There are a lot of classes like that they don't bother with anymore. One of them is home economics. We used to have to bake and stuff like that in school, but those classrooms are long gone now. We like to focus more on test scores because that is what the government requires. I'm glad you got to have that experience.
I loved Home Ec. Not so much for the cooking, because I could already cook okay enough to survive, but because of two girls in the class that my friend and I would flirt with. We also did sewing and the like in the class, which I also enjoyed.
One thing I remember from the cooking, was how much sone of the kids looked forward to it for similar reasons to the growing of vegetables.
Do you think practical classes will ever come back in education fashion?
I doubt it. At least not at the public school level. There is just too much focus. I think you might get it more with home schooling and some of the co-ops that people run for things like that. We do have some life skills classes for the special education kids, but that's more because they know they probably aren't going to continue their education after grade school. Which honestly is a bit of a slight to the general ed kids...
While I understand that everyone should get support - I also think that often the majority of support goes to those who aren't likely to benefit much from it.