Half of those are things that parents should learn them, and the other half are things most won't ever actually do. Buying an appliance is not a thing you need class for, your parents can take you with them when they're buying one and show you the process... and roofing.. well, let's be fair, most people won't be doing that themselves.
In my small country we have a website where random people can post suggestions for the government, and if it gets enough votes, some PR representative has to look at the suggestion and write a answer.... every few weeks there is a suggestion about how schools should teach kids stuff that their parents should teach them at home... even cooking, cleaning, etc. Have the parents really "failed in life" so much, that they can't even teach the kids to cook and clean and wash, etc.?
Shop class... somewhat understandable, power tools are not realy a thing parents living in apartments in large cities have, so yes, that's beneficial to kids... but other stuff?
Half of those are things that parents should learn them
I think the goal is to help boost the kids whose parents don't know some of the basics, like budgeting, balancing a checkbook, buying an appliance, typing, etc... The people who aren't doing well in modern society lack these skills, and teaching their kids is an opportunity to boost them out of potential poverty.
If you start teaching all the kids this, then the vast majority of parents will stop teaching their kids, because "school will teach you". This is fundamental human nature. So society ends up in a degraded state where instead of most kids learning these things well from parents and few not at all, you have all kids learning it a lower average rate.
This is not the way. If some kids have lacking home life, intervene directly for those students. Don't take away responsibility from parents.
I don’t think that’s true. Parents read to their kids, play sports with them, show them how to make art, etc. even if it’s taught in school.
I do wonder though if some personal finance, consumer research, etc. skills won’t be taught as readily thanks to the smartphone, though. Having paper forms or a checkbook out makes it easier to start a conversation
It doesn't take responsibility from parents. If parents stop teaching their kids they making the choice.
The reality is, in places this matters, parents already are failing to teach their kids, and where there are successful families, parents continue to teach their kids.
The parents' job is to understand what is being taught in school and to fill the gaps. Either by teaching directly or by influencing the direction that the school is taking.
There's no reason to make a list of school topics and keep it separate from parent topics (except perhaps in particularly sensitive cases, but that's now what's being discussed here).
> and roofing.. well, let's be fair, most people won't be doing that themselves
Do you have any idea how much it costs to get a roofer out to fix your roof? In my area if the job is less than $50k you can't find anyone who is interested. Not doing it yourself is an incredibly expensive luxury. Best know how to do it properly and safely.
Learning to fix a roof is like learning how to build a boat hull upside down: if you can do it properly then you can make lots of money doing it. That said,
" if the job is less than $50k you can't find anyone who is interested"
is difficult to believe. I only use experienced roofers and make sure my and their insurance coverage is good. I've always felt roof repairs were well worth the price.
Experienced, good roofers and builders around here have enough new construction and full roof replacements that scheduling a small repair just isn't feasible. Those are not jobs they want, because they already have too many big jobs--some are fully booked 1+yr out.
In my small country we have a website where random people can post suggestions for the government, and if it gets enough votes, some PR representative has to look at the suggestion and write a answer.... every few weeks there is a suggestion about how schools should teach kids stuff that their parents should teach them at home... even cooking, cleaning, etc. Have the parents really "failed in life" so much, that they can't even teach the kids to cook and clean and wash, etc.?
Shop class... somewhat understandable, power tools are not realy a thing parents living in apartments in large cities have, so yes, that's beneficial to kids... but other stuff?