Well, turns out your opinion doesn't matter either.


This.

It isn't rocket science to do taxes, in most places the workplace does it for you if you don't request otherwise. Cooking, cleaning, taking the trash out, voting and any of that stuff aren't that hard to do without someone showing you how, either (you could learn to cook from youtube for example). I can't imagine what you guys want to learn as "life skills", most people have parents to teach them those.
You'll learn most of the stuff you have to know on the job anyways, unless you go for something requiring certification or a diploma.