I did not pay attention to what will be replacing these important classes but I would guess it might be world language or something "academic".
I would like to know why it is more important to focus on academics when we live in a society that is filled with children that need to learn how to take care of themselves financially and nutritionally? These two components of FACS (There are many others, family, children, homes, fashion, clothing, etc.) are enough reason alone to sustain programs.
We live in a society where we can get anything that we want on the Internet. Unfortunately, the mere fact that you can find a recipe does not mean that you understand the vocabulary of the recipe or how to make that recipe.
We have a society that does not know how to balance their financial accounts and therefor do not track their spending. They do not make a financial plan, they do not know how to make a file with records, and they do not know how to write a formal letter to obtain a job....and I go on and on.
We have families that are so busy they don't know they importance of family time at the table and making meals in their home.
If you are in a area where Family and Consumer Sciences might be on the chopping block please support your local program and tell people why you think it is important. When you hear someone say "it is just cooking and sewing" please correct them because the things that are taught in FACS are life long and will stay with people their entire lives.
If you have kids that are focused on an academic education versus a comprehensive education please consider a FACS course for your child. The learning they do will make a lifelong impression.
With love from your retired FACS teacher,
Jane
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One of the things I like best about being a FACS teacher is that it is SO RARE that a student asks me "When are we ever going to use this?" - because they KNOW they are going to use it! I hear all the time from parents that they wish they had taken classes like the ones I teach, especially the ones who pursued a more "academic" route.
ReplyDeleteAdditionally, our classes are the ones in which they actually use the skills they learn in their core classes. I do always get some whining the first few weeks of each class about how much writing I make them do: "This isn't language arts," "This isn't English," etc. It takes several times explaining to them that they learn writing skills in those classes so that they can USE them in mine, but most of them finally seem to get it. Same with math, same with science, and so on.
This was a lengthy comment, but I had to declare my support of your statements! Thanks for the post!
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