The point is to teach you how to think, and develop a good BS Meter.
My friend the valdictorian also developed an interest in flipping homes about thirty years ago. He said he wished he had taken industrial arts in high school. He said it took him a little longer to get up to speed doing that kind of work in his spare time.
It was hard for me to focus on the college prep courses since by the time I was half way through high school I already knew how to raise crops and livestock on a midwest farm, fabricate things out of steel (made my first mini-bike at 13), fly a twin engined airplane (including knowing the charts), operate and work on a wide variety of equipment.
My dad recognized my mechanical mind and encouraged it. He had me driving farm tractors unsupervised in the field by age 7.
Not all kids are the same. That should be recognized early on. A teacher needs to recognize a child’s strong points, and praise them for that, but also give them encouragement to try to improve their weaknesses.