Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
We didn't have home economics at my school and I would not be happy if my son was being taught home economics either.
Why? Clearly it's necessary for some. I can assure you, based on what Del tells me, as she teaches them (academically) everyday, most kids now don't have a clue about home economics, probably because their parents don't either...

If you want to learn to cook buy a cook book, and budgeting and running a household is just common sense.
In terms of the last bit, clearly not, in terms of much of the general public, based on the evidence I outlined earlier! Or perhaps common sense is another human skill that's slowly been eroded by our increasing dependency on technology?

And you can't learn to cook, just by reading cook books!

Marco.