British teach less Churchill, more global warming

mkpdavies · 24-07-2007, 10:05 AM

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0724/p...oeu.html?s=hns

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London - Once upon a time, the British curriculum was straightforward. There was math, English, science. You learned about Winston Churchill, how to locate Greece, and how to say "My name is John" in French.
But starting next year British teenagers will face an exotic range of new disciplines designed to equip them with more practical skills. Healthy cooking, personal finances, and global warming are in. Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and the Battle of the Nile may be nudged out.
Under a syllabus revamp, citizenship classes will be enhanced with homework on British values, languages will be expanded to include Mandarin and Urdu and a new rubric entitled "personal, social, health, and economic well-being" has been developed.

"Give me the youth, and Germany will rule the World" - Adolf Hitler

Dissident Congress · 24-07-2007, 10:37 AM

For some strange reason you very rarely encounter portraits of Churchill on the walls of primary schools. There are almost always pictures of some starving African.

Besoeker · 24-07-2007, 08:28 PM

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The overhaul, which was introduced in 1988

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mkpdavies · 25-07-2007, 09:46 AM

Which is why we are in such a mess today.

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Dissident Congress Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 750	For some strange reason you very rarely encounter portraits of Churchill on the walls of primary schools. There are almost always pictures of some starving African.