[Magdalen] First day of school.

[Jay Weigel]

I taught my boys to do laundry and cook simple stuff. Uncle Sam taught son
#2 to iron and sew on buttons. I offered to teach my daughter how to sew,
and later to pay for sewing lessons. She didn't want to. Now she is wanting
to learn, and I (and the sewing machine) are 6 hours away.

On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 12:48 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:

> Back in the day (I forgot which one) there was such a thing as the Betty
> Crocker Search for Home Leadership Award. It was a big deal in the 1970s. I
> signed up to take it...the only boy in the high school to do so. Much to my
> surprise, I won the darned thing.
>
> Fast forward 30-some years and I'm dating this Tish woman.  She won the
> award, same year as me, at her high school in Winterset, Ia.
>
> I'm eternally grateful for parents who taught me to cook and mend!
>
> Grace and peace,
> brud
>
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 10:04 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I am currently using space at Brookline High School (evening
> > studio). Very convenient, since the building, once the Trade
> > School Division, is now an arts building, so it's already set
> > up with big tables, big windows, easels, sinks, etc.
> >
> > Classes posted in the front vestibule include culinary arts,
> > fibre arts, mechanical drawing (both with pencils and computers),
> > woodworking, etc. So home ec still exists, although it's called
> > something else.
> >
> > The students' drawings, taped & tacked to the walls, are just
> > wonderful, BTW,
> > -M
> >
> > PS: I hated Home Ec. Learned to knit, sew & cook at home and
> > found the classroom teacher a patronizing PITA
> >
> >
> > On Friday, August 7, 2015, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Home Ec
> > >
> >
>