Re: Gear Grinding 7: Really? This crap again?
Home Ec is out of a lot of school systems now and sadly it is more needed than ever. When I was a kid it was Home Economics and the purpose was how to run a home- we learned all the housewifey things- cooking, nutritious meals, how to shop, look for produce/quality foods, sales. How to sew, mend, darn, repair damaged clothes, do laundry, deal with stains etc. How to make a budget. Not in depth but rudimentary logic. Girls took that and boys took IA- Industrial Arts- basically the boy version of how to be a hubby- mostly how to do woodworking, handle tools.
These are things that used to be passed down between generations but are now lost. For those of us who learned them we think nothing of it. At work a few yrs ago someone started talking about how the heating bills were up and we started talking about things like plastic on windows, blankets on doors and the 'younger generation' had never heard of it or seen it. Made us realize that with everything automated, gadgets, gizmos and things being sold for very specific purposes/being told you need to hire someone to do plumbing, electrics, fix cars that basic stuff was not basic to them. Same thing when I dealt with pts who were young and out on their own- basic things like shopping generic, finding things that were marked down, hanging laundry after dewrinkling- all news to them. It wasn't like they were too lazy. They were willing. They just had never seen anyone do stuff like that.
Originally posted by St. Clown
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These are things that used to be passed down between generations but are now lost. For those of us who learned them we think nothing of it. At work a few yrs ago someone started talking about how the heating bills were up and we started talking about things like plastic on windows, blankets on doors and the 'younger generation' had never heard of it or seen it. Made us realize that with everything automated, gadgets, gizmos and things being sold for very specific purposes/being told you need to hire someone to do plumbing, electrics, fix cars that basic stuff was not basic to them. Same thing when I dealt with pts who were young and out on their own- basic things like shopping generic, finding things that were marked down, hanging laundry after dewrinkling- all news to them. It wasn't like they were too lazy. They were willing. They just had never seen anyone do stuff like that.
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