The education authorities and the government in the UK are obsessed with Maths, English and Science. When I was at school we had all three almost every day while we had Physical Education once a week. Even then it was simply playing games with no useful information for us to take into life. In fact there was virtually no health education at all.
We seem to think that it is fine to have a country of unfit fat people as long as they can read and add up. This countries health education has always been bad but right now it is none existent. Surely we should be teaching kids at school the skills and knowledge they need for life no matter what they actually do. If they go straight to work at 16 they will still need health education showing them how to keep fit and eat healthily. So to will those who go to college and on to university.
No matter what you do in life you need health education but education in this country seems more about teaching kids things that 90% of them will never need to know. I have to say I cook a meal every day of my life but I am still waiting for a chance to your trigonometry. What is the point in wasting time teach people things they do not need when it is clear to all that health education is vital no matter what path in life you take.
