Jeremy Clarkson claims children as young as 13 should join the workforce
Former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has suggested that children as young as 13 years old should join the workforce, as he claimed secondary school is a “waste of time”.
The Clarkson’s Farm host argued that it was not concerning that half of the nation’s children are leaving school with five or more good GCSEs, as “almost nothing they learned to get those GCSEs will ever be useful in their adult lives.”
Jeremy made the controversial claims in his latest column for the Sun, where he went on to claim that subjects like history and French are of much more value to older adults than to children.
The Amazon Prime star wrote: “I spent five years of my life learning to speak French, but I never got beyond ‘the pen of my aunt’ or ‘where is the railway station’? But by speaking English slowly and loudly when I’m in France, I’ve always got by.
“So I’ve been wondering. If big school is a waste of time — and for millions, it is — why not teach kids to read and write and then, when they get to the age of 13, put them into the jobs market,” he insisted.
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“They’re young and fit and agile so that’s good for bosses. And they would be earning when they’re young. Which is when you need money most of all.
“Then, when they reach the age of 60, they can go to school. I’m 63 and I’d love to learn to speak French now. And I’m not alone.”
Jeremy later claimed: “Ever since the beginning of civilisation, we’ve had it in our heads that school is what’s needed to prepare kids for life.
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“But today, surely, we can see it does no such thing. And that it should be used to prepare older people for their retirement.”
The former BBC presenter has famously discussed his poor academic performance in school before, sending out an annual tweet to console disappointed students on results day.
His first-ever results day tweet, which he shared with his eight million X (Twitter) followers back in 2014, read: “If your A-level results aren’t joyous take comfort from the fact I got a C and two Us. And I have a Mercedes Benz.”
He carried on the joke a year later, with another tweet that read: “If your A level results aren’t great, be cheered by the fact that I got a C and two Us. And I’m currently sitting in a villa in St Tropez.”
His most recent tweet aiming to comfort some upset students opening their results in 2023 said: “It’s not the end of the world if your A-level results aren’t what you’d hoped for.
“I got a C and 2 Us and here I am today with my own brewery,” he added proudly.
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