I remember doing budgets and figuring out how much it would cost to leave your parent's place, rent an apartment, buying fridge, furniture, etc. to help you prepare for being an adult.
They're talking about adding it back now.
They even taught you basic cooking and sewing. Our final cooking exam consisted of every team of 2 students being given 20$ and an hour and a half to go to the grocery store across the street, buy ingredients for a pizza and then cook it, without assistance from the teacher. You were graded on budget, teamwork, time taken and the quality of the cooking.
I still think that is a genius idea for an exam.
If you can read French, I found these documents that are interesting while researching the subject:
http://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/bs1561252
http://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/bs41338
The second one says it's approved by the Catholic and protestant counsel for superior education...? http://cse.gouv.qc.ca/FR/Historique/index.html
Seems to make way more sense to have it in high school
I was in high school in Ottawa in the early 90s and there was nothing like that.