Agree with you about 4-H. The kids out here are better prepared than most because it’s a rural area but they’re far behind from what we knew at that age. The ag classes here put kids to sleep with book learning rather than hands on. The home ec is more about team building than cooking and sewing. It takes them a week to sew on a button and not once in 13 years did I ever see their stove turned on.
That’s a shame. I started cooking when I was about 6 years old at my parents restaurant. I used to cook cheese burgers the most often.LOL
I did learn to sew in the ninth grade. Made a dress, and a skirt. Taught myself to crochet and knit using a book. Now, I don’t do any of that stuff, but I do still cook.