[CharlieO]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

You think history lessons are not valuable. If so, it's a very blinkered life.

As for 13 years at school - they can certainly cover the basics - past and present. Funnily enough: I had 13 years of schooling too: and I learned what you think they can't cover these days, as well as cooking, sewing, even some woodwork as well as secretarial, classical - blah blah blah.

I didn't say they weren't valuable I said in history they teach other things like the world wars. Not it as a subject itself.

It really depends on the subject choices people take. For example it may be that standards have dropped just because people aren't taking the difficult subjects. In my case i'm not the same and the majority of british teens so i don't really know enough to wonder why.