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Originally posted by 33girl
I was required to take Home Ec class in jr high, and I graduated well after 1954. At the same time the guys all had to take shop, which I would argue is much more useless than home ec. I don't see anything wrong with having a high school class for women AND men to teach the basics of cooking, mending etc. Not everyone has someone around to teach them that stuff, and it's scary how clueless some people are about the basics of running a home and taking care of yourself.
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At my Jr. High we were required to take one quarter of Home Ec and one quarter of Shop...boys AND girls. I thought it was great. My school had a philosophy that everyone should be exposed to the entire educational process then they could make an informed decision for their future courses of study. (THe other two quarters were music/drama and art). While I didn't continue in either Home Ec or Shop I know people of both genders who continued in them. I'm not sure how many guys would have gone into Home Ec or girls into Shop if they hadn't had the mandatory exposure to it.
Ok, I don't know what my point was....sorry.
Edited because ISUKappa already said the same thing! That will teach me to read the whole thread before posting!
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