There’ll be more and more people who’ve never baked a biscuit, or simply warmed up some milk in a saucepan on the hob, or – worse still – put a kettle of water on to boil. There are even those who say they manage to let water boil dry. I’m not one of them, though – I’ve melted kettles on the hob because I forgot about them, hahaha.
I can bake, mind you, and the problem with baking and cooking is that I often don’t like the food I get from outside, and it certainly is an art. Good bakers have become rare, just like good chefs – or should I say, passionate chefs and bakers.
I’ve no idea what schools here expect of you, and generally speaking, I reckon teachers too often pigeonhole pupils into tiers. It doesn’t matter what choice you make. Not that there’s much to choose from – there are careers fairs, and you always see the same things: the army, road workers, bakers, and that’s about it. If you want to become an archaeologist, no one in primary school can tell you which educational path you should follow. It’s quite frustrating, especially because in the Netherlands, children are actually expected to know by the age of 10 or 11 what they want to do for the rest of their lives, because by the age of 11 or 12 you’re in secondary school and you’ve got a set of subjects which, if you’re unlucky, you won’t be able to use at all. It took me a while to analyse your drawing, but I think that’s actually part of its charm – there’s certainly something to be seen in it.