Swiss food for thought

When I was in Middle School,we had "life skills" for one year, which included making brownies and learning how to sew on buttons. Not ground breaking stuff. Yesterday, when spending some time with one of my junior teammates, I learned that all Swiss schools have five years of cooking classes and learn from a cookbook-textboook. This book of recipes are of course all Swiss recipes, so along with guaranteeing that everyone knows how to make a croissant, it also preserves their food-culture. Not just croissants, the book has nutrition advice and teaches the schoolkids exactly what is in everything from bolognese to choucroute chou. Isn't that smart: creating heathy eater without them even realizing it!