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Could You Pass A 1954 Home Economics Class?

Pearlee — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 23:40:59 GMT

This test was so fun, esp. since this was my era. The photos - which are a hoot and more fun even than the quiz - brought back many memories. Aprons! LOL

Have fun!

https://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelwmiller/could-you-pass-a-1954-home-economics-class?utm_term=.mx6P2w8rb&ref=mobile_share#.hvG476V8D

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forest4thetrees — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 23:46:50 GMT

Yikes!!! ---- "or a cloth which may be burned afterwards.”

What fun!

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Kachina624 — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 23:50:43 GMT

I think our priorities have changed since the 1950s, never to return. We could use a few of those niceties today.

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MickD — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 23:53:38 GMT

I would have barely passed....I guessed at the left left right right questions. OMG hilarious @Pearlee!

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IlliniGirl88 — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 23:54:36 GMT

@Pearlee - That was a fun test; I would have flunked! What woman washes her hair only twice a month??? You're right, the pictures were funny.

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Pearlee — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 23:54:44 GMT

@MickD wrote:
I would have barely passed....I guessed at the left left right right questions. OMG hilarious @Pearlee!

@MickD Well not so funny, because I remember it and it was all true! Yikes!

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RoughDraft — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 23:56:46 GMT

After the first two questions, I knew I was doomed to flunk the class!

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MickD — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 23:58:49 GMT

@Pearlee I thought putting on a robe was the first thing to do in the am......wrong! I was trying to think June Cleaver - ish!

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deepwaterdotter — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 00:03:25 GMT

No. But then again, could any of the women pictured change the oil and/or battery in a Dodge Ram pickup truck? I can!

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jpie — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 00:11:22 GMT

My how things have changed!

The question about washing hair seemed like a trick question. I answered once a week ,but the correct answer was twice a month, but sooner if it gets dirty. What???

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Q4u — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 00:13:25 GMT

That was fun, thanks! I had Home Ec but it was coming to a close and I had cooking and sewing classes and that was it, it was the middle of the 60's and I guess it was running its course. I hated the cooking part but loved sewing. Today I'm a ho hum cook but have sewn my entire life.... heh.... go figure....

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Pearlee — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 00:21:41 GMT

I - and the other girls - had to take home ec and the boys had to take mechanics. Can you imagine? This was in junior high (we didn't have "middle school.").

I remember sewing (making) my apron in class.

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Tinkrbl44 — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 00:22:52 GMT

Question 13 .... Three types of table service? Sounds like a trick question.

I noticed a couple women wearing full slips. My mother had several and, apparently, you always had to wear them. Just curious ..... who still wears a full slip? lol

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loveschocolate — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 00:27:29 GMT

@Pearlee, thanks!!! That was a lot of fun and insightful. I failed miserably but when I took home economics in the 70's, I got a C. Never could sew! Lol!!!

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momtochloe — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 00:30:08 GMT

Tee hee @Pearlee I was going to post this a while ago but I failed the test so miserably I changed my mind . . . it is a fun quiz isn't it, thanks for this post! . . .

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homedecor1 — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 00:31:59 GMT

well I failed! My mother would "turn in her grave" as they say but then again this was before my time ...I wasn't born yet!!!

Although, she was a tickler for proper etiquette (sent my brother & me (or is that I) to classes every Saturday) and manners. I remember at those classes I had to dance with my brother no wonder I'm not a great dancer! 😉

Fun test!

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sfnative — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 00:33:16 GMT

@IlliniGirl88 wrote:
@Pearlee - That was a fun test; I would have flunked! What woman washes her hair only twice a month??? You're right, the pictures were funny.

@IlliniGirl88 @Pearlee

Many women, I mean many, had perms, so would just wet their hair a bit to refresh. An actual shampoo required placing one's hair in those skinny metal rollers with the sort of elastic thingees that would stretch over the roller and connect to the other end of the roller. It took your hair AGES to dry!

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cherry — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 00:37:03 GMT

I barely squeaked by, but I did pass. I don't ever recall people only washing their hair twice a month.

I remember them washing it once a week , then twice a week, and then everyday.

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Starpolisher — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 00:46:37 GMT

@IlliniGirl88 wrote:
@Pearlee - That was a fun test; I would have flunked! What woman washes her hair only twice a month??? You're right, the pictures were funny.

@Pearlee - yes, it was fun! I use to love home ec class! We laugh but they need to bring it back. You'd be surprise at the basic life skills students nowadays do not have.

@IlliniGirl88

I know many ethnic woman who only wash their hair every two weeks because it's just to time consuming to do otherwise. I only wash mine once a week. I have to roller set it, sit under a dryer and then wrap it before bed or it's very frizzy. Believe me it takes up a lot of time and always has. And roller setting it is way easier than blow drying. We don't all have wash and wear hair. I'm multiracial and I've yet to find a really good stylist who understands and can do my hair. They either know one type(ethnicity) or another. I just wanted to explain this because I know that depending on where one lives, they may or may not come into contact with other cultures and ethnicities.

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Pearlee — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 01:07:40 GMT

@Starpolisher Thank you for your very interesting post.

Given the photos we saw, I'm thinking that test was primarily with Caucasians in mind!