Your Kid's New Homework-Facebook!

By Staff

Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 10:57

In today's world many of the kids are addicted to social networking sites like Facebook and Orkut. Are you one among the parents, who worry that your kids are spending most of their time Facebooking instead of doing their homework? Well, then here's the solution.

Many governments have decided to introduce a radical shake-up in the school curriculum, in which kids will be taught life skills' including how to chat to pals on social networking sites and write blogs. The new lessons are the brainchild of former Ofsted Chief Inspector of Schools Sir Jim Rose, who is planning the biggest overhaul in education in 20 years.

Traditional subjects like history will be replaced by studies on the social networking sites like Facebook. Creating Facebook and other social networking website pages in GCSE subjects such as computer science will contribute to students' coursework grades. This will also enhance kids' 'speaking skills', money management, and internet use.

There are many cries against this curriculum. Let us see how the social networking sites improves kids' academic too…