Nope. Actually, in 7th grade (my last year in public school), we had Home Ec, but my friend and I used to spend almost every Home Ec period with our English teacher instead -- talking about guys, clothes, parties and stuff like that -- and she gave us passes to get out of that class. So, we learned nothing!
By the next year, I was in private school and the choices were Art or Shop; I was one of 2 or 3 girls who took shop and have a wooden wine rack to show for it. :)