THINGS THAT SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS, a brief and occasional #history:

Surrey, 1931: the law pertaining to bigamy (!)

THINGS THAT SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS, a brief and occasional #history:

Parliament, 1895: the metric system. Well, that one went well.

THINGS THAT SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS, a brief and occasional #history:

Argyllshire, 1899: domestic science ("cooking, laundry work, dress making and housewifery")

THINGS THAT SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS, a brief and occasional #history:

Edinburgh, 1875: physiology

THINGS THAT SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS, a brief and occasional #history:

Louisiana, 1886: "the science of forestry"

THINGS THAT SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS, a brief and occasional #history:

London, 1892: writing poetry

THINGS THAT SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS, a brief and occasional #history:

Kingston-on-Thames, 1949: golf

(unusually, it actually got put into practice!)

THINGS THAT SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS, a brief and occasional #history:

London, 1926: in a surprising twist, the Institute of Actuaries thinks we should teach insurance

THINGS THAT SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS, a brief and occasional #history:

Perthshire, 1915: "the value of plain fare", or, how to take delight in a potato

THINGS THAT SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS, a brief and occasional #history:

Geneva, 1923: Esperanto

THINGS THAT SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS, a brief and occasional #history:

Another from the "well they would, wouldn't they": 1934, and the National Bridge Association recommends bridge be taught in schools. While making it sound surprisingly murderous.