Loading ...I’d read parts of it before, and his suggestion for building robust young men strikes me as being elitist and rather shallow. Organising all those activities for them, and they need to be organised for them as just working through the admin takes longer than the time allocated for some of the tasks, isn’t teaching them much; except that someone will organise everything for you. If you really want to learn to cook in Italy, definitely go ahead! Apply for a working visa: yourself. Learn the language. Apply for jobs in Italian restaurants: yourself. Find accomodation: yourself. Want to sail around Cape Horn? See a psychiatrist. If they clear you, buy a boat. Learn to sail, to navigate, to run a crew: just going as a passenger in a boat won’t teach you much. Just being able to say “I’ve rounded the Horn” doesn’t mean much. You need to spend a minimum of a year on a farm to be able to see and understand the cycles. But in that year, depending on the type of farm, you can learn to operate heavy machinery, weld, post, slaughter, dress, curse, shoot, plant, harvest, milk, shear, buy, sell, repair anything, work as a team, become responsible, appreciate just how damn hard it can be to produce food and very importantly just how enthusiastically government makes everything so damn difficult. In fact, a year on a farm should be compulsory for every 18 y/o. And if you fail the year, it’s two. After ten years, you will never have a left leaning government again.
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