Upon this "news", I had to glance at my Filofax to ensure that today wasn't April 1st -- April Fool's Day!The Daily Mail is reporting that the British primary school curriculum is at risk of being changed drastically ~ for the worse.
Sir Jim Rose, the UK's former schools' inspector (whatever that is), has proposed changing the lesson plan so that Winston Churchill, the rise of the Nazis -- basically all of World War II -- plus subjects such as Queen Victoria, are scrapped and replaced with tutorials focusing on Twitter, blogging, Wikipedia & podcasting! Rose's proposal is due for publication in the next month, however, various news agencies caught wind of the plan & ran with the ridiculous idea.
Kids today are already lacking in certain skills (phonics, anyone?), and in many places reading, writing and basic history results are in a shambles. At least Rose's wacky suggestions are just that -- suggestions -- right now. Shame on Britain if they become a reality.
(Churchill image: google images)
I'm fairly certain kids are getting enough of the techy crap on their own...can I say again how much the "txtspk" drives me wonky! What else is school for if not boring (for most teens) yet critically important history?
ReplyDeleteI laughed at this. Most kids have no idea who Winston Churchill is. I did GCSE history so I know as much as I can about the wars but if you don't study history, you'll never know.
ReplyDeleteThe stuff about Twitter and blogging...they have seriously lost it.
Myrna, I agree!! They'll learn the exciting tech stuff on their own! Frankly, I want my taxes going towards kids learning about their own country and the world! People are already ignorant enough.
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