Swedish School Makes Minecraft Lessons Compulsory

SchrodingerZ writes "The Viktor Rydberg school in Stockholm, Sweden, has announced that they have included Minecraft into the curriculum for their 13-year-old students. The program is not meant to teach children about math or language, but rather as a tool to inspire creativity in the classroom. 'They learn about city planning, environmental issues, getting things done, and even how to plan for the future,' Viktor Rydberg teacher Monica Ekman told English-language newspaper The Local. 'It's not any different from arts or woodcraft,' she added."

Environment a la minecraft

[Narrowband]

''They learn about city planning, environmental issues, getting things done, and even how to plan for the future,"

My son must have somehow gone to that school without telling me. He keeps talking about Creepers being a key natural resource.

Koreans have done one better

[Spy Handler]

they've made Starcraft mandatory learning.

Re:Koreans have done one better

[WWJohnBrowningDo]

Lies! All Koreans mastered Starcraft during their second trimester.

Re:Legos

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah... they strategically place them throughout the house hidden out of plain site so they can be stepped on in the middle of the night while barefoot.

THAT's what they do with Legos!

Re:Is minecraft the only software they can find?

[Anonymous Coward]

I play Dwarf Fortres on Tuesdays. After we have pizza. We have pizza for dinner on Tuesdays. Then we play Dwarf Fortress. On Tuesdays.

In 20 Years...

[Greyfox]

When they're looking at buying their first house, they'll just buy an empty lot with a bunch of trees and then start punching them...

Re:Is minecraft the only software they can find?

[Anonymous Coward]

(But also sometimes on the third Thursday of the month, since that is Anything Can Happen Thursday in order to keep some variety.)

The dog didn't eat my homework...

[Megane]

...the creeper blew up my homework!