[blacksmith_tb]

Sadly we've been eliminating Home Ec, Woodworking, and Shop classes in high schools for the last 40 years, which would have been another route for people to learn some of those life skills if they didn't (or couldn't) from their parents. I agree it's hard to know if people would respond to 'remedial' classes on the basics, but it does seem like it might at least make them feel like someone cared.

[jason_slack]

I graduated high school in cough the mid-nineties and I had to take Home Ec, Woodworking and Shop.

My oldest son graduated in 2015 and had to take Home Ec only.

My daughter will graduate in 2021 but only had to take Home Ec.

My youngest son also graduates in 2021 and hasn't had to take any.

[rocketpastsix]

I graduated from high school in 2001. There was no shop class offered. There was home ec, but that was an elective and not required. I really wish there had been things like this required.

[sli]

Graduated high school in 2003. No home ec available, no shop available, and they got rid of their computer programming classes after my freshman year. The only option anywhere close to these lines was Ag. I didn't live in a farming town.