I was interested in the discussion of home economics. My mother would not have taken that class but growing up in SE Asia through war and peace was used to fixing things. When I was a kid, even though she was a full time physician, she also made my sister's and my clothes (in 1960s and 70s Australia).

My Dad made our furniture and fixed many things, but sewing? He hadn't the faintest idea.

FWIW, neither of them fixes anything any more.