Shop, Home Economics, and Media were the only classes I liked in middle school. I took Shop 3 times and Home Economics twice, because you could retake it volun

Shop, Home Economics, and Media were the only classes I liked in middle school. I took Shop 3 times and Home Economics twice, because you could retake it voluntarily since they were elective classes. While I don't use this knowledge every day, some of what I learned in Shop class laid the foundational knowledge I needed for a number of my hobbies, including the work that went into building my first race car. Home Economics taught me how to sew and embroider, which came in handy many times for small repairs like sewing a button on, but more importantly it helped teach me to cook, and as an adult I am a relatively accomplished home chef. I was never going to make a career out of either, but it definitely helped round me out in a way that has helped me to become over time something of a Renaissance man.