On very cold winter days, a group ofJapanese children traveled a long way and arrived at a small island wherenobody lived. After setting up a camp, they caught fish in the sea, and walkedon the snow to find firewood, wild fruit and fresh water. Then they made a fireto do some cooking. They were not homeless children or modern Robinson. They wereall pupils from a primary school and campers of special "hardship camp".
Every year primary and middle schools inJapan organize such camps to train the children's spirit of bearing hardships.Such places like thick forests and far-off mountains are often chosen as campplaces.
The Japanese education circles usuallythink it necessary to give children chances of suffering hardships. Children inJapan now may hardly find times of hardships, because of the rapid growth ofnational economy and improvement in people's living conditions. The experts thinkthat such hardship camps can help children learn to live and develop in thestruggle against nature.
It'ssaid that such hardship camps are warmly accepted by both Japanese schoolchildren and their parents.
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