Gradual shift towards increasingly independent lifestyles of people has made cooking one of the most essentials skills to be learnt. Children have a fast learning curve and are suggested to pick up this skill early in their lives. This arises a question whether to incorporate these teachings during school hours or hone it in a relaxed environment at home.
It is believed that picking up new skills within a similar peer group makes learning faster, exciting and adds a competitive touch. Schools provide an environment where children can learn things collaboratively while having healthy competition. Children often tend to imitate each other and pick up skills faster subconsciously. Moreover, dedicated cooking periods would allow students a period of focussed learning without the concerns of studies or other miscellaneous tasks. It allows them to include it in their common routines rather than it being a forced out of school activity. However, many believe cooking is a practice that is best suited to be perfected in a household.
Households provide more secured, careful and relaxed environment when compared with a packed school routine. Special care and attention can be provided by the parents which does not seem as a duty but rather is seen as affection for their children. They are allowed to learn at their own pace, allowed to make more mistakes and are naturally more relaxed at the comfort of their homes. Additionally, individual teachings are naturally more affective as compared to learning in a group of many students. It allows children and their parents to have individual sessions in which more dedicated attention can be provided to them.
In my opinion, cooking is a skill that is best learnt at home. Even though there are perks of learning any skill amongst peers and similar like-minded folks like subconscious collaboration, excitement, it is an activity best suited to be practiced at home. It allows more liberty, room for improvement, experimentation and ultimately is a more relaxed, productive experience.