Students learn real-life lessons in Sylvan
What used to be called Home Economics, what a class at one time open only to female students. Typically, a semester of the year was spent on learning to cook, and the other semester focused on learning to sew. Through the years opinions about boys in the kitchen changed when parents and educators realized social norms had changed. Boys, too, needed to be able to feed themselves or stitch up a hole in their jeans. It was still mostly sewing and cooking, but the classes were unisex.