"It's a shame that our schools find that computer work is more important than the skills we learned to survive back in the stone age! "
Being one of the "elderly": it is not a shame that they are learning computer skills. If kids are to function in the working world they do need to know how to use computers. They are a fact of life. The skills from the "stone age" will not suffice any more. Even designing and sewing for a living requires computer skills (ever watch Project Runway and the use of tablets to draw and design fabric?)
By the way, when I was in parochial high school there was no such thing as Home Ec and I have managed to survive these many, many years!
I am teaching my niece to sew and she likes it. I tried with my great-niece and she had no interest. Like any other hobby, it is not for everyone.
"It says we are getting old. When we were young, there were the same concerns from our elders about old cultural things we were not being exposed to, and when these kids are old they will voice similar concerns over the upcoming generation..."
Amen!