do you think cooking should be part of the national curriculum in middle and...

[Childsmum]

I too did cookery at school, in fact Home Economics was one of my chosen subjects and I passed with flying colours. This has helped me in later life with all sorts of stuff as it covered everything from budgeting to stain removal to child care and being a good hostess. It has been invaluable to me and should be put back on the curriculum. Too many kids leave school today without the basic cooking skills needed especially if they go to uni.

[Krystal]

it should be optional. what if a kid hates writing recipes and cooking? It's not fair that they should have to take cooking when they could take a poetry class and write about what they wanna write about. Get what I'm saying? And measuring ingredients is easy... a little kid could do it. That's not exactly a math SKILL for teenagers. That's something anyone with a brain can do.

[linnytay91]

i dont think it should be included. lets not force kids to hate cooking like they hate math and english too.

[perfection]

Yes. I was talking to my mum about it the other day, because her generation used to make bread in school and learn how to cook proper meals. We had some cookery lessons but all i can remember making are scones, cheesecake and apple crumble. I think they should bing back learning to cook the basics and then maybe people will home cook a bit more and not get so fat by eating ready meals and frozen pizzas.

[Duisendlpoot]

Yes, i took House-keeping at school. There i was taught how to bake, make scones etc, hygiene and the basics of cooking. As well as how to lay a table knives and forks etc. One week we had house-keeping and the other week we had Sewing classes, not one of my best subjects but at least i was taught how to sew straight . I know that most kids here will gain from it .