Yeah, thought it was standard everywhere. Here in Sweden it is. The class is called 'Home-knowledge', you learn how to cook and bake, how kitchen appliances work, how to sew and do laundry, some woodworking skills, how to buget for a household how loans work, ect. I find it especially important for those who haven't got a parent that is able to teach them.

That’s called home economics which is no longer offered because we no longer think we should properly fund our schools.

They used to when I was in high school. Called Home econmics. Taught those things and basic adulting stuff

One of the best classes I had in school was when a science teacher decided to teach us how to change a plug, & check the oil in your car and how to write a cheque . He said he was fed up of us all leaving school and not knowing the basics in life.

I was at high school in the UK. We had a class called 'Home Economics' which was mostly cooking and baking, but not just working through recipes-it was more meal planning, how to get the most out of ingredients (like how you can stretch a roast chicken into several different dinners, eventually ending up making stock out of the bones), using leftovers (like if you're making a recipe needing egg whites, what can you cook at the same time to use up the egg yolks). It also included sewing, how to repair clothing like changing zips and taking up hems, and basic finance, budgeting and saving. It wasn't a class that had an examination to pass, it was only one period a week but really useful. Some school now do LLW (life, living and work) which sounds similar.

Home Economics class in the USA in 1985. Cook basic stuff, sew a button or tear, iron a shirt, remove clothing stains, etc. It was absolutely brilliant.

We literally had this. It was home ec

S**t I'm 32. Been working since I was 15 and I STILL don't understand health insurance

They used to... home ec

Like home economics class? There is a compulsory class to learn these thing in Finland. Cooking, baking, washing laundry...

In my high school days, it was called "Home Economics". We learned to read a recipe & cook, read a pattern & sew, budget a household, and cleaning (vacuum, dust, mop). Also learned personal hygiene, including doing your own manicure/pedicure! It was also offered to boys, just as the "shop" class was offered to girls.

It’s called Home Economics and it was my favorite class

Some school do that, though mostly around cooking and I've never heard of one with such things as understanding taxes, paying bills, managing finances. I did have a cooking class for girls and there was a craft class for boys (not sure why in 21st century it is more important for males to construct a chair out of wood rather make soup). Those were obligatory. In another school there wad an elective for cooking and it was open for any student.

They used to. It was called Home Ec and a lot schools required both boys and girls to take it. You can thank funding cuts that it no longer exists.

There used to be a class called Home Economics. Just before the got rid of it entirely it was required for girls. Not boys. Boys got shop class. My 7th grade math teacher taught us how to keep a checkbook.

They used to. It was called Home Economics. Along with music and art, it became a victim of the Republican Party's plan to destroy education in America. Because an educated citizenry is dangerous to an oligarchy.

Honestly, I wish that was the case. I left home with not even 18 and lived in my own appartement and had to figure everythign out by myself. Electric bills, register where I live, laundry.. I became self sustainable very fast.

they used to -home economics- went the way of the dodo bird

I proposed some classes like this at my library, like basic cooking skills, bill paying, balancing checkbooks, opening accounts and stuff.

I agree. Sadly, the reason schools need to do that is because some parents haven’t taught their children about being an adult.

They did it was called home economics, problem was it was traditionally a mandatory girl only lesson instead of wood working, and so became part of the practical skills lesson pool of options and in my school turned into the interesting and cool food technology lessons all about how food products are designed, prototyped, developed and marketed.

Back in the 70s the classes were Home Economics and Civics. I was taught at home, from a very young age, how to cook and clean. Oh, and I ironed my fathers shirts every weekend.

Home Ec used to deal with a lot of these things, but most school districts cut it as a 'frill' *facepalm*. You wonder what goes through the heads of the people who make these decisions. Kids knowing how to survive and look after themselves is kinda important. Kids can't always rely on their parents / guardians to teach them what they need. Clearly.

They did. It was called home ecc. But schools keep cutting and shorting the programs or making them extra curricular.

They do though, at least in Australia we do. It's called home economics. They teach basic cooking and textiles skills (sewing) amongst other basic life skills

Depending on country, these classes exist.

i learned a lot of these things while homeschooling, and have since forgotten because i don't have to deal with them ever. :(

There used to be those kind of classes. In the 60s there were MANDATORY civics classes where children were taught everything from balancing a checkbook to voting. In the 70s/80s, there was home economics which tried to include some of those practical things but was not always successful. And those classes were electives. In the 2010s my high-schooler son took what he always refers to as his favorite class. It was there that he and his peers learned the down and dirty about life -- finances, relationships, a bit of politics, etc. To this day, I wholeheartedly believe that class should be mandatory. And while we are there, kids should be required to demonstrate how to change a tire before they get their driver's license. My other son (the less handy of the 2) called ME, his mother, to go 12 miles to meet him and change his tire. After which he learned how to check tire pressure too. Too many kids aren't taught the practical facts of life before they need the knowledge.

No. Children should be taught life skills at ho me. I taught my son to do everything his sister had to do - I didn't want him to have to get married because he was too dumb to take care of himself. The military took over when he left home and finished the job.

Kylie Mountain, no not adulting as you call it. Used to be there was a Home Economics class in school for young people, used to be. But now since the government wants everyone to depend on like like little sheeple half of the younger generation today can't do jack c**p without their mommy & daddy looking over their shoulder.

PFD personal and fam development took it in 2001

In America they used to have a class called Home Ec, short for Home Economics. Then the powers that be decided that the only things that mattered were math and English scores.

Home Economics was the first class to get axed at my middle/high school--before I started. And it's not in the plans to bring it back. Luckily, I have a homeschool Home Ec curriculum kit.

In canada my kids have to do home ec (cooking, sewing, wood working etc), career planning and basic communication skills ..

They don't teach you how to be an adult on purpose, who needs to know algebra when they could teach taxes properly and about investing, etc

Adulting 101.

I agree. Or, parents could otherwise teach their children these simple things.

Why do schools need to do that? Isn’t that a parents job?

I went to school in Germany and we had a cooking class.

My school had 2 life skill classes for seniors in high school, the one which covered getting a mortgage and setting a budget was mandatory. I took both classes and I can tell you that even as an honor roll student, I didn't realize how useful that information was truly going to be later in life, and yeah maybe one or two nuggets of wisdom remained rolling around but basically you remembered things long enough to pass the tests and then went and got drunk in a field while your parents thought you were at the movies with Becky and Kim.

NO. parents need to be responsible for teaching their kids something about life. It IS NOT THE SCHOOL’S job to raise kids and teach them every life skill adults need.

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Schools do teach all of those things

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I remember making a pillow, a blue pillow! Learning how to make an omelet, don't ask me how to make one now! And some other interesting things.

Defunding schools is creating a society of ignorance

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Shut the f**k up. Yeah men are meant to be the sexist ones sure. I'm a man and I can cook better than any woman I've met