From: cpd@cat.pan.net   
      
   "RT"  wrote in message   
   news:4C32902C.1EC4C4CE@hotmMOVEail.com...   
   > MDH wrote:   
   >>   
   >> RT  wrote in   
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   >> >> "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.   
   >   
   > I find it very difficult to believe there is no cooking going on in   
   > homes...   
      
   Pass the Hot Pockets, please.   
      
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