If only there were some sort of facility where teenagers could be taught new skills.
Anyway, here’s a helpful diagram. When I was hit on the temple this was one of the harder things I had to reteach myself. Don’t be shamed into not asking questions, and it’s alright if it takes you a while to figure it out. Don’t let someone make you feel bad for learning new things, or relearning old ones.
Sometimes, unfortunately, you have to teach yourself. YouTube is a valid option.
A further explanation about the diagram:
An analogue clock has at least two “hands”. The shorter hand shows you what hour it is, and the longer hand shows you what minute it is. Some clocks will have a third, skinnier hand, which is the second hand.
The numbers around the clock tell you what the hour is, and they’re also situated at every five minute mark. So for example the 1 correlates to the 5 minute mark within the hour, the 2 correlates to 10 minutes, and so on and so forth. Naturally, the marks between the numbers correlate to the minutes in between each 5 minute interval.
When both of the hands are pointing directly upwards at the 12, that’s either noon or midnight. The hands then move towards the right, and that direction is called “clockwise” for obvious reasons.
(The opposite direction is called counter-clockwise.)
What minute it is is fairly obvious, since it’s whatever mark the minute hand is closest to, but some people might have a difficult time figuring out what hour it is, since there is more space between them on the face of the clock.
The answer is that the hour is shown by whatever number is most recently “behind” the hour hand, if that makes sense to you?
I find it helps me to think of the hour hand almost like a loading bar. If the hour hand is halfway between the 1 and the 2, you’re 50% of the way between 1 o'clock and 2 o'clock.
So take a look at this diagram below. What time do you think it is?
It’s 1:45! Because even though the hour hand is closer to the 2, remember you’re supposed to look at the number that it’s most recently passed. It hasn’t reached the 2 yet, so it’s not 2 o'clock yet!
Sorry if this explanation isn’t very helpful, I tried to explain it as simply as possible. If you have any clarifying questions yoy want to ask someone, my ask box is open!
