re: #82 wheat-dogg

I date back to the time when boys took industrial arts aka shop and girls took home ec. I think we had to take them in 7th or 8th grade. The other grade was art for all of us. Anyhoo, when I was in senior high, as a lark I sat for the Betty Crocker Homemaker of the Year* test, because my friends and I decided it was well past time to abandon gender discrimination. Long story short, I won the prize for our high school, despite never taking home ec. The home ec teacher was a tad miffed, but she said the judges weighted the essay question more than the multiple choice Q’s, and that my essay must have been pretty good.

However, I did not move on to the state level. In retrospect, perhaps I should have.

* Or whatever it was called. It’s been nearly 50 years.

When I went to school in Michigan, Home Ec was required for everyone in my school, whilst auto shop or agriculture were electives (which anyone could elect).

I sucked at Home Ec and barely got through alive.