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What would YOU teach at school?

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Music.

At my secondary school (Sunnyside Secondary remand school..Halifax!) we had a teacher,Mr.Elliot, who played a guitar in lessons,inspired more than books on Wolfie Mozart!

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By *irthandgirthMan
over a year ago

Camberley occasionally doncaster

Cooking and nutrition.. from primary to GCSE. non optional. Get people learning about food and getting away from processed shit.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sport

Truancy

Drama

Arm wrestling at the back of rooms

Im quite versatile in what i teach

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

History.

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Going by today's threads...bi tolerance

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity


"Going by today's threads...bi tolerance "
and cyclist tolerance too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've taught music in class however that was specifically for students that wanted to to learn. I wouldn't teach in a school as children are too unruly.

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham

Grammar and literacy .. otherwise known as English language

Teach perfectly cromulent words to embiggen pupil's minds

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What would I personally teach or what would I like to see taught?

I wish kids were taught more essential life skills such as maths that's actually useful to them - understanding financial markets such as credit cards, interest rates, VAT etc.

I'd probably teach about trade unionism and collective bargaining. Employee rights and corporate responsibility and all that jazz.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Grammar and literacy .. otherwise known as English language

Teach perfectly cromulent words to embiggen pupil's minds"

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

Sorry to say it but I'd scrap pointless RE lessons and maybe replace it with an hour of learning about Life . Appreciating and managing money for a start

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Sorry to say it but I'd scrap pointless RE lessons and maybe replace it with an hour of learning about Life . Appreciating and managing money for a start "

I'd change Religious Education to Religious Tolerance.

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

English, maths,sciences, history, geography, music and a foreign language.

Life skills would be taught as an extra curricular subject and parents would be obliged to attend.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Sorry to say it but I'd scrap pointless RE lessons and maybe replace it with an hour of learning about Life . Appreciating and managing money for a start

I'd change Religious Education to Religious Tolerance."

RE is now ethics.

They should have manner's lessons (half of them really need it as they aren't taught this at home).

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By *erotic_adventureMan
over a year ago

London, Scotland & The North,

Not PE as such but fitness, nutrition and diet

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Is ‘Rapier like wit and Ready Repartee’ stil a subject?

That it ‘Cunning plans, how to form and execute them’

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By *lem-H-FandangoMan
over a year ago

salisbury

Common sense.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Life skills! What a mortgage is , how to pay bills, how a bank account works, how to change a lightbulb or descale a kettle! Stuff like that lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Common sense......

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Common sense. "

I’m sure they scrubbed that from the curriculum in 2001, lack of funding

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By *uxom redCouple
over a year ago

Shrewsbury

Cooking and nutrition

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By *abs..Woman
over a year ago

..

Financial management

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By *J RHEAMan
over a year ago

S West


"Life skills! What a mortgage is , how to pay bills, how a bank account works, how to change a lightbulb or descale a kettle! Stuff like that lol"
That sort of stuff should be taught by parents

I'd happily get rid of RE though. Waste of time religion is.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Latin Latin and more Latin.

Rugby rugby and more Rugby.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Sorry to say it but I'd scrap pointless RE lessons and maybe replace it with an hour of learning about Life . Appreciating and managing money for a start

I'd change Religious Education to Religious Tolerance.

RE is now ethics.

They should have manner's lessons (half of them really need it as they aren't taught this at home). "

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didn't know that about "Ethics".When i was at school I wanted to do cookery ,think that's called home economics now ,but wasn't allowed as it was woodwork or stand in a bin so I stood in a bin for a few years. now all the top chefs are men!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Geography

I'm always surprised that there are people who think Africa is a country (as an example)

Current affairs

Never mind how many wives Henry VIII got shut of, what's happening NOW, what has happened in our own lifetime that has shaped our life and is likely to continue to

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Common sense and sarcasm.

The children i do work with are very lucky as they get lessons in this everyday 

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By *ensualpleasures69Man
over a year ago

leeds

Personally I’d do away with history, why do we need to learn about Nelson?, we’re never going to meet him.

History???, it’s a thing of the past, no future in it.

Manners and grammar, basic life skills!!

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex


"Is ‘Rapier like wit and Ready Repartee’ stil a subject?

That it ‘Cunning plans, how to form and execute them’ "

Sadly no but these skills are essential in my opinion

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

as I walk round the city centre many people seem to be speaking fluent Polish so 'language' lessons in the education system are working well!

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(are we still teaching French in schools when we could be teaching Polish or Urdu )?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Metal work

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'd love to open a forest school

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Philosophy (which is far easier than you'd think)

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By *ydnNancyCouple
over a year ago

Basingstoke

I’d prefer to be a school counsellor

I’m not a fan of kids but older teenagers I can at least try to help

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By *ydnNancyCouple
over a year ago

Basingstoke


"I'd love to open a forest school "

Friend of mine’s kid is at one, they’re amazing!

Nancy

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By *tella HeelsTV/TS
over a year ago

west here ford shire

How to be an adult

Teach kids about banking, working,buying a house, loans, conduct ..

Think this is more valuable than religion

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Philosophy (which is far easier than you'd think)"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My kids go to a forest school and get home schooled. Luckily as parents we have the skills to do this and the time. Made the decision last year as they were getting anxious and stressed by the school system that is so pressurised towards test after test after test.

The amount they were made to simply copy down and to write copious amounts, without learning why or what is important in life is ridiculous.

We send them to school to learn about life and hope that they get the grounding and skills to achieve their dreams, but all they have done is undo all the work we as parents have put in before they went off to school.

I know lots of teachers who are getting fed up with not being able to teach the way they want to. Since making the decision our kids are thriving, learning things they would never have done in school, and they still learn maths and English etc, but the stuff that matters in life.

Most of all they are being given the opportunity to learn in a way that suits them and will not be made into little robots that have no thoughts of their own which in my view is what the current system does.

Sorry if my views seem strong! However, I do believe something needs to change.

Harry x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"My kids go to a forest school and get home schooled. Luckily as parents we have the skills to do this and the time. Made the decision last year as they were getting anxious and stressed by the school system that is so pressurised towards test after test after test.

The amount they were made to simply copy down and to write copious amounts, without learning why or what is important in life is ridiculous.

We send them to school to learn about life and hope that they get the grounding and skills to achieve their dreams, but all they have done is undo all the work we as parents have put in before they went off to school.

I know lots of teachers who are getting fed up with not being able to teach the way they want to. Since making the decision our kids are thriving, learning things they would never have done in school, and they still learn maths and English etc, but the stuff that matters in life.

Most of all they are being given the opportunity to learn in a way that suits them and will not be made into little robots that have no thoughts of their own which in my view is what the current system does.

Sorry if my views seem strong! However, I do believe something needs to change.

Harry x"

Huge kudos to you for being able to provide your kids with such and awesome start in life.

The current education system is still mostly running on the Victorian Factory system, teaching small people to shut up and follow orders ready for when their bosses require that skill set.

I know enough disillusioned teachers that my forest school would probably have more staff than kids to start with lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"My kids go to a forest school and get home schooled. Luckily as parents we have the skills to do this and the time. Made the decision last year as they were getting anxious and stressed by the school system that is so pressurised towards test after test after test.

The amount they were made to simply copy down and to write copious amounts, without learning why or what is important in life is ridiculous.

We send them to school to learn about life and hope that they get the grounding and skills to achieve their dreams, but all they have done is undo all the work we as parents have put in before they went off to school.

I know lots of teachers who are getting fed up with not being able to teach the way they want to. Since making the decision our kids are thriving, learning things they would never have done in school, and they still learn maths and English etc, but the stuff that matters in life.

Most of all they are being given the opportunity to learn in a way that suits them and will not be made into little robots that have no thoughts of their own which in my view is what the current system does.

Sorry if my views seem strong! However, I do believe something needs to change.

Harry x"

This is brilliant. School is awful now. Kids learn nothing and know nothing. Just learn for an exam then forget it all as the next exam has to be prepared for. The dangers of a target based system.

Most important for me is social skills. How to interact with people. How to respect people. How to respect differences in people.

After that, we should decide as a country what skills we need for the future. What we want people to do. Base all education around that. Make university free for subjects that are in that plan. Make the entrance criteria harder though.

Not everyone needs to go to uni. Make vocational training as important. Respect vocational training more.

We no longer prepare kids to become contributing young adults due to massive failings in our education system.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Flat earth and how politicians and scientists fool us

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Defence Against The Dark Arts....

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By *essons in LustCouple
over a year ago

huddersfield


"My kids go to a forest school and get home schooled. Luckily as parents we have the skills to do this and the time. Made the decision last year as they were getting anxious and stressed by the school system that is so pressurised towards test after test after test.

The amount they were made to simply copy down and to write copious amounts, without learning why or what is important in life is ridiculous.

We send them to school to learn about life and hope that they get the grounding and skills to achieve their dreams, but all they have done is undo all the work we as parents have put in before they went off to school.

I know lots of teachers who are getting fed up with not being able to teach the way they want to. Since making the decision our kids are thriving, learning things they would never have done in school, and they still learn maths and English etc, but the stuff that matters in life.

Most of all they are being given the opportunity to learn in a way that suits them and will not be made into little robots that have no thoughts of their own which in my view is what the current system does.

Sorry if my views seem strong! However, I do believe something needs to change.

Harry x"

I wish I could’ve done this as I agree

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Flat earth and how politicians and scientists fool us "

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What! nooo..

And I've just booked a round trip

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By *hoenixAdAstraWoman
over a year ago

Hiding in the shadows

I was a teacher in a SN school.

I absolutely loved my job, but had to leave to become a full time carer.

If I was to return to teaching, something I have thought of alot now my caring role is reduced, then I'd use the skills I've learnt through previous/other careers.

I'd love to teach health & nutrition, physical education.

A lot of people these days have absolutely no idea how to cook a healthy balanced meal, from scratch.

Cooking is becoming a dying art, ready meals, convinience food, take aways are rapidly becoming the staple diet of this generation.

Add in the technical age we live in, no one walks anywhere, kids playing games online with their friends rather than running round in the park together.

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex


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The current education system is still mostly running on the Victorian Factory system, teaching small people to shut up and follow orders ready for when their bosses require that skill set.

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I agree but the number of parents who seem to want to hand over more power to the education system requiring it to be responsible for teaching morals and life skills is shocking in my opinion. The system of education we have is the one we deserve in my opinion. I was glad to see the demo against testing of four year olds yesterday and the school age climate change protestors so there is hope

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Life lessons as we seem to be sending our teenagers into the big wide world without a clue.They then crumble at the slightest thing..some i might add not all.

Respect for others should be instilled by parents is is more often than it should be lacking.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

As a retired head teacher I couldn’t wait to get out of education, like most heads I know. Er can’t think why that is.

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By *iamondCougarWoman
over a year ago

Norfuck! / Lincolnshire

Manners! Morals! Principles!

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By *aven RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool

I'd be the quirky art teacher I think. I'm a creative soul x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Individuality without neediness....

And science! Fuck all that drama and dance and media shiz....

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By *ark ph0enixWoman
over a year ago

Teesside

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I wouldn't... I detest other peoples children, mostly

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mandarin Chinese. Might as well get a head start in understanding our future masters

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By *ud and BryanCouple
over a year ago

Boston, Lincolnshire

History - especially when we could focus on the medieval or Victorian eras

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't have the patience to teach, I just don't have it in me, don't get me wrong, I love my kids (step kids included) but I couldn't be around anyone else's kids all day

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