I am so angry..... really angry.

[cromwell]

But I am a huge believer that it really isn't the schools responsibility to teach the children to do this - it is the parents.

I 100% agree.

[KateLMead]

We had cookery lessons in school when I was a girl, as we had elocution, sport, etc now that was 70 odd years ago.. How things change.... And not for the better.

[Aggers]

We had cookery lessons in school when I was a girl, as we had elocution, sport, etc now that was 70 odd years ago.. How things change.... And not for the better.

Yes, I quite agree. when I was at school, back in the 1930s, we had cookery for the girls, woodworking for the boys, and swimming lessons,gardening, physical training, and one afternoon a week on the sports field. And I reckon we still had time for a better education in the essential subjects of reading, writing and arithmetic. We also learned discipline - something that is sadly missing today, and which is, in my opinion, the root cause of many of society's problems today.

[KateLMead]

Yes you are right John we had all of those subjects as well, with the whole school having assembly a service every morning.. We Also Wrote With Nibs on our pens "No Biro's"!! I also had whacks on my rear many a time as did others if they did not conform We have a bit of a perv a master called Tichy Evans, he loved that slipper that we (I) felt the sting of on many occasions.