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1. If you were a girl in the 70’s in the U.S., you were expected to take Home Ec. in high school. Did you and what did you take from the class, if anything? If you are a guy, would you have liked to have had the option of taking it?
No, this isn't right. It would depend very much on the school district. I went to high school in the 60s, and although the school offered Home Ec. most of the girls I was friends with never took it. My girlfriend took most of same classes I did. Senior year she took Drivers' Ed, and a class in Pysch instead of the fourth year of Spanish like I did, and she took Advanced Biology (because she wanted to become a Physician) instead of Advanced Chemistry. So she took Calculus, Senior English, Creative writing, and Journalism just like I did. We had several girls in our Engineers' club including one of the Senior cheerleaders.
As far as I know guys were allowed to take Home Ec. but I can imagine the ribbing they'd expect from the other guys would stop them from trying!
ETA: I just checked my yearbook and there were indeed a few guys in our Home Ec classes (mostly the ones for cooking and interior design).
2. How were your school lunches?
Not very healthy. My mother gave me only enough money to buy school lunches, no allowance, and I wasn't supposed to spend what I earned at work before college. So instead of the full menu lunches, I lived on small sub sandwiches or hamburgers, and ice cream sandwiches from the "snack bar" for lunch and saved money for dates and such. Then ate like a pig at home!
3. Did you walk, take a bus, or have someone drive you to school?
I always rode a bus. The bus rides got longer in junior high and senior high, till I was riding all the way across the county (about 12 miles each way).
4. Were there any classes there were off limits to you because of your sex?
Other than PE and 'health " classes, no. This was before the days of sex ed. in school.
5. Looking back on it now, what was the biggest life lesson you took from high school?
Things change. Bad things today usually don't last. Build your life for tomorrow (even if now you're an old coot like me!)
shadowkat again.1. If you were a girl in the 70’s in the U.S., you were expected to take Home Ec. in high school. Did you and what did you take from the class, if anything? If you are a guy, would you have liked to have had the option of taking it?
No, this isn't right. It would depend very much on the school district. I went to high school in the 60s, and although the school offered Home Ec. most of the girls I was friends with never took it. My girlfriend took most of same classes I did. Senior year she took Drivers' Ed, and a class in Pysch instead of the fourth year of Spanish like I did, and she took Advanced Biology (because she wanted to become a Physician) instead of Advanced Chemistry. So she took Calculus, Senior English, Creative writing, and Journalism just like I did. We had several girls in our Engineers' club including one of the Senior cheerleaders.
As far as I know guys were allowed to take Home Ec. but I can imagine the ribbing they'd expect from the other guys would stop them from trying!
ETA: I just checked my yearbook and there were indeed a few guys in our Home Ec classes (mostly the ones for cooking and interior design).
2. How were your school lunches?
Not very healthy. My mother gave me only enough money to buy school lunches, no allowance, and I wasn't supposed to spend what I earned at work before college. So instead of the full menu lunches, I lived on small sub sandwiches or hamburgers, and ice cream sandwiches from the "snack bar" for lunch and saved money for dates and such. Then ate like a pig at home!
3. Did you walk, take a bus, or have someone drive you to school?
I always rode a bus. The bus rides got longer in junior high and senior high, till I was riding all the way across the county (about 12 miles each way).
4. Were there any classes there were off limits to you because of your sex?
Other than PE and 'health " classes, no. This was before the days of sex ed. in school.
5. Looking back on it now, what was the biggest life lesson you took from high school?
Things change. Bad things today usually don't last. Build your life for tomorrow (even if now you're an old coot like me!)
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