Family and Consumer Sciences Education and Studies
are the classes in high school that are usually not required and sometimes are
thought of as the blow off or chill classes. They are the life skill or common
sense classes that are not necessarily necessary. Or so people think. This is
sometimes thought of as a “housewife degree” or a “mom” degree. People often
ask me, “wait, you gave to get a degree to teach that?” These thoughts are
solidified through this example of rhetorical analysis. The textbook is titled Home Economics for Homeschoolers. But
just by the cover, I can tell that this has a more specific audience. It is for
young women. The girl in the picture is looking into the mirror and the image
of herself is a mother with a baby in her arms. This certainly is a small
portion of home economics but does not encompass the whole degree. From the
colors the illustrator chose to use to the wallpaper on the walls, it has a
very old fashioned approach to FCS and certainly has a certain opinion that
women are supposed to be mothers first, more than men.
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