Chess Added To The Hungarian School Curriculum

http://www.chess.com/news/chess-added-to-hungarian-school-curriculum-9186

  chess ni school curriculum ! and in Brazil ?for in to be?

in Brazil will be?

is right?

Hungary & Europe.

Also this is interesting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYLLxQ23uTs

This is very cool news.  I know Judit Polgar has been working with teachers and educators to promote chess in schools, and was recently awarded the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary, which is a very high state honor, for "her worldwide acknowledged life achievement as an athlete, for promoting the game of chess and for her efforts to promote the educational benefits of chess!”

I think Judit Polgar has been a really good ambassador for the game, especially among schools and kids. I think her work is largely responsible for chess being introduced into the schools.

chess should be an elective, like music or art. when reading about how chess helps children improve in this or that I am vividly reminded of what is very often stated in relation to kids learning to play a musical instrument (which is more hype than anything else).

I believe that chess should be in schools, but only on a voluntary basis. Nobody should be forced to do something as competitive as chess.

On the other hand, chess teaches logical thinking and reflection on own mistakes. These are very important traits that people of all ages should learn and train.

this is bs.

but it's true some people don't like sports. at all.

yeah whatever. 

Totally agreed. In fact I think schools should be voluntary lol, but it's ok the way it is. Here in Brazil we have to study everything, and go for a test in which they put everything plus a bit more, just to go to a single faculty. Kinda sux a bit, I think study should be focused on a single way at the very beggining, and then you could go and expand that way with more knowledge directed to what you want.

também concordo.este e´um dos defeitos das leis brasileiras,estudo deve ser um direito,do tipo quer estudar "tem vaga".mas naõ deveria ser obrigatorio.assim como o voto,temos o direito de ter o dever de votar?

Actually chess is voluntary here in my city... and nobody is forced to study or play it if they don't. But the point is that nobody is interested in playing chess, they play soccer instead. Thus, it should be more divulged to revert this situation.

Now Newba, I partially agree with you. This test is tremendously ridiculous and whereas we prepare our students for getting into university, Finland prepares its students towards life in itself. 

However, we are not Finland and here we have to apply other laws and other ways in order to reach a better and higher rating of education. And "Vestibular" serves to selecting students, since there are more people than available vacancies at the universities. We hope governament will solve this issue though.

Adriano, se assim fosse, o nosso quadro estaria muito muitooo pior. Vc paga imposto, não paga? uma das formas de vc exigir a retribuição é através da educação obrigatória. 

E também, o voto deve ser obrigatório... você como cidadão devia tá em dia com a política; e a obrigatoriedade requer isso. Senão nós nos tornaríamos uma aristocracia ao invés de democracia...

Same thing in Italy, we have to study almost everything, I don't find the utility to study a lot of subject, we only got confused lol. I think that when one is for example 15, he/she could already chose if he/she want to do specialized study.

I don't know why. Since Italy offers egalitarian access to the universities for all citizens. Thus I think it's really unnecessary and for this the student should already get specialized since early then.

This term "forced" came up in another Forum thread on the same subject.  Being a stickler for words; I take exception to the term "forced" because kids in every country "have" to learn the basics like language & math, etc.  No one uses the word "forced" for those subjects.  Why is it that when the idea of teaching chess in schools the term "forced" keeps coming up?

It's relative. But basically chess isn't within basics studies, because in a way I may keep living well without learning that. Now, basics studies are necessary because they're important and if you don't study it, you can't live well in a society. For this reason, Maths and languages are obligatory and chess teaching is facultative; you only study and practice it if you wish, but it won't change anything in my life, maybe increase but not change.