With school budgets being cut left and right, they have to focus on the basic academic classes as there's no money for anything else. Music and art are usually the first things to go, even though research shows these subjects are crucial. I don't remember if my kids had wood shop/home ec options in school - they are both late 30s - but they learned the basics of cooking and sewing and cleaning at home. (It was my ex that taught them - I'm hopeless when it comes to that kind of stuff - I guess I'm just not domesticated; and I'm fine with that!)
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