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In reply to the discussion: How the Fast Food Industry Destroyed "Home Ec" to Hook Americans on Processed Crap [View all]Bernardo de La Paz
(49,045 posts)There is a great need for teaching children hands on creation and fabrication. I'm not talking about hands-on in new New NEW math or whatever it is called these days (the "method is more important than right answers" nonsense), though I'm all for exploration in math. Nor science labs.
Too much stuff is thrown out instead of being repaired and re-used or altered and repurposed.
Too few children these days learn basic life skills, especially those cooped up in urban apartments.
Too many children learn a hideously wasteful "toss it" way of life.
As a male, l learned some basic sewing and cooking from my mother. I'm glad of it, using cooking skills daily and sewing infrequently (repairs mostly). I had a woodworking class. Later in life I taught myself auto mechanics. I fixed a friend's printer three weeks ago by replacing a blown $1.25 capacitor (guided by online searches), saving them $120 for a replacement printer and keeping a chunk of waste out of landfills and the waste stream.