Charlie Self wrote:

Home Ec for guys used to be the thing we all giggled at. Shop for
girls! OHMIGAWD!

But, yeah, you're right, They both should be offered, and at least a
basic course in each should be mandatory, as should the fiscal end of
home ec.

As long as they actually *teach* some economics and budgeting. I took
a Home Ec course in my high school in 1968 or '69 I think. Their idea
of teaching economics was to play the board game "Life." When I pointed
out that the game *required* me and my partner to purchase a car for
our teenager with a budget that would not really support it, the
instructor didn't seem to care. Sigh.

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.