This state school in England teaches kids how to shoot, and to gut and cook pigeons.

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Amazing state school in the UK teaches children from "a varied demographic," most of whose families are on various forms of social assistance, how to shoot, hunt, dress and cook the game they take, and otherwise function effectively in the outdoors.

The video shows them gutting squirrels, plucking pigeons, splitting wood for the fire with a mallet and fro, and cooking and eating the proceeds.

"The most dangerous thing you can do to a child is to not expose them to an element of risk and danger." – Mike Fairclough, Headteacher, West Rise Junior School, who adds that "If children are excited about coming to school, if they're being inspired and enthused by being outside, then that has an impact back in the classroom."

The school gets the best exam results in the area, and won the 2015 T.E.S. Best School of the Year award, according to the video. "Teaching the children to shoot is controversial," the video notes. "But the school argues it teaches discipline and responsibility."

"The cotton-wool culture of Britain has got a little bit out of control," Fairclough comments, referring to the modern desire on the part of many – schools, parents, media, etc. – to wrap children up and insulate them from many of the realities of life. "It's only really peoples own sort of limiting beliefs, and a few media myths that people have invested in, which have stopped children from having these sorts of activities."

Kudos to Mike Fairclough and West Rise Junior! You're doing it right.

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