dim children?

[Ormorof]

might sound abit cruel but just read a BBC article on cooking lessons in schools and crapped myself laughing at this:

We met some 10-year-old children who could not recognise a bowl of tuna. One pupil called it a donkey," she said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4309014.stm

do they intentionaly pick the dimmest children or do they make it up?

 

[Turamber]

I hear Donkey & Mayonnaise goes down a treat! Explains why its served in a French stick too .... its probably a particularly large part of said Donkey's anatomy.

 

[Tom]

Its not schools that should be doing the teaching here.....

 

[Chilly]

cooking is a dying skill! There are people who eat nearly entirely from wrapped up convenience foods. My mum taught me how to cook and still does when I cook her dinner and she moans at me because the white sauce had too much parsley in it!

 

[Mobius]

My mum had to teach me how to open a tin of tuna when I was 17 years old. Give them a break!

 

[JBP|]

do they intentionaly pick the dimmest children or do they make it up?

Well as most 11 year olds can niether read or write to a reasonable standard you can hardly expect them to be able to tell the difference between a tin of tuna and a donkey.

 

[Turamber]

niether read or write to a reasonable standard

Tee hee! *hopes he was being sarcastic*

 

[Wij]

Um - nope. I know 16 year olds who can only read and write their own name

 

[Frizz]

I know 16 years olds who've had a donkey dick.

 

[tris-]

what more do you need to know other than the wattage of the microwave these days?

 

[`mongoose]

If they show the bowl of tuna to the kid and they say oo look tuna, it doesn't make for a great soundbite does it?

What do you do when someone asks you a stupid question ? You give a stupid answer!

I can remember my RE gcse (I went to a penguin school) and they showed a piccie of a priest lying face down on the floor in front of an altar - then asked what was happening. I mean really.... 16 yr old boy - stupid exam that he doesn't care about - picture crying out for a stupid response! I wonder what an analysis of those answers would have brought.

Easiest way they could get kids cooking (imo) would be to give them something really gorgeous to taste - then show them how to make it. Once you have a dish that tastes good and gets nice comments when you make it for someone, you have more confidence to try other things.

Personally I think it's a great shame that they stopped HE. I didn't enjoy but it taught me how to sew, and the basics of cooking. Whilst I may not sew very often - I do love to cook

M