Prince Charles to fight Government plans to kill off traditional lessons

[GommeInc]

Climate change? Biggest load of crap talked about this side of the century :/ Children should be taught useful things and factual information, not mindless theories to the degree where teaching them may come across as factual information (teaching the theories is okay, but suggesting it to be a certainty isn't). Sex Education at 5 is a bit extreme, but it depends what part of subject they're focusing on. Teaching children about sexual intercourse is just going to make them want to do it, children don't care about consequences

[hah]

take their powers and burn them at the stake

[ifuseekamy]

So basically more of Labour's plans to dumb down education in order to obtain the national statistics they desire. Of course the anti-British republicans will also use this opportunity to attack the royals for daring to have an opinion on political affairs.

[alexxxxx]

isn't this an initiative asked for by teachers to liberise and give them the power to teach them what's nessasary rather than curriculum forged somewhere else. It might be easier for people in York to learn about local history (like the vikings etc) because of their proximity to places for school trips etc and kids in Bath to learn about the Romans, as bath is an ancient town. History and Geography is already mixed in some schools under the banner of 'Humanities' so I guess that isn't really a change.

Teachers know best how to teach children, not some opinionated fool trying to win support for ill-thought populist ideas.

[LuketheDuke]

So climate change doesnt exist now all of a sudden? And scientists are being paid off by nobel prize winner Al Gore? Climate change is no longer classified as a theory, 99% of people who have researched the subject show amountable evidence that shows its occuring. I think itd be a good idea if children knew about it.

[GommeInc]

So climate change doesnt exist now all of a sudden? And scientists are being paid off by nobel prize winner Al Gore? Climate change is no longer classified as a theory, 99% of people who have researched the subject show amountable evidence that shows its occuring. I think itd be a good idea if children knew about it.

Not when it's suggested man is to blame. Perhaps saying climate change doesn't exist is the wrong way to say it...

The way climate change is usually advertised (CO2 emitting from cars, homes and carbon footprint etc) is aload of crap, the planet would heat up anyway, it doesn't and cannot possibly sit at a certain temperature like some surrealists are suggesting. Teaching climate change will only be acceptable if they apply basic environmental science to it, in other words - why it heats up due to natural causes, and that a few places are completely uneffected and why. Apply fear mongering tactics to children that having a bonfire is a bad idea as it kills polar bears is a terrible idea - if it were true, it couldn't be stopped or slowed down anyway :/

EDIT: Speaking of climate change... Prince Charles is/was a strong believer in climate issues :S

[Black_Apalachi]

... EDIT: Speaking of climate change... Prince Charles is/was a strong believer in climate issues :S

But like you said, the way it is marketed is false. The planet naturally heats up and cools down over periods of thousands of years regardless of how many light bulbs our race uses per day.

[Bailey]

Terrible idea, but the current Year 7's in my school have already had History, Geography and Religious Studies rolled into 1 lesson (taught by a teacher that only has expertise in one area).

[GommeInc]

Terrible idea, but the current Year 7's in my school have already had History, Geography and Religious Studies rolled into 1 lesson (taught by a teacher that only has expertise in one area).

That's an interesting point, are teachers expected to know three subjects now? It seems like it could put pressure on the teachers as well as the school finding things to teach e.g. local history and important national history :/

[Dinosaurawrr]

sex education at the age of 5 dear god what are they thinking?
that is the most stupidest idea iver heard.
"/ there way to young.