i took a class called senior seminar in HS that was pretty much life skills 101--how to write a resume, how to buy a used car/apartment, how to interview well, how to do laundry...i think a year-long form of that that also encompasses cooking and relationships should be MANDATORY. for every senior, everywhere.
i work in a freshman dorm sometimes, and these kids have not a lick of common sense. *sigh*