Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Do we still need home economics on the NCEA curriculum?

I have to be honest with you, because it's been a little while since I sat in the home economics class in Tuakau College - so there is a fair chance that my experience is a little out of date by about 20 years and I might just make a fool of myself with what I'm about to say next.

But I do not understand the angst about Erica Stanford dropping home economics from the NCEA curriculum.