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Do They Still Teach Shop/Home Ec?
Posted on 8/22/25 at 6:22 pm
Posted on 8/22/25 at 6:22 pm
So when I was in middle school (93-96) we took Shop and Home Economics every year. One semester of Shop and One Semester of Home Economics. Classes were divided by gender, so all the girls took Home Ec while the boys too Shop and then we swapped after Christmas Break. Fun fact, when the boys took shop it was called "Single Living". I have no idea if they called Shop something different for the girls. In fact, I think it was officially called Industrial Arts.
Both of those classes were some of my favorites. Shop we got to use power tools and table saws, build shite we designed in the CAD program, and just have fun for an hour. We made birdhouses and derby cars. Home Ec was fun too. Learned how to cook stuff. Got to eat what we made. Learned to sew. I even made a pair of shorts and Tweety and Sylvester Apron my mother still has. We made mock apple pie with Ritz Crackers and Cream of Tartar.
These were really fun classes, and I use what I learned in those classes more than I use Trig and Pre Cal.
Hope they haven't been completely phased out.
Both of those classes were some of my favorites. Shop we got to use power tools and table saws, build shite we designed in the CAD program, and just have fun for an hour. We made birdhouses and derby cars. Home Ec was fun too. Learned how to cook stuff. Got to eat what we made. Learned to sew. I even made a pair of shorts and Tweety and Sylvester Apron my mother still has. We made mock apple pie with Ritz Crackers and Cream of Tartar.
These were really fun classes, and I use what I learned in those classes more than I use Trig and Pre Cal.
Hope they haven't been completely phased out.
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Posted on 8/22/25 at 6:23 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
I graduated 2010, I took shop and home ec.
dont know about now.
dont know about now.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 6:25 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
Imagine it varies district to district.
The older I get, the more I think that the more practical side of life should be much more emphasized in school. Cooking, home/auto repair, gardening, investment/financial literacy lessons will serve folks more than a lot of academic subjects, not that those should be ignored.
The older I get, the more I think that the more practical side of life should be much more emphasized in school. Cooking, home/auto repair, gardening, investment/financial literacy lessons will serve folks more than a lot of academic subjects, not that those should be ignored.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 6:25 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
The high school I worked at a few years back had a home ec class that's now called Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS). They cooked, learned how to sew, etc. The more advanced class would occasionally make lunches around different holidays they sold as a fundraiser to school staff.
We didn't have shop though. Largely because with current school budgets it'd likely be tough to maintain equipment for that. Our district does have a couple magnet programs across the county that are the next level of shop, one does mechanics another does construction.
We didn't have shop though. Largely because with current school budgets it'd likely be tough to maintain equipment for that. Our district does have a couple magnet programs across the county that are the next level of shop, one does mechanics another does construction.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 6:26 pm to Odysseus32
my neighbor teaches shop at one of the Hammond schools. He’s an awesome carpenter but all he does is bitch about his students though. He says they’ll probably end it soon the kids don’t give a frick about it
Posted on 8/22/25 at 6:27 pm to HempHead
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The older I get, the more I think that the more practical side of life should be much more emphasized in school. Cooking, home/auto repair, gardening, investment/financial literacy lessons will serve folks more than a lot of academic subjects, not that those should be ignored.
Honestly, a lot of schools had classes around those subjects but they were largely electives and parents often wouldn't let their kids take them because they wanted an ACT prep class instead. And when budget cuts came down the pipeline, those are the first subjects/teachers to go because they're not on the state assessments.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 6:41 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
If insurance wasn't so high, someone could make a a tidy side hustle out of offering these classes. I'd say it's been a few decades since these classes were widely offered.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 6:42 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
When I was in high school in the early 80s boys took shop, Ag, stuff like that. Girls took home economics. If a boy signed up for home-ec he probably got beat up at recess and/or was gay.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 6:44 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
My 12 year old is taking Home Ec this year.
So yes.
So yes.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 6:44 pm to ironwood
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If insurance wasn't so high, someone could make a a tidy side hustle out of offering these classes. I'd say it's been a few decades since these classes were widely offered.
My niece and nephews took after school etiquette classes along with their classmates. It was an optional after school thing, but pretty much everybody took it. Learned table manners, what fork is for what, some basic dances, etc. I think the teacher charged $50 per kid for a couple of weeks.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 6:48 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
I wish I had been forced to take those kids of classes in school.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 6:50 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
They call Home Economics Family and Consumer Sciences now
Posted on 8/22/25 at 6:51 pm to Shanegolang
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When I was in high school in the early 80s boys took shop, Ag, stuff like that. Girls took home economics. If a boy signed up for home-ec he probably got beat up at recess and/or was gay.
Took Ag in 9th grade. Interesting class, but I didn't learn too much since my grandparents were farmers. Highlight of the semester was when we roasted 4 whole hogs in the ground and sold the meat at a barbecue fundraiser.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 7:00 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
in 69 it was shop for the guys and home ec for the girls...
made a gun rack for truck...back then it was normal to see a shotgun in trucks during hunting season in the school parking lot...
made a gun rack for truck...back then it was normal to see a shotgun in trucks during hunting season in the school parking lot...
Posted on 8/22/25 at 7:02 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
My son teaches welding in a small ISD in Lavaca County Texas. He also is the head FFA teacher too. The kids love him because he makes sure the kids learn some skills and in his district not all those kids are going to college.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 7:04 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
No shop no PE no fun
Posted on 8/22/25 at 7:41 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
quote:
Do They Still Teach Shop/Home Ec?
Yes.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 7:41 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
These add on classes are useful. To rewire a lamp, fix a leak, balance a checkbook or even, apparently, make a phone call have become lost arts like Roman cement.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 7:45 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
I don’t know about home ec but both of my sons took a carpentry class in high school. One is a sophomore at LSU and the other is a senior in high school
Posted on 8/22/25 at 8:03 pm to ironwood
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If insurance wasn't so high, someone could make a a tidy side hustle out of offering these classes. I'd say it's been a few decades since these classes were widely offered.
Though mainly for adults a lot of community colleges have various "shop" classes in the continuing education catalog. On the woodworking side while there are none in LA if you live in or near a decent-sized city there is usually a Rockler or Woodcraft and both offer classes. In general Woodcraft has better classes (Rockler is mainly demos at most stores) because they tend to have bigger, better equipped shops that are seperate from the store. As I said LA has none (but PMC in Hammond is an excellent woodworking store with lots of machines on the floor). The closest to LA are Birmingham, Dallas, and Houston. Houston still has 2 Rocklers but both Woodcrafts closed down in the last year or so.
I don't know about my local schools but I have been on woodworking forums for over 20 years and people have bemoned the end of shop classes the entire time. It is nice that Sawstops are available but there are still a whole host of machines and tools ready to eat you.
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