Cutting-Edge Education
‘YOUD think in this day and age, school kids would know how to use a knife. Admittedly, most prefer to carry a gun, but even so, you have to know the basics before you move on to firearms.
| ”Is it a spoon, sir?” |
Yet according to the Star, children are having to be taught how to HOLD a knife, let alone use it.
Of course, what they mean is a knife and fork, as the head teacher of St Lukes Primary School near Rochdale explains. There has been a trend in the past five years for children to come to school unable to hold a knife and fork or sit at the table properly, he says.
The majority of families do not even have a table any more.
This he blames on the decline in family meals and the availability of convenience foods.
More importantly, if kids dont even have a table any more, how are they going to learn to drink anybody under it?
Ed Barrett’
Posted: 7th, April 2005 | In: Tabloids Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
