School is Never Out!
Private and public schools teach the average student for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. Students and the parents are required by the U.S. Department or Board of Education to attend for 12 years, 2 Summer months out and approximately 52 weekends off. Stiff penalties for truancy can range from $100 to $2500 or jail time (Law: parent’s responsibility until 18 years of age).
The basic curriculum comprises reading, mathematics, sciences, history with electives. Often, electives are participatory sports like football, basketball, soccer, majorette or cheerleading. On average, parents teach basic living skills for survival at home. Some students live in adverse conditions and rely on books, television, peers, and social media for information. Geno Auriemma explains why teams are important to succeed.
Teams Are Important
Humans age or develop slower than most land mammals on earth; yet have a shorter life expectancy due to diet and vices. Animals in the wild often group together for survival. They naturally know what to do. Animals also have a fundamental purpose, whereas humans seek multiple options.
Many nontraditional students learn to weld, vehicle mechanics, blacksmithing or carpentry. A non-traditional student is anyone who attends college in a format or time frame that differs from the typical route of a traditional student. A traditional student attends college directly after high school until completion of the degree program, usually ages 18 – 23.
You learn endurance, discipline, survival, teamwork and other skill-sets in the military or armed forces. The Girl and Boy Scouts of America implement military disciplines to teach survival skills to youth in communities, and reward them with medallions or badges for tasks completed and a job well-done.
Survival Checklist
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- CPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a lifesaving approach useful in many emergencies, such as heart attack or near drowning, in which someone’s breathing or heartbeat has ceased. The American Heart Association suggests starting CPR with a hard and fast chest compressions to revitalize the heart beat.
- Communication: transmitting or exchanging of information or news in order to receive help is important. Authorities will require you to deliver the alert message or send information when lost, stranded, kidnapped, or wounded in order to locate you; ie: Deep-Sea Diver’s use sign language to convey information under water. Other forms of communication are CB radio, walkie talkie, cellphone, or morse code.
- Cartograph reading: reading a map is essential in unfamiliar territory. It may involve the superimposition of political, cultural, or other nongeographical divisions representing a geographic area. Having a compass for navigating your direction (NSEW) is a plus, along with a pair of binoculars.
- Water: know where and how to locate streams, lakes and rivers to replenish water supply. The body needs lots of water to carry out essential functions, such as balancing the internal temperature to keep cells alive. As a general rule of thumb, a person can survive without water for about 3 days, according toBusiness Insider.
- Self Defense & Weapons Training: While hiking in the forest, there are other living beings and wild animals about. Remain cautious of animals who can detect the scent of meat cooking, such as bears, mountain lions, bobcats, or wolves. Do not litter, animals will follow the trail. Forest animals have keen eyesight and hearing, so having the correct equipment is handy. In your spare-time before your trip, learn these animal behaviors and their habitats for unsuspected encounters (National Geographic). Remain observant of everything that’s around you.
- We recommend you use caution. Make use of pepper sprays, guns, crossbows, knives, small pick axes, building a fire (lighter or water proof matches), or hand-to-hand combat defensive training and bug repellant. Setting up a basic glass bottle, bell or empty soup can perimeter campsite with fishing lines 2 and 4 feet from the ground around tree trunks may alert you to dangers (This is providing you aren’t a heavy sleeper).
Survival Gear:
- refillable water bottle,
- first-aid kit,
- can/bottle opener,
- sewing kit, rope
- cooking utensils and pots & pans,
- ranger/police locations (before you begin),
- flashlights or glow sticks,
- markers or sidewalk chalk,
- batteries or battery pack for all devices,
- sleeping bag/tent,
- toilet paper (personal hygiene products),
- pencil & paper and a flair gun.
Helpful skill-sets
- How to change a flat tire,
- lock picking, hot-wire an automobile,
- piloting a plane,
- swimming,
- agriculture,
- astronomy to navigate,
- learn a new language,
- military training,
- basic zoology.
Best Practices
The best foods to backpack are energy bars, sandwiches (peanut butter & jelly), pretzels (saltine crackers), bananas, apples or oranges. These items are light-weight and provide some nutritional value. Stay away from foods which cause dehydration and fatigue. Vacuum packaged or small can goods like tuna can maintain your supply because of preservation packaging.
Don’t litter!
Dress accordingly for outdoor adventure by being prepared. Wear boots, hats, gloves and the right clothing. Make certain you let someone know where you are going, who’s with you, your return date and have periodic check-ins (social media, neighbor, relative). Choose a person whom you can rely. Check your health at your local physician’s office before the event. Take tons of photos and learn about the environment.
The life you save, maybe your own. Camping is better with friends.
Have fun!
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