Survival

Our survival unit was one of the longest units in our English 12 class. This unit was clearly all about survival. In this unit we covered survival skills, and read multiple books that were clear examples of survival. The three books we got to choose from were entitled Unbroken, Into the Woods, and Lord of the Flies. We also watched a series of episodes entitled Survivorman. Each of these episodes consisted of the producer, Les Stroud, travel to different areas to see if he is able to survivor for a week without very little resources other than what is there for him on the island. For each of these episodes we were required to write an essay on three survival skills that he possessed in that episode. Also, during this unit the class was asked to compose a How to Video of our choice. During our survival unit we also participated in the March Madness Bracket for the NBA. I believe the most essential survival skill would be individuality. I think this because in order to survive a dangerous situation the only person you can really depend on is yourself. If you rely on just you then I believe you have a higher chance of surviving. Survival is all about independence, you need to obtain food, clean drinking water and shelter. You cannot obtain those things by depending on anyone else because those people are just looking out for themselves not you. I really enjoyed this unit because it really gave me a new way of thinking about life. In order to get anywhere in life, there is no one you can depend on except yourself.