JNL on Nostr: It's honestly very annoying (and unhelpful) that home ec has been dropped from ...

It's honestly very annoying (and unhelpful) that home ec has been dropped from basically every public junior high school. Those skills were important and BOY am I seeing their lack in our teens.

We have, as a case in point, a rising 9th grader who has taught himself to do incredible things in the kitchen (the best cheeseburger, filet mignon, and french omelettes that I have ever had have been from his hands) but he doesn't know how to use a butter knife to check for brownie doneness or how to level a measuring cup without making a giant mess or how to integrate basic clean up into prep.

Yes, these things can be taught piecemeal as they pop up, but it's really an issue of missing basics.

Those were once taught as a social leveler for all kids, whether they were also coached at home or not.