Hunting Sense

Yesterday we discussed the “and then what?” effect and how to get from point a to point b when faced with certain problems. Today we’ll be taking this one step further and looking at actually teaching them to survive. We not only want them to survive, but we want them to do so by relying on themselves and being successful, so that is where the emphasis is going to be placed as we take a closer look at this topic.

The number of specific skills necessary to survive in any given situation that may arise are staggering, but luckily the core skills required are limited to a few basic ones. The way I see it, these core skills are: self-esteem, confidence, self-reliance, teamwork, and respect. With these, anything can be accomplished, and from them stem all the survival skills taught.

Here is a list of global courses available:
http://www.survivalschool.co.uk/Home.htm
Courses available in Devon, Staffordshire, Wales, South West Scotland and the Highlands of Scotland

http://www.wilderness-survival-skills.com/wilderness-survival-training.html
Around the World

http://www.woodlandsurvivalcrafts.com/survival-courses/schools-youth.php
Another UK one, but Dave Watson already has working programs for schools and youth courses.

A list of many more…

Implementing some of the basics wouldn’t be hard (aside from battling the school boards to get them in), and they could even be started at kindergarten. Add in a few tidbits here and there in the physical education programs, and the science and social studies programs is all it would take, and carry them on through grade 12. Adding information slowly means a child wouldn’t be overwhelmed with a wealth of information all at once, and they stand a better chance of retaining the information if it’s an ongoing process rather than taught in a single lump.

I don’t know about anywhere else, but here in Canada, the push to get kids more active is big news in the schools…doesn’t this provide them with the opportunity as well as being ‘educational’? It also ties in with the other big push…the environment. Teach them to respect it, fix the problem at its root rather than band-aid solutions after the fact!

Alright, I’ll stop there before this turns into a rant…again.

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