I guess that depends on the definition of life skills. In high school, I got most of my requirements out of the way in the first two years, then learned woodworking, boatbuilding, fiberglass work, metalworking and some electronics. I used a lot of those skills to build parts for the boat I had in school, and still use those skills on the boat I have now.
I understand many schools don't have all these options, and many kids were not aware of the opportunities that are available, so I see where you are coming from. Then there is the stigma of taking 'life lesson' classes as opposed to classes geared towards going to a 4 year college. Teachers and guidance counselors were not happy when I took Marine Tech. instead of Calculous.
It is possible, since this report says this phenomena is clearly not caused by climate change, that it got buried by those pushing the climate change agenda, and that could be why we haven't seen any follow up.
So a report from 19 years ago that talks about water rising under 1mm at the equator, 1900 miles from Florida with no updates since then is evidence? Florida is closer to Maine than it is to the equator, so if Florida was seeing the effects of ocean rise measured at the equator, it would seem we would be seeing some of those effects here, as coastal Maine is 3100 miles from the North Pole, half of the distance to Florida.
