home economics

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Do You Like to Cook?

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222726) • United States 4 Sep 23

Analysis suggests that the early hominids may have started cooking as early as 1 to 2 million years ago. Analysis of burnt bone fragments and plant ashes from a cave in South Africa give evidence that early humans controlled fire...

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Home Economics Major

aubrey @averygirl72 (38848) • Philippines 10 Nov 22

I take up Bachelor in Elementary Education major in Home Economics and Technology. There are only 3 majors to choose from so even if I don't like it I just studied it. I would like Science or English as major or computer but it is...

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Teaching Me to Sew

Morley Hunt @Morleyhunt (21741) • Canada 7 Jan 16

High school was many years ago. One of the classes the girls were all expected to participate in was Home Economics, Home Ec for short. The first half of the year we learned about buying a house. How to purchase furniture and...

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Home Economics Memories

ladym33 @ladym33 (10978) • United States 28 Mar 13

When I was in Junior high all of us girls had to take a year of home economics, it was 1/3 designing, 1/3 sewing, and 1/3 cooking. Honestly didn't do that great in the sewing and decorating parts, but I fell in love with cooking...

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Should Home Economics be mandatory in school for boys and girls in schools?

ronnyb @ronnyb (6113) • Jamaica 16 Dec 09

This discussion was inspired by a discussion by a fellow mylotter who was asking if you knew how to sew.It got me thinking that back in high school I did a course called home economics which taught both boys and girls who to...

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