Do you think cooking should be part of the national curriculum in middle and upper schools?
Yes, cooking is an important skill to learn. I think that students should be introduced to it in middle school, but I think that it should be optional whether or not a student wants to take further cooking classes in high school. I did choose to take it in high school, but I feel like it was useless. We learned how to make simple things that I already knew how to make, like rice krispie treats and chocolate cake. Some schools probably have a good cooking curriculum, but mine was pointless. Also, I think it ultimately is the job of the parents to teach life skills such as cooking, just like it’s the parents job to teach their kids how to do their own laundry, run the dishwasher, etc. Schools already have a huge curriculum that they are forced to teach every year. There’s not much time to squeeze more cooking in there.
