My home ec class was worthless. We cooked and sewed, which I think is much more traditional course material for home ec. It sounds like your brother's teacher

My home ec class was worthless. We cooked and sewed, which I think is much more traditional course material for home ec. It sounds like your brother's teacher looked at the title and made up the syllabus - I've never heard of anything remotely economics-related ending up in a home economics class.