Kids today cant read a clock unless its digital,
Kids are generally taught how I believe, around 6 or 7 years old, but as with most things, if they're not having to use that knowledge regularly, it doesn't stick. Most clocks are digital now. Hell, come to think of it, other than the analog face I chose on my smart watch, i'm not sure the last time I had to read an analog one.
Why should they? I learned cursive. I haven't had to read it more than a handful of times in the last 20 years. I remember having a whole bunch of time spent learning cursive, with all the other things we want kids to learn, i'd absolutely rather them be learning those things than spending time learning a form of writing that almost no one uses anymore outside signatures.
cant label all the states on a map, let alone countries, cant do simple math without a calculator, it is really terrible how we dont teach basics anymore.
Id imagine a lot of adults of all ages can't do those things, even though those things were taught in school for them as well. This isn't a problem of teaching, its a problem of lack of need in daily life. Also, many times for relatively simple math, its easier to just have a calculator do it. I'm pretty good at doing that kind of math in my head, but if the tool is there to just figure it quickly, why wouldn't I use the tool?