If you graduated school prior to the year 2000, chances are, you might have taken
a home economics or home studies class…if you were a girl that is.
There’s no denying how useful it is to learn these principles of domesticity.
Nowadays, the idea of women and men looking after the home and family is more accepted.
But sadly, home economics classes are dying out, and fewer schools are
giving their children – girls and boys – the opportunity to learn the basic skills of adulthood.
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He paused, letting the silence stretch as anticipation grew thick in the air. The laughter had died as swiftly as it began, replaced by a restless murmur…
My breath caught in my throat, and for a moment, it felt like the world had stopped spinning. A chill ran down my spine, spreading outward until…
During the fourteen days I spent in the hospital, time seemed to lose its shape. Mornings blended into afternoons, afternoons dissolved into long, restless nights. The room…