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Home Economics!

The HighwayThe Highway
edited March 2010 in General Chat
Old Gregg noticed that there was a spot for Science and a spot for History, but no place for Home Economics. I did Home Economics. i got an A+. I did a crumble. Teacher said mine was the best one.

Yes, I did just watch "The Legend of Old Gregg. Mighty Boosh, for those who have no idea WTF I'm talking about.

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  • GinnyNGinnyN
    edited February 2010
    The Highway wrote: »
    Old Gregg noticed that there was a spot for Science and a spot for History, but no place for Home Economics. I did Home Economics. i got an A+. I did a crumble. Teacher said mine was the best one.

    Yes, I did just watch "The Legend of Old Gregg. Mighty Boosh, for those who have no idea WTF I'm talking about.

    And I still have no idea what's are you talking about.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited February 2010
    I still don't know how to make food without microwave instructions, guys. :(
  • GinnyNGinnyN
    edited February 2010
    Rather Dashing wrote: »
    I still don't know how to make food without microwave instructions, guys. :(

    That totally depends of what you want to do!
  • AvistewAvistew
    edited February 2010
    I don't actually know what home economics are... Is that something about how to make a budget? Because that sounds interesting.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited February 2010
    Avistew wrote: »
    I don't actually know what home economics are... Is that something about how to make a budget? Because that sounds interesting.
    Essentially, they're the courses that evolved from the now culturally-antiquated classes intended to prepare girls for their role in the home. Things like cooking, sewing, et cetera.

    The content of the classes can vary somewhat, but they almost universally have a cooking element to them. Also, according to 90s cartoons, they make you take care of eggs or bags of flour as if it were an infant, leading to hilarious hijinks and faked eggs/flour bags.
  • AvistewAvistew
    edited February 2010
    Oh, it's a class to train you to be a housewife? We don't have that in France, that I know of.

    Which kinda sucks n a way, because cooking classes and sewing classes would be useful. Of course, not just for females.

    We did have technology classes where we built electronics, though. That's kinda the same thing, except... the opposite? Like, I can see how a sexist society would consider it the "male" equivalent, is what I mean. It was pretty interesting, we built something different every year and then we took it home. That was only in junior high though.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited February 2010
    Avistew wrote: »
    Oh, it's a class to train you to be a housewife? We don't have that in France, that I know of.
    Essentially, yes. As far as I can tell, they've changed somewhat to accomodate for the times. In the schools I've attended(I've gone to several along the east coast of the United States), the classes have generally been an elective course, but one required it. It felt strange to attend, because it was obviously at an awkward growing stage between social norms. It FELT very much like a housewife-training class that was trying and not quite succeeding at being a unisex course.

    It's been awhile since I've attended middle school, though. Maybe some of the forum's younger members would better know the state of these classes nowadays. :P
    We did have technology classes where we built electronics, though. That's kinda the same thing, except... the opposite? Like, I can see how a sexist society would consider it the "male" equivalent, is what I mean. It was pretty interesting, we built something different every year and then we took it home. That was only in junior high though.
    One of my schools had a similar class. I loved that robot arm. :)
  • GinnyNGinnyN
    edited February 2010
    I know how to knit and sew. And cook some stuff, but that was mostly my mom teaching me.

    I also know how to change some plugs and electronic stuff. But, for some reason, I felt I know just for the lack of a Brother. Yes, totally sexist, but, for some reason I feel in that way.
  • AvistewAvistew
    edited February 2010
    I learned to knit recently. I tried to teach my husband but... he's really something. Each stitch he'd ask if I was sure it wasn't going to explode, and the thing is I know he was mostly serious. He seems to think it's magic or something and that makes him too nervous to learn.

    I used to cross-stitch, too, my dad taught me. I really liked it but I haven't done it in a while, maybe I should pick some up one of these days.

    Also, I kinda like cooking but I'm really bad at it. My husband is teaching me but somehow the only thing I can do right is bake, and that's the only thing he can't do right. I guess it's a complete set this way.
  • The HighwayThe Highway
    edited February 2010
    GinnyN wrote: »
    And I still have no idea what's are you talking about.

    Essentially its from a cult tv show from england. just search old gregg the boat scene in youtube to get sort of an idea.
  • corruptbigginscorruptbiggins
    edited February 2010
    I hated doing home economic at school, only made two good things in 3 years - a very nice beef curry and a pair of boxer shorts which I gave to my brother.
  • GinnyNGinnyN
    edited February 2010
    Once I was bored in my winter break and I didn't want to draw, so, I decided to knit. My mom looked me like I were an alien or something. She was like "You, kniting?" and I "Yes, so?". After that she decided to buy me some kniting tools. Then, I was surprised.

    In the cooking side, once I tried to Ad lib something we call Arab Rice: The fail was epic.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited March 2010
    GinnyN wrote: »
    Double post, dammit, how can I delete it?
    Click "Edit". There's a "Delete" button.
  • PecanBluePecanBlue
    edited March 2010
    Never had to take a Home Ec. course, I learned sewing from my mother and taught myself to cook. If you follow some recipes from time to time and just google all the utensils, cooking methods, and ingredients that you don't understand, you'll gradually learn on your own. Never hurts to watch some Food Network either. Most of the "COOK WITH ME" shows bore me but I watch a lot of the competitions and the cake-making shows.

    I'm not sure how I feel about the baby care classes either. The egg maybe has SOME merit to it, since it is so fragile, but the flour thing is dumb. Actual baby care classes? They are probably quite useful, though I don't know what they teach there. I reckon it's more effective to take one when you are actually expecting, though. But what do I know, I've never had a baby!
  • AvistewAvistew
    edited March 2010
    PecanBlue wrote: »
    Never hurts to watch some Food Network either. Most of the "COOK WITH ME" shows bore me but I watch a lot of the competitions and the cake-making shows.

    I love Iron Chef and Ace of Cakes, that we caught when we lived at my husband's parents before we got our own place. But we don't have TV and it's not part of the stuff that they put on the website so we haven't been able to see it at all...
    And I miss Alton Brown.

    I can't say these shows (apart from Good Eats) actually taught me much about cooking though. They're more along the lines of "wow, I have no idea how they did that!"
  • JedExodusJedExodus
    edited March 2010
    If I hear one more 15 year old proclaim that they're Old Greg loudly on the bus, or when i'm waiting in line in Subway I swear i'll not be able to keep my shit together :p
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