The Lost Art of… Home Economics

Remember Home Ec ? That magical class wedged between lunch and English Lit, where you learned the finer points of sewing a crooked pillow and making biscuits that could double as self-defense weapons? Yeah, that’s gone.

Back in the day, Home Ec was the training wheels for adulthood. Don’t know how to cook? We’ll fix that. Can’t sew on a button? We got you. Don’t understand a grocery budget? Here’s a worksheet with clip art of canned green beans.

Fast-forward to now, and Home Ec has been sent to the educational attic with the overhead projector and square dancing in gym. Instead, it’s been rebranded as Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) or buried in Career and Technical Education (CTE) , because apparently nothing screams “career prep” li

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