We’re in an obesity epidemic and most people don’t know how to cook even very basic meals.
Make space for it, squish other classes if you need. Make it mandatory, everyone has to take it. Maybe even ongoing through multiple grades.
Edit: Rice, beans, and even basic meats are cheap. To eat healthy you don’t need your meal to be 100% Bell peppers and tomatoes.
I took home economics, learned about cooking and sewing. 10/10, would recommend.
if i could go back and re-pick my high school classes, i would definitely have opted for home ec electives.
all i got in school was a trimester of home ec (which included sewing and cooking) each year of junior high. it was part of the core classes everybody took.
Cut the sewing. We don’t have a clothing shortage, we have an obesity epidemic.
We also have widening income inequality, and learning how to mend clothes is a great way to save money. Same with cooking.