US students want financial planning and other life skills education, survey finds [Video]

How well do high schools and universities prepare students for the real world? Not well, according to some recent U.S. graduates and other Americans in a new survey.

The poll of more than 2,000 U.S. adults, conducted in January by the web-based study platform Quizlet, aimed to explore recent high school and college graduates’ confidence and competency in basic life skills – such as financial planning, auto maintenance, cooking and more.

About one-third of recent graduates said they don’t believe they have, or are unsure if they have, the financial and core life skills needed to succeed in the world, according to the survey results. 

Roughly 68% of recent graduates said they think non-academically focused courses in schools would better prepare students for the real world.  

Nearly one in five recent graduates said they are the least confident in handling automotive maintenance, such as changing a tire or their oil. This was followed by financial planning …