I knew how to sew before JR High Home Ec. when others were making A-line skirts I was making shirtwaist dresses with button down fronts. In HS Home EC another girl and I knew how to sew so much better than the teacher that she never bothered to look at our things as long as they hung on the hanger straight. Anna - was making lined sunday church coats. She was better than I was but we were both better than the teacher.