Ophelia wrote:
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> "Gary" > wrote in message ...
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> > Back in the day...schools offered "Home Ec" as an optional class. Back
> > then it was only a girlie class and most boys wouldn't dare sign up
> > for it. For boys mostly, it was wood shop or metal shop. I took both
> > of those. I wish I had been brave enough to take the Home Ec class. I
> > would have liked that better. lol
>
> Yeah but you would have been called a sissy <g>

Exactly. And if you remember your teenage years, you just want to fit
in and not be singled out as someone weird. Home Ec was NOT a cool
thing for boys way back then. I wonder if schools still have those
classes.