Friday, August 22, 2008
To the Home Economics teachers - Cooking is our choice, our forte
If you have read the Straits Time yesterday - 21 Aug 2008, you might have come across this article in Life section.
"Cooking is all about girl power."Girl power means the power to choose. We choose if cooking suits us or not. And if you never know this, there is actually politics of cooking - the gender polictics.
Nowadays, kitchen isn't the place anymore for the young as many parents believe that girls should aim high in their professional career instead being a home-maker like my dearest mummy. According to her, mothers of my grandma's generation were dying to be out in the society to work. One example is my mom, she is a wonderful baby-sitter cum a great full-time housewife.
Let you into a secret, I was never allowed in the kitchen all these while, as my mom always define her territory in the kitchen which I hate most, until these recent years when she had to 'baby-sit' my nephew (oh ya... and of course the fact that now I am a home econs teacher!!!). And so she spotted some talent in my 9 year old nephew (Leonard), he is a great boy. When he was 6, he was able to sew his own pencil case for school under minimal supervision. Now, he always takes the initiatives to fry egg in different styles and make little creative breakfast for us in the morning.
Read on.... I feel that these are such great skill to have from mini home economics lessons, don't you agree? It is all about starting and training young. Even for boys, aside from the academics, these skills are worth to acquire such they can help out at home or their own family in the future. Thus, I want to hereby highlight the role of Home economics teachers. We can do wonders - sky is our only limit!
From this little story above, I feel that as much as anybody who can be really a high-flyer at work, there is still a need of fine balance with the importance of family warmth. A simple meal can bring much joy and laughter to the dinning table. Even though people with strong career-mind may argue that they can afford to pay for food instead of spending long hours in the market and kitchen... SO WHAT? They may not appreciate the art and process of cooking and preparation.
SERIOUSLY.. I think we as home economics teachers should really be proud to say that we are successful career woman and yet not limited to just the space in the kitchen! We have a choice and we choose to make a difference! And like the author mentioned, cooking is an indulgence, not a necessity. So hey! To the people out there especially guys, stop assuming that kitchen is for the girls! =D
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Let you into a secret, I was never allowed in the kitchen all these while, as my mom always define her territory in the kitchen which I hate most, until these recent years when she had to 'baby-sit' my nephew (oh ya... and of course the fact that now I am a home econs teacher!!!). And so she spotted some talent in my 9 year old nephew (Leonard), he is a great boy. When he was 6, he was able to sew his own pencil case for school under minimal supervision. Now, he always takes the initiatives to fry egg in different styles and make little creative breakfast for us in the morning.