[Oafcs] Home Economics Society

[Paulins, Ann]

While IFHE still uses 'home economics' not all international areas do. For example, I work with colleagues at the University of Botswana; they call the program "Family and Consumer Sciences"

I like the idea of focusing on concept and content rather than name… I don't see us ever getting to a place where we all use the same nomenclature.

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From: Rachel Matejin <racheljolanka at gmail.com<mailto:racheljolanka at gmail.com>>
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 10:45:29 -0500
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Cc: "oafcs at listserv.ohio.edu<mailto:oafcs at listserv.ohio.edu>" <oafcs at listserv.ohio.edu<mailto:oafcs at listserv.ohio.edu>>
Subject: Re: [Oafcs] Home Economics Society

I am.

I have a friend visiting from Australia and she asked me what I do, I explained what a FCS teacher was.... and she responded' "oh, we call that Home Economics in Australia."

Yes we do the same with FCS in the States, but internationally it's Home Ec.
Shouldn't we be on the same page?

Just my thoughts,
Rachel


On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 9:45 PM, Donna Anderson <danderson02 at yahoo.com<mailto:danderson02 at yahoo.com>> wrote:

Okay everyone.  I guess I have gone off the deep end of sanity, but hear me out.

It has been 20 years since "Family and Consumer Science" became our new name.  It should be a house hold name by now and yet no one knows who we are any more.

News articles have been written about "Bring Back Home Economics".

With our world and its new technology, we are needed now more than ever.  Two parent working families.  No one has the time to teach the life blood skills to the next generations.  Diabetes in juveniles at an all time high.  Obesity running rampant in all generations.  Heart disease climbing in its death toll.  We are needed.  What happens when our resources run out, when businesses go belly up, and parents have children that they have no idea how to raise?  We are needed.

Who will teach people how to cook healthy meals?  Who will teach people how to mend and sew on buttons and hem pants and shirts and heaven forbid - sew?  Who will teach our children how to be accepted in society, to find a job, succeed in school and with their peers?  Who will clean the house and make them a safe and healthy place to live?  No one because there will be no one with enough time to teach them, with all of our positions being eliminated.

Home Ec. - Yes that is what is needed.  Bring back the staple that everyone recognizes.  The organization that helps families and people to solve those perennial problems of life and living.

The more I think about this, the more excited I get.  Let's have another Lake Placid, let's be that society that Ellen Richards started so long ago that was so needed in her time.  Let's realize that we are needed every bit as much today.  Let's become that familiar entity that people recognize.

I want to do this.  Let's start the Home Ec. Society.

Is there anyone out there that is with me on this?

Donna Anderson
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