Coffee 101
October 14, 2008 by Marye Audet
Filed under Coffee News
Students in Papua New Guinea will now study math, english…and…coffee.
The coffee curriculum will be offered to students to give the the skills that they need to run their own coffee farms. The curriculum was developed by the Coffee Industry Corporation so that students who did not wish to pursue a higher education could have the skills that they needed to keep the rest of us in coffee for the next couple of decades.
I am wondering how ling it will be until Barista 101 will be offered in American schools. Maybe at some point it could even be a community college degree.
What do you think. Is it a good idea for them to make coffee a course in school or does it give struggling kids a good excuse to quit rather than pushing through?
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I think it’s a good idea. Everyone isn’t calld to a higher education. Hopefully they are teaching a “green” ideal for the new coffee plantation generation.
I think so Heather. I am skeptical because of the government involvement. :/
My prayers are with you and your husbands….came from Jan and Tom’s Place Prayer time on Tuesday…Great post….Katherinellen
It’s an agricultural focused course. Given that the climate of PNG is suitable for growing coffee, it makes sense. Now if they had a curriculum on apple orchard management that would be silly. It’s really no different than offering auto mechanics or any of the ‘trade’ type skills some American high schools offer.
Katherinellen- thanks!
Kathy- It does make sense as long as the government is not “encouraging” poor kids in that direction rather than encouraging them to get an education..