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lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago… in the context that many students can’t read analog clocks and shouldn’t get help. Pretty sure there is no official diagnosis for this so no problem and they don’t deserve to know how much time they have left in a biology exam. Again, there is no reason to discriminate against people lacking unrelated skills, if diagnosed or undiagnosed.
FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Let me put it this way: if someone is not disabled and still unable or too lazy to understand the clock, they shouldn’t be in the exam room in the first place.
This is not a “discrimination” - most exams are for the people with a some level of the IQ, certainly above the level of a radiator. Or a stool.
Karl@literature.cafe 1 day ago
FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Because it is is widely used?
Why should they learn alphabet in the first place? Why should they learn numbers?
Karl@literature.cafe 1 day ago
It’s not really widely used anymore.
Alphabets can’t be replaced by something easier and more convenient. But clocks can be