I thought parents were the real “life skills” teachers.
Oh yeah, that was way back in the day, before the Marxists took over.
I may be mistaken, but I think life skills teachers deal with kids that are cognitively deficient. It is mostly quackery. When a kid’s IQ is below 83 there is little that can be done to function normally in society. Educators and researchers haven’t found a way to help these kids. IQs in that range represents about 10% of the population. Throwing money at the problem doesn’t work and expecting the kids to work harder doesn’t help either. It’s a sad reality that nobody talks about.