I wish my school had this when I was a kid. Instead, I learned how to make shot gun racks and potato bins. I wonder as a single guy which one would have been more useful for me?

FTFA:

They even learn the answer to the age-old question of who pays for dinner on the first date. (Answer: Modern couples split the bill.)

Umm, no.

The following should be a part of the curriculum for all boys:

Laundry
Ironing
Sewing
Cooking
Cunnilingus
Basic appliance maintenance
Basic auto maintenance

These are all good, basic life skills. I see they're also learning business etiquette, grooming and basic motor maintenance. I'd throw in some public speaking, and an introduction to credit cards and their traps.

And this is a bad thing why? They'll be more likely to use those skills in the real world than whatever they learned in shop class.

Men should know how to do these things. Sewing seams, buttons. Ironing shirts, pants, butterflies. Cooking water, macaroni and macaroni with cheese.


I know how to sew and cook. I can iron, but I'm not very good at it. I, more or less, put nice crisp edges on my wrinkles. I chalk it up to an overall incompetence.

Reminds me of a buddy of mine who went to Ranger School. The instructors divided them into different squads and made them sew these differently shaped reflective glyphs on the back of their rucksacks, so the instructors could tell them apart at night.

He said maybe 10% of the dudes could sew, and watching a bunch of macho Ranger candidates nearly break into tears when the instructors threatened to fail them if they didn't get their shiat sewn on, and get on the move within the next 5 minutes was hilarious.

Back in my day, we called this "home ec"

Odd, but these are skills that my Drill Instructor father taught me. Because these are skills that men need to know in the real world, as well as wiring a switch, splitting wood, starting a fire, skinning a rabbit, shining a boot, or changing a tire.

Strangely enough, the ladies sort of like a man who multiple skill sets.

Sgt Otter: Reminds me of a buddy of mine who went to Ranger School. The instructors divided them into different squads and made them sew these differently shaped reflective glyphs on the back of their rucksacks, so the instructors could tell them apart at night.

Read that as nutsacks. I knew Rangers were hardcore.

So, they're learning practical life skills and this makes them gay?

I learned how to sew about a year ago and I'm glad I did. Before whenever I'd rip a pair of pants or a shirt pocket I'd toss it and buy a replacement, now the sewing kit that I paid less than $10 for has saved me over $100 in new clothes.

vodka: I still remember the lessons I learned in 6th grade Home Ec. Sewing, cooking, writing checks, job interviewing, memorization techniques, probably a bunch of other stuff. One of the best classes I have ever taken in my life, before or since. I still use that information almost daily.

Guy I knew in HS got his first bank account and wrote out his first check to pay to the order of 'fiddy dollars'.

GAT_00: Babwa Wawa: Sgt Otter: Reminds me of a buddy of mine who went to Ranger School. The instructors divided them into different squads and made them sew these differently shaped reflective glyphs on the back of their rucksacks, so the instructors could tell them apart at night.

Read that as nutsacks. I knew Rangers were hardcore.

NO! BAD!

Even implied needle to balls is unacceptable.



Ever seen "Serpent and the Rainbow" ? Just asking.


I was a latchkey kid before it was cool and could already do everything but sew which I had to learn in the Navy. The manly, manly Navy.