Fundamental Skill Set

Here's a question that I like to ask people.
"Assuming already motor skills and speech capabilities in one language, what five skills do you think that all people in the world should possess?"
I've gotten some interesting answers.  There seems to be some connection between political affiliation and the answers given.  I realize that the question is rather vague as to what constitutes a "skill," but I'm not asking for precision.  Here are a few possible responses:

- Literacy
- Swimming
- Simple arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)
- Bicycling
- Singing
- Praying
- Writing
- Simple computer skills
- Driving
- Cooking/Baking
- Fishing/foraging
- First Aid
- Firestarting
- Simple horticulture
- English language proficiency
- Timekeeping
- Scientific thinking (hypothesis/data analysis)

Well, what do you think?  And try to think universally, taking both the developing and developed worlds into account.
~JD