what do you think of the school syllabus...?
hearing some people levels of intelligence & ignorance, i often wonder what kids are taught now.
do they have modules, workshops & general extra lessons on things that would actually benefit us as adults...? i mean more so than they did in the 80s
are school subjects very diffrent now?
5 years worth of ancient history, or geography or biology seems somewhat unecessary when you think of what kids come out of school ignorant of...
I am not suggesting those subject are abolished but surely a few of the individual sessions could be sacrificed to other things that at the moment dont seem to be properly addressed in schools...
im talking about life skills such as banking, tax, general law, sign language, general health, proper cooking, first aid, road rules, basic diy, plus all the smaller tasks like changing a tyre or plugs, finances, retail etc, amongst many other things, that perhaps should be compulsory in the first few years.
most of the above i was not taught...yet spent hours drawing colourful maps of the middle east, algebra, reciting how to ask for food in france etc..i'd much rather have missed a few lessons on french etc and learnt some of those things.
for instance in woodwork we made a carved dolphin on a stick... err...very nice but if rather they'd shown me how to put up a shelf, assemble flatpack or wire a plug etc
we made cakes in home ec...nice but not that useful daily...we learnt embroidery...would rather learn how to alter and mend...
do they have any of these things on the syllabus now?
can the syllabus be viewed online anywhere?
& if not, surely it wouldnt hurt to have modules of this stuff scattered in amongst the other lessons?
do they already do this? i havent a clue.