It’s funny really because I really quite liked Home Ec. The only thing I didn’t like was the stress because there was such limited time, especially when we were cooking. I like to take my time with things which is actually why my teacher hated me. I was always the slowest in the class.

Seriously. I would be putting stuff in the oven when everyone else was washing up. As a result I don’t think I ever even got to take anything home. Not anything that was finished anyway. I wasn’t slacking either, it’s just the way I am.

But I was thinking about it because it’s all those things (cooking, baking, sewing etc) that I love now. And it’s a shame that in school I was rushed with it and ended up feeling useless and just …in the way. I actually think I got sent out of the class one day and into someone else’s class which for me, especially then, was just the worst thing that could happen to me.

I do remember one sunny afternoon at Osborne though when we did the closest thing to a Home Ec class we could (something to do with not being able to use the kitchen we used for lunch or whatever). It was a one off sewing “class” in the garden with Ms Janas and I think Mrs Samuels and it was just me and Sarah or just a few of us at least just chatting and sewing and it was perfect. That’s kind of not really on point to what I was talking about but I just remembered it and it was a nice memory so there it is. =)

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