[Nedusa]

Bring back Domestic Science in schools

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Nedusa

Bring back Domestic Science in schools

..it's more or less still there Nedusa and not much different in content to when I was at school, well it's better because it covers hygiene more than I recall it did back in the day...

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..it's more or less still there Nedusa and not much different in content to when I was at school, well it's better because it covers hygiene more than I recall it did back in the day...

This surprises me Ammi. Are you sure that Domestic Science is taught in ALL schools?

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

This surprises me Ammi. Are you sure that Domestic Science is taught in ALL schools?

It's called Food Tech now, it is an option for GCSE though not compulsory, and is not on the curriculum in all secondary schools, food hygiene can be taught at home if I had the choice of my child learning a foreign language or Food Tech I know which one I would want them to choose

[Kyle]

Originally Posted by Cherie

It's called Food Tech now, it is an option for GCSE though not compulsory, and is not on the curriculum in all secondary schools, food hygiene can be taught at home if I had the choice of my child learning a foreign language or Food Tech I know which one I would want them to choose

Yeh it was called food tech when I was at school. once we hit year 10 though we could drop it if we wanted.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Kyle

Yeh it was called food tech when I was at school. once we hit year 10 though we could drop it if we wanted.

Did boys have to attend this class too Kyle? If so did you 'drop out'? And did most of the girls?

[Kyle]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

Did boys have to attend this class too Kyle? If so did you 'drop out'? And did most of the girls?

Yeh, both genders had to do it at my school. I'm not sure what the gender ratio was after our options as I didn't pick it but I personally never knew any lads who picked it. We mostly did P.E and woodwork.

I think it was useful though while we had it. Making stuff to bring home to your mum and dad to try was actually really nice.

[Ammi]

..yeah as Cherie said, Kirk..it's called food technology now and it's not compulsory for GCSE, which many subjects obviously aren't because it would be impossible for every one of them to be...and although it may not be in the curriculum of every secondary school, there are many subjects expanded on and other extra subjects which aren't available at primary level, like drama for instance and that can assist children with low confidence very much indeed...also in the schools that I know and in my area..?...food technology also expands into other subject..like for instance, in Geography the foods of countries studied will be prepared by the children and all food preparation hygiene applied...also in Maths because of the weighing of ingredients part obviously and science in experimenting reactions in certain ingredient combinations ...so there is in many schools quite a bit of focus on it generally...as there is in all parts of hygiene...

..anyway as Cherie also said with languages...different children will be drawn to different subjects to consider at GCSE level and it's great that they have the choices that they do...

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Nedusa

Bring back Domestic Science in schools

If the not-so-young wife on the TV program; 'Back In Time For Dinner' is anything to go by; it's time 'Domestic Science' was mandatory in EVERY school, because she could not operate a basic or 'butterfly' tin opener, could not cook or present the most rudimentary of meals, did not know what 90% of the really common foodstuffs were, was ignorant of fresh vegetables, and was hopeless in every aspect of domestic science.

With a few notable exceptions, my OWN experience of the latest generation of 'young mothers' has NOT witnessed much to cause me to think that the above 'wife and mother' is the exception and not the rule.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

If the not-so-young wife on the TV program; 'Back In Time For Dinner' is anything to go by; it's time 'Domestic Science' was mandatory in EVERY school, because she could not operate a basic or 'butterfly' tin opener, could not cook or present the most rudimentary of meals, did not know what 90% of the really common foodstuffs were, was ignorant of fresh vegetables, and was hopeless in every aspect of domestic science.

With a few notable exceptions, my OWN experience of the latest generation of 'young mothers' has NOT witnessed much to cause me to think that the above 'wife and mother' is the exception and not the rule.

What about 'young Dad's' Kirk?

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Cherie

What about 'young Dad's' Kirk?

Honestly Cherie - I don't really know. I think that with each successive generation there are a number of both males and females who have become more obsessive about superficial appearance than the 'nuts and bolts' of real life for most of us who are not fabulously rich - and that is THE fault of progressively poor parenting skills, shit TV programmes such as TOWIE, and unprecedented conditioning by advertising and the media into believing that the 'WAG' lifestyle is the pinnacle which all should aspire to.

I think it's highly informative though, that on the 'Back In Time For Dinner' program, as bad as he was, it was the DAD who seemed to do ALL the cooking, cleaning, shopping, and other domestic duties in their household - AND THAT has been my own personal experience of those I personally know, but whether this is true of MOST men or indeed young men, I don't know.

[smudgie]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

If the not-so-young wife on the TV program; 'Back In Time For Dinner' is anything to go by; it's time 'Domestic Science' was mandatory in EVERY school, because she could not operate a basic or 'butterfly' tin opener, could not cook or present the most rudimentary of meals, did not know what 90% of the really common foodstuffs were, was ignorant of fresh vegetables, and was hopeless in every aspect of domestic science.

With a few notable exceptions, my OWN experience of the latest generation of 'young mothers' has NOT witnessed much to cause me to think that the above 'wife and mother' is the exception and not the rule.

Haha, she was Ruddy hopeless.
Cold liver, cold potatoes and veg for the tea,,,leftovers from dads lunch, surely she could have fried them all together and made a fry up, a bit of Bisto gravy would have improved most of the grub she served as well.
We all loved that show, especially my retro mad daughter.