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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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ELI5: Why aren't schools focusing on more life skills (first aid, nutrition, your countries laws etc)

Say something like a new subject on these sorts of things?

Edit: Wow thanks for the gold kind stranger!
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Long story short: In the US at least, the No Child Left Behind Act and ensuing movement was the spark to a new and now controversial shift towards 'teaching to the test' and meeting state and national standards. These standards, unfortunately, did not include basic life skills, and focused instead on knowledge and skills perceived as being the stepping stones towards college. It also signified a shift away from things like trade schools and a focus on pushing all students towards college regardless of whether they are well suited for it.