Thanks school

To teach change tires and fix plumbing sounds like a job for the parents. but the account, first aid and taxes is a job for schools.

As a parent; I showed my child where the jack and the spare were, pointed at the place the jack goes and the lug nuts(20 minutes tire changed.)
As a parent: "Plumbing is simple." Hot's on the left, cold's on the right and poop doesn't run uphill, if the toilet is running all the time replace the flapper,if the drain is slow put a bucket under the trap(that thing under the sink) and unscrew the U or J and clean.(20 minutes).
As a parent; Here is a twenty and your social security card, there is a bank. Go in and tell them you want to open an account. My child was amazed at how much help and information they received from the staff.
As a parent; Here is a software program that I bought at Office Depot that will do your taxes. Oh, and don't lie, enter the real numbers.
As a parent; I had my child offer to help out with the local EMS. He would sweep and mop and they taught him basic first aid.
Kids are smart. You just have to point them at a problem and make sure they have the tools.

So, we shouldn't teach basic understanding of the world? We shouldn't make our children scientifically and mathematically literate?

I taught myself or took additional education to learn all those skills ad more. Putting asides schools already have enough trouble teaching basic academics, and the same type of people who make complaints like this are the type that complain school is too long and there's too much work; most schools have consumer math classes as well as auto and wood shops. Most trade skills are taking sciences and math and applying them to the real world, so you are given the tools to pursue these skills IF YOU CHOOSE. take some initiative and responsibility for your own life. You obviously have the Internet. Use it to learn something. School is a foundation for knowledge. Your education continues your whole life but after highschool it's up to you to guide yourself. It's called tone management and problem solving, I know it takes time away from browsing dank memes and posting, but it's your choice. Be up to date on memes, or go learn to change a tire? Your call.

Most of these were available until they were cut to save money. The real question should be why are schools getting billions and yet nothing is getting learned or taught?

Literally a bank tells you how to open an account. Its not hard. Applying for a loan might be, though, I've never done it.

Remember that time your dad asked you if you would help him work on the car? And you were too busy on Facebook so you didn't help him? That was your first chance but you didn't take it. How about the time your dad asked you to help him work on the plumbing? Then you rolled your eyes at him because he didn't feel like doing it at that moment. That was your second chance that you blew. There were probably a few more occasions where your dad or uncle wanted to show you something but you just didn't feel like doing it. They were willing to have the job actually take longer because they were going to show you how to use tools and some things that grownups take as common sense but you just didn't feel like it so you missed it. It's not the school's fault that you didn't take all those chances to learn important things. On top of that you are blessed with something called the Internet that has instructionns for anything you can imagine.