tessagin, I was SO not into anything domestic in high school and always angry that my girls' school did not offer us Latin - that was 'for boys' --
-- omg how I resented that. My high school also did not offer 'home ec' or sewing or cooking, all college track. Which was cool by me at the time, but then: no Latin! The only practical hands-on class offered was typing - which I barely passed - and it was required. My typing partner was a whiz, she said 'it's because I play the piano'. I wish I had been into sewing then. Mother & both Grandmothers were expert with every kind of needlework. I wish I had my one Grandmother's ivory tatting shuttles: what gorgeous lace I used to watch her make when I was small.