UK. Our highschool in the 90s to early 2000s had this. We had Lower and Upper sets for core classes, math, science, english.
My intake year also had to pick a Mandatory life's skill class, which boiled down to picking between food tech or textiles and then graphic design or physical design (woodwork but metalwork too).
In Year 9 (age 14) they brought in Drama as a class and made all the life skills optional in that only one of the four needed taking.
My daughter is now in year 8 and the content of those classes are abysmal. In Food tech she is barely taught food hygiene, like she knows about the daft coloured chopping boards and washing hands, but knows nothing of food storage (veg above meats, duration), she's been taught how to stitch two fabrics together but it's farcical and does nothing to repair anything to use able standard. Her woodwork has involved zero power tool or machine use, it's all been glue and lollipop sticks like a 6 year old.
Phys Ed got combined with sex Ed and she has still yet to have been even introduced to a cross country run.
The education curriculum is a shambles. I even went as far as complaining a few years ago saying more life skills need teaching and all they did was either say that'ss the work of older education or the parents (the latter I agree with, but time is still limited)
UK. Our highschool in the 90s to early 2000s had this. We had Lower and Upper sets for core classes, math, science, english.
My intake year also had to pick a Mandatory life's skill class, which boiled down to picking between food tech or textiles and then graphic design or physical design (woodwork but metalwork too).
In Year 9 (age 14) they brought in Drama as a class and made all the life skills optional in that only one of the four needed taking.
My daughter is now in year 8 and the content of those classes are abysmal. In Food tech she is barely taught food hygiene, like she knows about the daft coloured chopping boards and washing hands, but knows nothing of food storage (veg above meats, duration), she's been taught how to stitch two fabrics together but it's farcical and does nothing to repair anything to use able standard. Her woodwork has involved zero power tool or machine use, it's all been glue and lollipop sticks like a 6 year old.
Phys Ed got combined with sex Ed and she has still yet to have been even introduced to a cross country run.
The education curriculum is a shambles. I even went as far as complaining a few years ago saying more life skills need teaching and all they did was either say that'ss the work of older education or the parents (the latter I agree with, but time is still limited)