January 26, 2010
BOYS SEWING? (CA1: Part 4 of 5)
Boys sewing? Does it sounds weird? Actually its not. In Victoria School every single Victorians must learn to sew. It is one of the compulsory subject in lower secondary. There is not Home Economics in upper secondary. Luckily it is in lower secondary or not I will be dead. For your information the word dead I wrote is in a figurative way not a literal way.
Let's get to the point. Yesterday we had our fourth Home Economics lesson. We are supposed to designed a teddy bear wearing sports clothes in conjunction with the Youth Olympic Games in August which is seven more months to go.
I decided to designed a teddy bear wearing a basketball jersey. It is not because it is easy to sew but due to the time remaining for sewing the teddy bear is short, I decided to sew a bear wearing a basketball jersey. Sewing the teddy bear itself is difficult and tedious and it take a long time to do. Our class just finished sewing the head which is complicated as you need to turn the gusset or surfboard (due to its shape) while sewing. It is also perplexing for us to sew as fine as we could.
It is very baffling for us as we are boys. It is not our nature. We boys are rough and do not have fingers like girls have. Actually, Home Economics is fun when we are doing cooking which we will be doing next term after the March Holidays. I could not wait for it. But first and the utmost important thing we need to concentrate on is to sew the teddy bear. Just be patient and you will get your reward.
Enough blogging. I want to finish sewing my gusset or else I will be reprimanded by the teacher for not handing my work on time.
Blogged @ 4:05 PM
