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Primary pupils to learn about world of work

Posted on 2nd May 2014

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Did I misunderstand, or is the eductaional system really that stupid?

This story describes a "new" initiative to have people go to schools and explain about their jobs. The supposedly new part is that the pupils will get an explanation of "how lessons relate to their future careers".

Excuse me, but isn't that the very reason for having people come and explain about their jobs? Such visits have been going on for a long time, in many countries, under several guises (parents coming in to talk about their jobs, organisations volunteering and professionals being invited by the schools). Seriously, in all this time, no-one thought that maybe the whole point was to explain how studying, and the choice of study subjects, related to careers and career choices?