Date published: 2007/05/03
The BBC says:
Teachers should give pupils lessons in how to cope with life and be happy, a government adviser says.
Professor Lord Richard Layard, from the London School of Economics, believes the central purpose of schools should be to teach "the secrets of happiness".
He is calling for a new generation of teachers specialising in what is known as "emotional intelligence".
Teachers' leaders say they do all they can to promote children's well-being and the timetable is already crowded.
Lord Layard said people were no happier today than they were 50 years ago and that there had been a sharp fall in the numbers saying they trusted other people.
More nonsense. If Layard knows what the "secrets of happiness" are he should write a book and make a million. Presumably secret number one is to be born into the ruling elite so that you are all set up in life. And you can just imagine the lessons, some dreadful politically correct combination of meaningless mush.
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