Dream School - Jamie Oliver

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Langweilig said:

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chippy17 said:

forced to watch the second instalment last night, if I hear the word 'respect' one more time...

other thing I noticed was the children were sitting in the class with their laptops on, is this because they are using them for the classes or..?

one last thing and then i will go: I saw these children being far more interested in the hands on classes, art, music, photography. Are schools these days channelling children correctly, not everyone is born to be academic? Perhaps there is a great carpenter amongst them for example...

One of, if not the major problem with our school system - vocational skills are seen as the poor relations to academic qualifications that to many pupils who aren't going to go on to university have little or no relevance.

There are GCSE subjects on offer these days that I would've sold my grandmother into slavery for. Design & construction, engineering, journalism and even motor vehicle & road user studies.

Jamie made some observations about schools that don't teach home economics. Learning to cook is an essential life skill for everyone. Your parents won't be around forever to make your dinner for you.

Whilst that's true, it seems only a small handful of schools offer them, hardly any teachers are on hand to teach them, and they're not recognised by employers in the way that perhaps they should be.