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Can you tie your own shoelaces?
Jan. 9th, 2007 10:00 pm"The girl's almost twenty years old, and all she knows how to cook is ramen and mac & cheese," D. said from the front seat of the car.
"So, cheap starch with salt or cheap starch with salt and fake cheese. Delightful. I wonder what nutritional deficiencies she'll have when she moves out of her parents' house," Russ is driving.
Both men are talented in the kitchen – D.'s a professional – so, to give the girl the maximum possible amount of doubt, perhaps they are a little too quick to judge someone's lack of culinary skill. But the story continues:
"She doesn't know how to do her own laundry. I've been doing my own laundry since I was a little kid. And not just washing and drying, but ironing too."
"Well, I'm not good at laundry, but I know how to work the machine. I've only destroyed a few things."
"You've never destroyed anything; sometimes you just haven't gotten all the soap out, that's all," I chime in from the back seat.
"The worst thing is, she's just clueless about how helpless and clueless she is. She doesn't understand that she'll have to learn how to take care of herself. She actually seems proud about what she doesn't know how to do."
Is it too much to expect a nineteen year old to know how to cook a healthy meal and how to do her own laundry? What are the basic skills every person should have?
"So, cheap starch with salt or cheap starch with salt and fake cheese. Delightful. I wonder what nutritional deficiencies she'll have when she moves out of her parents' house," Russ is driving.
Both men are talented in the kitchen – D.'s a professional – so, to give the girl the maximum possible amount of doubt, perhaps they are a little too quick to judge someone's lack of culinary skill. But the story continues:
"She doesn't know how to do her own laundry. I've been doing my own laundry since I was a little kid. And not just washing and drying, but ironing too."
"Well, I'm not good at laundry, but I know how to work the machine. I've only destroyed a few things."
"You've never destroyed anything; sometimes you just haven't gotten all the soap out, that's all," I chime in from the back seat.
"The worst thing is, she's just clueless about how helpless and clueless she is. She doesn't understand that she'll have to learn how to take care of herself. She actually seems proud about what she doesn't know how to do."
Is it too much to expect a nineteen year old to know how to cook a healthy meal and how to do her own laundry? What are the basic skills every person should have?
