>did high school education ever cover the rest of this?
No. But the upper middle class from which most of HN's inhabitants come could more easily be ignorant of it back then.
You had the token home ec and wood shop classes but eeryone who wasn't super interested did whatever and got a B and didn't really pick up any lasting knowledge in the process (art and music have similar probably the best point of comparison today).
No. But the upper middle class from which most of HN's inhabitants come could more easily be ignorant of it back then.
You had the token home ec and wood shop classes but eeryone who wasn't super interested did whatever and got a B and didn't really pick up any lasting knowledge in the process (art and music have similar probably the best point of comparison today).