When John Bloom came to me and asked me to teach an elective for the high school girls, I was extremely intimidated. He listed several options and the only one that I even felt comfortable with was Home Ec. So here we are 4 weeks into Home Ec and the students and I both love it! It has been a lot of fun. One of my students commented, “I’ve never done anything like this before, but it’s fun!” We’ve started off the year with sewing. Our first project was an exercise in hand sewing and we made rice buddies/popcorn buddies. We are currently working on making a 3×3 patchwork pillow. They love using the sewing machine, especially after learning about the tediousness of hand sewing. I’m excited to see where the rest of the year will take us. I especially enjoy the relationships that I am able to foster with these high school girls. I have very few discipline problems and they are enjoying the subject. This allows me to relax as a teacher and to just have fun teaching. We just won’t tell them that I barely know what I am talking about!