I mean, why would they? Analogue clocks are a product of gears and mechanics, expressing the passage of time through a pendulum. Might as well teach the kids morse code, Latin, and how a steam engine works.
Logical fallacy here.
To me, this is the equivalent of knowing how to read a thermometer. Usually you wouldn’t need to, and maybe it’ll also become obsolete, but if you need to do it and don’t know how, you’re screwed.
Yeah I know digital thermometers exist. That’s the point.
There’s digital devices of everything.
But if you’re stuck in the woods and you need to use a compass because your phone is flat, you better know how to use it
Using analogue technology is becoming less common but there may be a day when it’s necessary
That is ofc true. I use analog thermometers, s compass and paper maps hiking. In the event of an apocalypse I'm well set. But for most people those just aren't meaningful skills most of the time.
Morse code, Latin, and steam engines are all extremely useful things to know. If we don't understand how we got here, we don't understand how and why it works like it does.
For example, many words are based either in latin or greek. That's why the plural of octopus is octopuses (greek word + english suffix) or better, octopodes (greek word + greek suffix), and while latin has adopted the greek word oktopus (I can't remember the correct diacritics) it's origin is still greek, so the plural octopi (greek word + latin suffix), while used commonly, is technically not correct.
Latin is very useful to know for the common names of things, for example rocks, biological names of body parts and processes, and insects etc. Morse code is useful in emergency situations, or for long-distance communication without signal. We have vast areas of land in our country with limited to no signal, but at night you can easily transmitted a message using light, or using sound during either day or night.
To me, this is the equivalent of knowing how to read a thermometer. Usually you wouldn’t need to, and maybe it’ll also become obsolete, but if you need to do it and don’t know how, you’re screwed.
There’s digital devices of everything.
But if you’re stuck in the woods and you need to use a compass because your phone is flat, you better know how to use it
Using analogue technology is becoming less common but there may be a day when it’s necessary
For example, many words are based either in latin or greek. That's why the plural of octopus is octopuses (greek word + english suffix) or better, octopodes (greek word + greek suffix), and while latin has adopted the greek word oktopus (I can't remember the correct diacritics) it's origin is still greek, so the plural octopi (greek word + latin suffix), while used commonly, is technically not correct.
Latin is very useful to know for the common names of things, for example rocks, biological names of body parts and processes, and insects etc. Morse code is useful in emergency situations, or for long-distance communication without signal. We have vast areas of land in our country with limited to no signal, but at night you can easily transmitted a message using light, or using sound during either day or night.