To some extent, yes, children should be forced to study things they are not interested in. Kids are not good judges of what information they will need as adults. You only mentioned the basics, and that really is woefully deficient. I never took any science in college, everything I know regarding the sciences is from K-12 and then post high school my own personal interest in the subject. The foundation from K-12 is worthwhile. I always liked biology, anatomy, but I really did not enjoy botany or geology, but I find I sometimes actually pull on my knowledge from those subjects. I liked chemistry, but only took it for a quarter in Jr. High, and yet it did give me enough basics to understand a little about chemistry when someone is talking about it. I never would have selected to take chemistry on my own, I am glad it was put in front of me as a requirement. I hated history in school and I hated government, I am especially glad for the basics I learned about government, because as I grew older I care more about politics and government. History was a torture for me, I could have done without the last class I took in high school, I learned nothing,
I think K-12 should prepare people for what comes after whether it be college, a vocational school, or right into the adult working world. Even basics like sewing on a button, how to do laundry, basic cooking and baking, setting a table, using utensils, balancing a bank account, understanding your credit score, what you need to rent an apartment or buy a home, relationships.
The skills you listed are taken care of by 5th grade. I would have stopped taking English class in 7th grade if I could have in my 7th grade mind. That probably would not have been a good thing. I took woodworking and leather working as part of the rotation with Home Ec. I had no interest in either, but I wound up pulling on that knowledge now and then. One great thing about American education is that children usually are exposed to many different subject matters, they are forced to, and they might have to suffer through some of the ones they hate, but it is also how they discover things they like that they never would have guessed they were interested in.