What Real Life Subjects Should Be Taught in Minnesota Schools?

What real life subjects should be taught in school? Kids get heavy doses of things like geometry, trig, and calculus; but maybe managing bank accounts, credit cards, college loans, and even mortgage stuff would be more useful.
Maybe not ‘instead of,’ but at least included with the rest. What about:
Common sense (Never mind, can’t teach that one.)
Leadership
Mental health awareness
Budgeting
Public speaking
College loans
Healthcare and health insurance
Effective parenting
Trades and community colleges
Retirement planning
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Sexual health
Cooking with healthy ingredients
Elder care
Fixing minor problems — electrical, automotive, or otherwise
Car and home buying
Gardening & yardwork
Navigating job benefits
Relationship awareness & pitfalls
Anyhow, the list could go on and on (and we’re hoping it does). Many of these things are addressed at some level high schools, but when you take a look at that list — most seems more important than calculus.
Grandshake.co suggests that these things should be taught in school, so our children are well equipped to conquer and succeed in the world of today.
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FlexJobs.com adds these items that would be helpful or Minnesota kids to become fluent in before exiting the education system:
How to Respond to Failure
How to Utilize Available Resources
How to Step Outside Your Comfort Zone
Networking Skills
Communication Skills
Critical Thinking Skills
Ethics & Responsibility
Interacting With Diverse Backgrounds
Information Literacy
Digital Fluency
When you look at the lists above, imagine of there was a school that taught nothing but those subject items. How far ahead would those students be in the world we live in today? Good stuff!
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