decorating is not cooking

The BBC says, Cookery lessons ‘not good enough’ in the UK’s secondary schools. Quite right, too. When my daughter was doing her cookery classes, I was appalled at the stuff they were making: sticky buns, hamburgers, pizza. Designing sandwiches and decorating cakes is all very well, and, I suppose, designed to appeal to the kids, but is all but useless in teaching them how to fend for themselves and eat healthily.

I’ve also been annoyed by the constant ‘merging’ of various subjects in Design and Technology courses. Using computers to design packaging, for example, and thinking that fulfilled both cookery and graphics. Concentrate on one thing and do it well without confusing the issue, please.

Oh. I can’t wait until every bloody school runs themselves and there’s no consistent teaching methods - not! It’ll get worse before it gets better. Good thing I teach my daughter to cook at home. Shame most kids aren’t so lucky.

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