@jik@federate.social @paul_ipv6 In SoCal, I had home ec as an elective in grade 6; however finances and such weren't covered in that class, that was "health and family" which was a required course in highschool that I took during summer school. Many schools no longer even offer home ec courses, which is an absolute travesty!

(And I agree about typing. I took typing as a full year course in grade 9, which also included document preparation/formatting, all on IBM Selectrics. Sadly, that was the last year it was offered as a full year course; subsequent students would only be able to take a single semester of typing. But the ability to touch type is still with me 30 years later.)