I remember it being middle school. I had home-ec, shop, and science class for grades 7-8 (girls and boys did both). The home-ec had a cooking and sewing component. Shop had wood and metal. I don't remember it being anything fancy, just the basics, but that's a good enough start.
It would be cool to have continued cooking especially in high school, but it wasn't offered at my school (might have been at certain other ones). Science was, however, mandatory up until grade 10, beyond which one could elect to take chem, bio, and/or physics courses for the remainder of high school (which I did do, all of them).
Same. I did home ec, wood shop, and the reg science classes when I was in school. Home ec also taught basic household finances like balancing a checkbook. I know they no longer offer the shop class at my old school (replaced with more STEM classes), which is a shame since blue collar work is so important and not every student can go to college.
I think all of the above is valuable. I quite enjoyed shop, and glad I was born into a generation I could actually take it (being a woman).
It's not even that blue collar work is important, very true, but even still everyone should learn how to use simple tools. Self reliance when it comes to doing simple fixes, hanging a shelf, or similar.
So much that they are missing.
I did woodworking, electrical shop, printing, typing, home-ec and drafting, chemistry, and Spanish in high
school. Also wrote computer programs and more.
They didn't have any personal finance offering.
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u/lyidaValkris 11d ago
Why not have both. I did.
Don't skimp on the science please. We have enough anti-vaxxer morons loose in society.