Teenagers learn valuable life skills from outdoor education but, in Victoria, enrolments are dropping as students come under pressure to choose more academic subjects the closer they get to year 12 exams.
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"I had a panic attack, but it wasn't that bad, my instructor was really good," year 11 student Kenzie Pinkerton says. "Life isn't just books and computers. Life is in the real world, where you've got to communicate with people, you've got to adapt and be flexible."Ms Hackett believes the skills and experiences learnt in outdoor education better prepare young people for life after study, but students who want to participate are finding it harder because of increasing academic workloads.
Year 11 student Katelyn Irvine says Ms Hackett showed her she could enjoy life outside without the need to be plugged in all the time. Ms Hackett says outdoor education scores are scaled down, so a raw score of 35 for example, would only count as 28 towards their final ATAR."But I think the life skills they get out of it and the challenges they overcome are worth more than the ATAR score they get at the end."
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