posted on Oct, 8 2003 @ 05:34 AM
Okay, so here's the Valhallian view of straightening up the world. Make 3 "elective" classes mandatory for every boy and girl in primary
education.
Home-Ec - at least one full semester. And none of this centering in on sex crap. Show a penis, a vagina, a condom and give a hand-out on everything
you can get if all 3 aren't in the mix (the list has to include a picture of a squalling baby) and then move on to the important stuff. The things
that if mastered can help you rule the world, such as:
making a good pancake with a perfect grade (that's a cooking term folks)
poaching an egg in a skillet
frying an egg sunny-side-up or harder yet, easy over
the difference between beat, mix, fold and stir
sorting clothes right
the correct order for clothes and detergent
how to properly clean a baby boy's butt after the green apple two-step has hit him
and for the top 2% of the class, let them in on the Culinary Illuminati's secret of WTF a "pinch" is.
Second mandatory class:
1 full semester of Vo-Ag. Have all these inner-urban kids raise a pig, or a calf or a sheep for 4-1/2 months and learn something about what to do
with the land if they ever bust free of the cement zoo they live in. Have em grow a tomato or something.
Third mandatory class:
Shop - 1 full year. 1st semester wood, 2nd semester basic mechanical skills...every person, male and female, needs to know how to change a darn tire,
jump a battery without blowing it up, and put those gawd-awful serpentine belts on - on the side of the road, in the middle of the night.
There...that should help fill the gaps that are being left by the omission of teaching basic math skills and the scientific method. The world will
then be a better place. At least when the wife says "get up and fix it yourself" the man will have a clue which side of the skillet goes next to
the burner and when the wife says "the toilet's clogged" the husband can say "get up and fix it yourself". See the community it builds???
[Edited on 8-10-2003 by Valhall]