Do you think high school curriculum need to focus more on everyday skills that a student might actually USE after they graduate?

Most schools require
4 credits of English
3 credits of Math
3 credits of Science
Then they fill up with useless required classes like “Skills for Living,” that don’t really have much to do with actual living skills.

I think they should drop the last English credit in favor of a year of “Making Sure The Kid Can Actually Write A Complete And Proper Sentence And Paragraph, Whether They Can Tell You Why It’s Right Or Not.”

The electives I took (after the 3 R’s were mastered) did more for me in real life than anything else, but they’re treated as throw away classes.

I think they should require that all students learn a basic trade, and stick with it from their Sophomore year on (exceptions for changing their mind considered, of course) such as shop, welding, carpentry, hair dressing, convenience store basics, CNA tech, auto mechanics, basic computer skills, ...things that a lot of the students will actually be getting into after they graduate. Most schools do offer classes like that, but they are optional.

What other classes do you think should be required, above and beyond the 3R’s?