Given the limited hours that children spend at school, what subjects do you feel should be taught?

Science - physics; science - natural history; art; PE - gym and field sports; history; music. No particular order of preference, they are all important to produce well rounded and well educated children. When I taught, all children loved these subjects.

A useful addition to these and the 3Rs, learned as part of the lessons, would be the effective use of a library.

Children love to learn, and, contrary to the belief of the the new age, politically correct educational theorists, they like to get it right, not look like twits when some one outside of school says what the teacher should have said, 'no, that's wrong, this is what it should be, this is how it should be done...

Mitestarossa, I think you might be just a little biased towards music. Thanks for answering though.

MickS. Obviously someone with experience. But most of these are already introduced into the majority of schools.

I was hoping for something a little bit more 'outside the square. ' Thanks for your comments, too. You get my vote.

I think, we've taught enough of Science ... let them, who have to, and make it their Vocation.

Reckon, its about time we taught our kids, Good Manners ... The Respect for Knowledge, their Teachers and Elders... above all ... Humanity.

Art, art history, music, music history, classical music, learning an instrument.

In light of our pro conflict, militaristic national leaders, it seems that training in conflict resolution and mediation might prove advantageous for all earth's creatures! I'd find this much more useful to our budding minds than memorizing dead president's birthdates, states and major cities, or meaningless propaganda that justifies past wars and future conflicts!

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.