Ch4...That'll teach 'em

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Last year, a group of GCSE pupils were put through the rigours of O levels and life in a 1950s state grammar boarding school. This year, the time-warp school series has moved on a decade and is putting a bunch of modern-day teens into a 1960s secondary modern, teaching them practical skills like car maintenance, needlework and cooking – not to mention a lot more PE than they're used to.

The practical skills taught in secondary moderns are in short supply today. Can our modern-day pupils learn something from the 1960s system? How will they cope when their mobiles and trainers are replaced with gingham dresses, short-sleeved shirts and stylish tank tops?

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LMAO.....

Modern kids who are used to "Human Rights" getting some good old fashion teaching......

Hopefully it'll make them realise how far things have come...

I was a comp. kid of the 80's and the programme reminded me of a lot things....

Certainly not saying everything was better back then, just very different.....

Just watched and frankly - It wouldn't work.

Want to make the experiment a little more realistic? Have the kids sign a disclaimer at the start of the programme saying that they consent to corporal punishment.

Now, I'm not saying that corporal punishment was a good thing, but more often than not, the fear of knowing you heading for a thrashing kept you in line.

I was quite shocked that one of the boys could'nt point out Scotland on the map. The girls that lived in London did'nt know where London was either.

I think it just outlines the difference 30-40 years makes...

I mean come one, one girl couldn't even work out you had to peel an onion before you chopped it..FFS

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Originally Posted by Jiff Lemon

Now, I'm not saying that corporal punishment was a good thing, but more often than not, the fear of knowing you heading for a thrashing kept you in line.

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Sounds like a good thing to me!