Orienteering (Oct. 12)

Orienteering is an exercise that is quite popular in Sweden. It’s normally administered in the Spring or Fall of the year. The point of it is to teach kids how to orient themselves using a map and compass, be able to read a map and be able to find things using the said map. The gist of how it works is you have a course set in a wooded area. Then you give the kids a punch card (will explain for what later), compass, and a map of the course (should be very detailed with elevations and such). The kids, normally in pairs for safety, have to use the map and compass to find points on the map. At these points or stations, as they are sometimes referred to as, there are uniquely shaped hole punches. On the punch cards, there are numbered boxes to match the numbers of stations on the map. When at each station you then have to use the punch that is there to mark you were at the station in the correct box. You have two hours to complete the course this includes the turning in of your card to the administrators. Once turned in they score your card by making sure that you matched the right stations to numbered square and didn’t get lost. Afterward, you normally get to eat free food. We had sausages, juice, apples, and chips. My partner a, German exchange student, and I manage to score perfectly. 

What's more stereotypical than a German
and a sausage?

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