The BBC reports the secondary schools in the UK are testing pilot projects where teachers introduce emotional intelligence to teenagers.

“It teaches skills such as resolving conflicts, managing anger, respecting others and playing fairly.”

Apparently, while conflicts still arise, students were able to put out the fire before anything escalated, thanks to the teens seeing the situation from each others perspective.

What I’ve always found weird is that in elementary school, we got so much of this “extra” curriculum that I found highly useful: bullying, smoking, sex ed, food and health, etc. Why is this all eliminated from high schools, when this type of instruction is of most value? I’m glad to see the UK is taking some initiative and pushing emotional intelligence into secondary schools.

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