Home Ec in junior high. We made an apron. ICK! Then my parents thought I should cook dinner since they both worked. This started when I was 12. So they "paid" me $4.00 a week to cook for 6 nights.(Back then, folks were paid $1.00 an hour and there weren't laws guiding minimum wage, which wouldn't have applied, anyway.) Then they got the idea that I should buy my own clothes. HA! So I bought a pattern, fabric (didn't cost at all what it does now) and started making my own clothes. To be fair, they did continue to buy my underwear, shoes, and winter coat. Once I was on my own, I rarely sewed clothing for myself. Today I sew for pleasure. Much better!