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murielm99

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7. My son and some of his friends

Thu Aug 7, 2025, 04:17 PM

Aug 2025

took home ec in junior high. The teacher welcomed them. His sister teased him about making little doll clothes. Of course he did no such thing. Later, he was all ready to cook for his boy scout badge. He lives by himself these days, and he is not a bad cook. He helps me in the kitchen when he comes home.

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What school courses were mandatory for you to take that are probably not required today [View all] LogDog75 Aug 2025 OP

Civics. Oopsie Daisy Aug 2025 #1

Yep. Same here. Freshman year. Arkansas Granny Aug 2025 #2

Pretty sure that civics is still a required course. Emile Aug 2025 #10

While it hasn't disappeared entirely, your presumption that it's "still a required course" is wrong. Oopsie Daisy Aug 2025 #15

Not In Illinois, It's Not Wrong ProfessorGAC Sep 1 #40

Okay. Oopsie Daisy Sep 1 #44

i chatted with a retired teacher but still subs , says many schools dont teach civics anymore . AllaN01Bear Aug 2025 #23

Yeah. A real shame that it is gone. emulatorloo Aug 2025 #11

add me to that list. When I was in 8th grade a semester of Civics was required yellowdogintexas Aug 2025 #30

See My Post Above ProfessorGAC Sep 1 #41

Same as your experience Diamond_Dog Aug 2025 #3

I hated home ec. murielm99 Aug 2025 #4

I got terrible grades in that, and I was just remembering the apron. I tried to make a fell apart when I presented it. Walleye Aug 2025 #6

My son and some of his friends murielm99 Aug 2025 #7

I got that merit badge in Boy Scouts! malthaussen Aug 2025 #34

i failed home ec. couldnt sew a tee shirt if it killed me. AllaN01Bear Aug 2025 #24

That was my experience also. I went to Jr. High and High School in Dallas, Texas. CTyankee Sep 1 #39

Latin Pachamama Aug 2025 #5

Had To Do That In HS ProfessorGAC Sep 1 #42

I had to take Latin in order to take French. It was a pre-req. I wanted to learn French and didn't realize the value of CTyankee Sep 1 #45

Honor Students Had To Take Latin ProfessorGAC Sep 1 #46

I remember every Monday would bring newspaper articles to our social studies class and discuss them Walleye Aug 2025 #8

I remember doing that, too. In 9th grade Civics class. Diamond_Dog Aug 2025 #9

Drafting MichMan Aug 2025 #12

Drafting was an assigned course in my middle school (mid 1970s suburban Boston). Eugene Aug 2025 #18

Not so, I lived in the Philly suburbs and we had to take "mechanical drawing." malthaussen Aug 2025 #35

Drafting was required? Oeditpus Rex Sep 1 #43

Everyone had to take Home Ec and Shop. Biophilic Aug 2025 #13

at my first high school, 4 years of Home Ec or Agriculture were necessary to get the 18 credits yellowdogintexas Aug 2025 #31

I cannot tell you how much I and my whole family suffered through seeing. 🤣 Biophilic Aug 2025 #32

Mechanical drawing and shop -- a semester of each. rsdsharp Aug 2025 #14

French from kindergarten through 7th grade JoseBalow Aug 2025 #16

Can't recall if it was mandatory, but snot Aug 2025 #17

Driver's Ed was an elective in my High School... malthaussen Aug 2025 #36

high school: typing (I hear that's obsolete.) middle school: printing and drafting/mechanical drawing Eugene Aug 2025 #19

Funny stories about shop Marthe48 Aug 2025 #20

Home Economics catbyte Aug 2025 #21

I won that thing too! My senior year in high school 1966. yellowdogintexas Sep 1 #38

Typing Diraven Aug 2025 #22

Penmanship. Cursive. Oopsie Daisy Aug 2025 #25

In grade school it was Penmanship. Ritabert Aug 2025 #26

Cursive, Civics, U.S. History, Home Economics, PE. Polly Hennessey Aug 2025 #27

Shorthand (Gregg) snowybirdie Aug 2025 #28

Music appreciation. surrealAmerican Aug 2025 #29

mechanical drawing and shop, one semester each in Junior High. malthaussen Aug 2025 #33

We had to learn to dance LogDog75 Aug 2025 #37