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  • Drop `middle-class` academic subjects says schools adviser, and teach "Personal Skills" instead.

    06/07/2008 1:02:32 PM PDT · by Oyarsa · 43 replies · 60+ views
    UK Daily Mail ^ | 06/04/2008 | Laura Clark
    Children should no longer be taught traditional subjects at school because they are "middle-class" creations, a Government adviser will claim today. Professor John White, who contributed to a controversial shake-up of the secondary curriculum, believes lessons should instead cover a series of personal skills. Pupils would no longer study history, geography and science but learn skills such as energy- saving and civic responsibility through projects and themes.