Cooking probably had better ROI anyway 😅

1969, Dayton Ohio, we were taught basic economics and balancing a checking account.

Honestly, higher ROI. Micro & macroeconomics have little practical relevance to personal finances. Sufficient protein intake will save your life.

Haha. I got it in middle school. I think they also taught us how to balance a check book. A literal unnecessary skill.

I took HomeEc in 7th grade and learned to sew a pillow. Still useful.

economics severely overrated compared to home economics. We need to bring that back

tbf had they offered economics it would have probably been Keynes & Marx at least for most. You wouldn't have been getting Friedman & Hayek.

You know, people were truly unable to cook anything. My smartest friends would die first week of apocalypse. I don’t blame the cooking classes. Maybe HS economics should have been “how not to die: no lunchables and no loans”

Home Economics was based and they taught us tailoring, budgeting, and more.

Can’t be expected to work if you starve to death

I took regular economics not home economics -my husband took home economics. He is in charge of sewing missing buttons, repairing tears in clothing, overacting if food is left out the refrigerator for five minutes, and all the house hold expenses I’m in charge of pontificating about the failures of all current socioeconomic systems

My teacher burnt Mac and cheese and I knew we were done.

university streamed high school math with advanced functions and statistical analysis (everything short of full blown calculus) but the closest we got to economics was half a day on compound interest - which i learned in like grade 4 algebra

Same. Didn’t have much for options at my high school.

Remembering how I always doubled the recipe and hid the extra ingredients in the cupboard because some of the other students missed out

Have you tried Gen Z’s female cooking abilities? They suck. They eat an entirely separate diet from American males

They were preparing you for inflation and shrinkflation.

I think until the US no longer uses money, and we all bow to the great machine god, economics should be a required course.

It could be argued that food is indeed more important than money I suppose…

same we didnt even cook majority of the time either lamest class ever

Huh in Texas, Economics was a required semester class, paired with a semester of Government, same teacher usually

Home Ec. 😂 I had Fun in that class

one Home-Ec class we were supposed to make cookies but accidentally set the oven on fire was awesome

Same issue but to be fair I did make apple crumble twice in the last 30 years since leaving 🔥

At some point, we have to ask parents to teach their children practical skills instead of outsourcing everything to schools. No curriculum can be perfectly tailored to every student. Parents, however, know what their child does and doesn’t understand ... and how best to teach them. This obviously isn’t an argument for homeschooling. But if you’re repeatedly complaining that schools don’t teach one specific skill, teach it to your own child. Parents can supplement education. Not everything has to become part of the curriculum.

Then they ruined the economy so you have to work your ass off and can’t do any of the home economics.

Personal finance is the only math everyone needs and it's almost never taught. Some grad students don't understand variable interest rates.

Remembering my space coast Fl middle school history & social studies class having us play out the 13 colonies - forming governments, setting up taxes, etc. Very cool semester. Great way to learn. The other semester we were assigned ‘fake’ careers & paychecks - and had to find, housing, cars, etc. within that budget - allowed for utilities, groceries monies, etc. Part of g to hat class was using a check book to pay bills. Another great class was to plan a family vacation on your budget. Map it, plan & budget stays & meals, etc.

The monkey bread alone was worth it.

That is tragically stupid at the highest level of education! You need both. But then how was the salt vs acid vs fat debate?