Itu2019s not just this. There are tons of life skills that we do not teach.Iu2019m going to try to restrain myself and stay off my soapbox, but I would like to repeat what Iu2019ve said before. The purpose of public education is to serve the public by preparing the next generation of workers and voters to be able to cope with the expectations of the world they will have to navigate and contribute to in order that we have a tax base and a functioning society for everyone, including retirees. It benefits everyone in the country to prepare our nationu2019s children to have the understanding and skills to be useful.Unfortunately, we have lost sight of this goal. It has become about the individualu2019s right to an education rather than the publicu2019s right to an educated work force and voting constituency. If we could realign our education system to meet the original and only logical goal for using taxes to pay for education, we could recreate an elementary/early secondary curriculum that prepared everyone to have the basic skills necessary, such as understanding taxation, balancing a budget, eating healthy, being sexually responsible, etc., as well as the basic skills in communication, basic math skills, critical thinking skills, etc., and then allow them to choose a path that might require further secondary education or a career path where we could differentiate the content.Stepping off my soapbox now. Excuse me.