We learned to tell time little hand is the hour-- big hand is the minutes. My GDs 9-7 an 6 read time in the same manner, now. I only have ''old fashion'' clocks at my house. But spelling test sure have changed. My Great Granddaughter goes to a big city school and text spelling is acceptable. While my 3 youngest GDs go to country schools and they spell out words and they know how to write in cursive. No calculators are allowed. My sister works at a bank and they are not allowed to accept a personal check that's not signed in cursive.