I disagree.
All student should be taught practical life skills math that they will use in everyday life.
They should also take shop and home ec.
If you leave school and do not know how to change a washer, make a simple meal or calculate interest on your credit card that school has failed you.
If the washer doesn't want to change then you are probably not going to have much success no matter what type of washer class you had in high school.