No Home Ec here either. I was quite accomplished by the time I took home ec in middle school in the 70's. My teacher told me I couldn't make the pattern I had chosen because it was too difficult. It was a long (maxi) jumper with the ruffle from the waist over the shoulder and down to the waist in the back. I told her I could do it and I would show her I could do it. I made it, put yellow wide rickrack on that ruffle and the ruffle on the bottom, the jumper was black cotton. That's all I could afford in middle school, had to buy my own things. Got an A, wore it many times with a red calico peasant top and still have them both.
I currently teach a 12 yr old girl at church and have had others, mostly adults, who say they want to come but never show up. I'm happy with my one student. She's very good.