mean that this person has never seen an analog clock in a church or any other steeple, at a railroad station, at the back of a classroom, on a kitchen wall, anywhere at all? And has no concept of twelve o'clock being at the top, one a bit to the right, and so on? I know we're in the digital age, but even my eleven-year-old grandchildren (not twins, two sons whose wives happened to get pregnant around the same time) get this stuff.
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>> On Aug 20, 2019, at 3:31 PM, Guerri Stevens <guerri (AT) guerristevens (DOT) com <mailto:guerri (AT) guerristevens (DOT) com>> wrote:
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>> How would you translate this expression for those who have never seen any non-digital timekeeping devices:
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>> "who has your six".
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