History: a vocational subject??

What does everyone think about this:

http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/columnist/story/0,9826,1122119,00.html

What's the big idea with the government trying to make everything vocational, whilst at the same time trying to push more people into higher education? Its understandable with languages and sciences but some subjects like history will never work as vocational courses!! When will these people learn!

dude i totally agree with you. If we hadn't learned from our past the world would be in complete disarray

I think Geography is a whole lot better anyway.

we have discussed this before Matty! History beats Geography EVERY time

HA! that is in your opinion i must say. In mine it does not. In fact i think history is a bit of an excuse for a dos! 'It too old, let go its over'

Ohhh Mafoo.

why do the governemnt want to destory everything. I loved history gcse and a-level. These new suggestions sound like total B******s. The average 10 year old could do that stuff. They obviously have such a low opinion of students. Also how the hell our people going to cope with the a-level if they learn sod all at gcse. The a-level will just end up being devaled and eventually that will have the same effect at degree level. I jsut can't see what the point in messing with the system is.

The point of "messing with the system" is to enable the government to better massage it's education statistics.

we have discussed this before Matty! History beats Geography EVERY time

One thing i do hate is cliches, and "sex-up" is definitely one that I would like to throw into room 101.