Home Ec

Women of a certain age Remember, when in school, Boys did woodwork, girls Home economics, as a rule. The boys made houses for the birds – They sanded, sawed and nailed While girls both cooked and sewed, Which every housewife’s job entailed. When reminiscing with some friends, We all could recollect We had to sew an A-line skirt For teachers to inspect. Each one of us had moms like mine, Who, knowing how to sew, Helped stitch the skirt on her machine, So we’d be good to go. The memory brought laughter Of our common circumstance, But I might’ve made a better birdhouse If I’d had the chance.