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School requiring wristwatches?
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Has anyone else’s school ever came up with anything like this as a requirement? My son’s elementary (private) school this year has implemented a requirement in addition to the already established dress code, that all students must wear a wristwatch. The reason seems to be to encourage the kids to take more responsibility for their own time, and being on time, and to teach them not to have to rely on an external source for this, (a wall clock, etc.). I don’t know what to think about the rule. I think I remember someone posting something about a rule at their school like this last year, ….not sure if it was watches though. It requires that the watch cannot have alarms (or have them disabled, and must also be worn around the left wrist, (I have no idea what the reason is for that). My son (11) has never worn a watch before, he only has a pocket watch. He isn’t fond of wearing things on his wrists so it will be a trick to get him to put one on (and keep it on all day). Has anyone else’s school ever required anything like this? Any thoughts?
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Ridiculous. The wearing of a wrist watch doesn’t generally make anyone brighter. Wrist watches do give the kids something to look at while the teachers are teaching, however. BTW, most of us can get this sort of silliness for free. Mark – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Has anyone else’s school ever came up with anything like this as a > requirement? My son’s elementary (private) school this year has > implemented a requirement in addition to the already established dress > code, that all students must wear a wristwatch. The reason seems to be to > encourage the kids to take more responsibility for their own time, and > being on time, and to teach them not to have to rely on an external > source for this, (a wall clock, etc.).
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >Has anyone else’s school ever came up with anything like this as a >requirement? My son’s elementary (private) school this year has >implemented a requirement in addition to the already established dress >code, that all students must wear a wristwatch. The reason seems to be to >encourage the kids to take more responsibility for their own time, and >being on time, and to teach them not to have to rely on an external >source for this, (a wall clock, etc.). I don’t know what to think about >the rule. I think I remember someone posting something about a rule at >their school like this last year, ….not sure if it was watches though. >It requires that the watch cannot have alarms (or have them disabled, and >must also be worn around the left wrist, (I have no idea what the reason >is for that). My son (11) has never worn a watch before, he only has a >pocket watch. He isn’t fond of wearing things on his wrists so it will be >a trick to get him to put one on (and keep it on all day). Has anyone >else’s school ever required anything like this? Any thoughts?
Since my kids have trouble doing things on time, and use the excuse "I lost track of time," so often, I think it’s a great idea. However, requiring that ALL students wear the watch on their left wrist is silly, given that at least 7% of the students will be left-handed. Saying "worn on the wrist" would be fine; this eliminates pendant and pocket watches, which are easily lost, stolen or used as weaponry. Sorry that your son doesn’t care for things on his wrist; may this be the worst thing in his life that he has to do that he doesn’t like. Mark Hartman |Consultants to business, industry and education since 1977 C O M P U T E R | Database design * User interface * Troubleshooting S O L U T I O N S| Networking * Client/server systems * Macintosh * Oracle "Hello, my name is Mark, and I’ve been Intel-free for 8 years and 2 days."
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>must also be worn around the left wrist, (I have no idea what the reason >is for that).
Now that rule definitely falls into the category: "The person who made up this rule is right-handed and ego