From: no@email4u.com   
      
   RT  wrote in   
   news:4C2B6116.F263423C@hotmail.com:   
      
   >> "Boiling an egg" was just an example, but EVERYONE should be taught   
   >> how to prepare basic meals since eating is one of the neccessary   
   >> requires of our lives - reading Shakespeare (again, just one example)   
   >> is nowhere near necessary.   
   >   
   > Shouldn't the parents be doing that?   
      
   That's the problem, basic Home Ec type education has been out of the   
   American schools for so long a lot of the parent's don't have the skills   
   anymore to teach the kids.  And truth be told, Teaching cooking & baking   
   can cover basic math, some chemistry, critical thinking, and a lot of other   
   things.   
      
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