When it comes to learning, the best classrooms aren’t always inside a school. That’s the word from experts who say that one of the latest trends involves using the great outdoors to teach teens life lessons.
For instance, Matt Schmitz may seem like an average 18-year-old. He’s enjoying his senior year in high school and looking ahead to graduation. However, he’s already developed the type of leadership skills that many people strive for well into adulthood.
At age 15, Schmitz learned about the Yellowstone Youth Conservation Corps (YCC), a National Park Service program that, he said, let him combine his thirst for knowledge with his passion for the outdoors. “Getting a chance to know Yellowstone is a rare thing,” he said. “Plus, it was a chance to spend a summer outdoors, and on my own away from the family.”
For 30-35 teens every year, YCC is a work/learn/earn program that teaches lessons in conservation, ecosystem preservation, environmental engineering and leadership. Participants earn minimum wage building bridges, repairing cabins, maintaining trails and more.
Since 1990, YCC has been funded...
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