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home ec

[ek] / ɛk /
NOUN
domestic science
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Carol replies, aghast, “Why in the world do you want to take home ec.?”

From Salon

But shop class and home ec also teach a broader range of skills.

From Seattle Times

“This would enable a food service manager or extension agent or home ec teacher to diagnose and correct food preparation errors,” she wrote.

From Washington Post

“Dreilinger chronicles home ec’s decline beginning in the 1960s and its frantic efforts to reinvent itself,” Virginia Postrel writes in her review, fondly recalling her own time in a middle school home ec classroom.

From New York Times

A lot of the home ec curriculum becomes about personal growth.

From Salon