Sewing was a skill I picked up in a Home Economics course I filled an empty middle school schedule slot with.
Next to programming, it's probably one of the most helpful things I learned in school.
Next to programming, it's probably one of the most helpful things I learned in school.
"Home Economics", was a thing at my school too, then we did sewing again in scouts and cadets, as the GP says make-and-mend is considered an essential survival skill. Thing is, I'm rubbish at it and usually stab my finger with a needle, but to this day I still pack a mini sew-kit wherever I travel.
Even if I'm rubbish at it and take forever to thread a needle, I've still made field repairs to gear while traveling that were a lot better than having no repair at all.
My mom taught me the stuff kids were learning in HomeEc classes.
I remember my mum saying "if you're going to program you better learn to type" - that was when I was going into gr 10. I didn't always follow her advice but I did take the typing class.
They typing class I took was a proper typing class though, so much more learning than just where the keys are located. Old Skool stuff too like double spaces at the end of sentence puntucation. How to set up tabs. How to format letters. Just to completely date myself, I was taught PASCAL!