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Is this just rebranding of the home economics class everyone took 20+ years ago in junior/senior high? In my area (Fairfax County, VA), home ec class in the 90
by alistairSH 5y ago
Is this just rebranding of the home economics class everyone took 20+ years ago in junior/senior high?
In my area (Fairfax County, VA), home ec class in the 90s was cooking and sewing. The "economics" part disappeared from the curriculum sometime before I entered high school.
Also, many college-bound students weren't allowed to take the class. It was a known waste of time - counselors actively pushed students towards more useful courses. In my case, that was a year of Latin as a senior (on top of 4 years of French).
An real home economics class - with personal finance as a primary focus - would be very useful, IMO. I'm sure we covered interest rates somewhere in high school math, but it was purely academic - not taught in terms of useful life skill.
- DerekL 5y ago> An real home economics class - with personal finance as a primary focus Home economics has always included a variety of household skills, and was never limited to just personal finance.
- recursive 5y agoHowever, in some cases, it has been excluded altogether. Such as when I took in it the 90s. My class was roughly about sewing and kitchen skills.
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- aidenn0 5y agoAlso Fairfax county, also 90s; the only exposure I got to finances in school was in 8th grade Civics class. We spent maybe a week on it.