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| Subject: OZschwitz edumbcation: Children in their final year of primary school believe cotton socks come from animals Sun Mar 04, 2012 5:14 pm | |
| Three-quarters of Australian children in their final year of primary school believe cotton socks come from animals and 27 per cent are convinced yoghurt grows on trees.
A national survey of year 6 and 10 students by the Australian Council for Educational Research found yawning gaps in young people's knowledge of basic food origins.
In a hypothetical lunch box of bread, cheese and a banana, only 45 per cent in year 6 could identify all three as from farms.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/cultural-cringe-schoolchildren-cant-see-the-yoghurt-for-the-trees-20120304-1ub55.html#ixzz1oBlvrN71
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| Subject: Re: OZschwitz edumbcation: Children in their final year of primary school believe cotton socks come from animals Mon Mar 05, 2012 10:15 pm | |
| people have long since been removed from their food source. The only connection is the supermarket shopping trip. While making them more dependent on a system the removal also could be a unavoidable consequence of modernization and specialization.
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RR Phantom
Location : Wasted Space Job/hobbies : Cayman Islands Actuary
| Subject: Re: OZschwitz edumbcation: Children in their final year of primary school believe cotton socks come from animals Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:48 am | |
| - zero wrote:
- ...the removal also could be a unavoidable consequence of modernization and specialization.
:Homer: |
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