every week we get to the point on our current topic. opens commercial committed. to the point. of. breaking incidents involved and the animals in the bush are just waking up here in the countryside far from any major city by falcon college. it's just after 5 in the morning and the dunes are all quiet. everyone's asleep.

everyone but like every morning at this hour he's already hard at work on a strain program. leon is here on a scholarship because the school wanted him as a member of its rugby team is a very holistic blood's so i just have to work hives and as i have i have given over georgia south will close so i have to use this to. his boundless and vision has earned him the nickname the winter warrior here. to train at this early hour because he has the school old himself hi. stephen freak is just the opposite he hates having to get up so early. does. but i mean it right gets up early so this just

if. they run a tight ship at falcon college even sleepy heads like stephen have to be up early and ready by 6 am at the latest. breakfast is only served after that done some work but most of the pupils here stephen comes from a wealthy family it costs $15000.00 a year to attend fountain college something very few zimbabweans can afford.

it's 7 o'clock time for the morning roll call. there was a slow. song. leon arrives just in time even missed breakfast to keep training older students who've been selected as prefects help to supervise younger pupils and ensure they look presentable. stevie dreams of being a prefect himself he's already submitted exactly cation. all of the. 10 minutes later it's time for the school assembly the headmaster admitted. it will continue it last night some students were throwing eggs in the schoolyard. everybody nurse.

it's very difficult to start. and so he will find it. funny. not speak she does. in my office. this is simply a spinster. and uncomfortable silence ensues stephen and the others know they've been sent here to learn how to be responsible does not trouble nicholas. felton college has produced many notable aluminite and aims to form zimbabwe's future elite schools model encourages people to reach for the stars they're to think big and work hard. that's especially true for leon who comes from a poor family and used to attend a state school. the teachers here demand more of him he'll only be able to keep a scholarship if you can keep up with his fellow students. 20 out of 30

that's the grade leon gotten his english test that's not good enough to satisfy the winter warrior. if you're looking to be an. abscess carded squadron fives but an ace so much as us tennis. tradition is important here yet the school has moved with the times 2 years ago the boarding school finally opened its doors to girls. free if they attend classes with the boys but then they head back to their own house the head girl lock the gate in the electric fence behind them the school installed the fence to set the girl's parents mind a tease. there is no physical contact between boys and girls we have gotten a zation policy and the boys aren't out in the near the girls house so they're not allowed up. the female pupils are still in the minority i felt in

college currently there are just 32 girls and over 300 boys stephen tried to get closer to the girls a mistake that cost him a chance to become prefect she got to keep to. 6. because into the polls. i got told on and then miles most i was informed so she told me that it was close the 1st time anything in fact as it happened the cloisters hasn't ingles yes for a long time. at 1 10 pm lunch is served this brings everyone together seniors like stephen who will be writing this school leaving exams soon and the youngest peoples who are barely 12. but 3 boys aren't allowed to join them at the

table. caning isn't the only traditional methods of discipline used here. these boys must stand here for 15 minutes in full uniform in front of everyone except as both a punishment and a parent prefects inspect people's uniforms getting an education here is also a lesson in humility editing called. on talk shit soft stuff and when the senior told me to thirds i never did. chuck someone into the pond. and it seemed as if it was. but the culprits who knocked the eggs last night are still at large. and falcon college is not even 70 years old yet in zimbabwe this school in the middle of the wilderness is already something of a legend headmaster quel and some colleagues look in the archives their school

stands on the side of the bush to gold mine which shut down in 1951 the miners homes were then used to house boarding school boys and mine offices became classrooms when it opened in 1954 falcon college was one of the 1st private boarding schools in the then british colony of southern rhodesia. in the school's early years people had little free time and they helped to clear the bush and landscape the school and. pupils were used a lot the fields were flattened by bulldozers and in the boys had to do planting of the fields it was in the timetable and they had certain times they had to go and press i don't know that most parents would like that so much. but that's not happening much these days afternoons on pota to sports leon he's the star of the

rugby team and that's why he was awarded a scholarship at felton college athletics is considered to be just as important as mathematics it's cool to strengthen character and could be liam's take it out of poverty. we just think he's really humble kid and you know if you've got someone who says that did it catered to a sport and to being the best person they can possibly be you know it's they always stand out. the school has changed greatly since it opened in 1954 black students likely on weren't allowed in until the 1970 s. before then it was the preserve of whites in bob means today the majority of the students are black some have scholarships but the most talk paying pupils whose families cover their fees. south in college teaches students the value of tolerance incorporation irrespective of their ethnic backgrounds that's a big challenge in a country like zimbabwe where tensions between blacks and whites

a long standing. that's because former president robert mugabe rules in bombay with an iron fist and forcibly drove white farmers off the land. today the school's debating club is tackling this difficult period in zimbabwe's history stephen and beyond the taking pot. after a military coup mugabe resigned and the sonangol became president. yet. was himself part of mugabe's repressive regime. in the debate people who take a position on this issue and defend it though it's the luck of the draw that decides whether they're for or against the succession of dictated going forward haven't changed anything just changed new names new positions but you just keep the same dictator at the top it is the way to use it because if you so many people

would see that this is this is the end it's clearly isn't it is it and that's a bit it could someone is a guy that's crazy or just following this is the groom do all these things they did these are the guys these are guys all right all of the guys that did it and you telling me a good deal. that. stephen received his role in the debate by chance. but he's speaking from the heart he and his family were also driven off their farm. it's friday and this weekend the pupils are allowed to return home and visit their families. stephen goes for a ride with his father. that will son find out it's not now that would be soon he didn't just. come out. this was once their land

their farm their house now good old times in ruins. if. you bid that's right you would be here. much of the land life fallow this was once the largest mango plantation in the country you know it's a very peaceful place right now but i think if we stuck around hit you much longer it wouldn't be such peaceful in fact last time i was here that i threatened to kill me. we still we've still got this problem and the country where there is still this animosity there is still difficulties and people like me coming back to resurrect places like this. that people may have taken away so home yet stephen doesn't hold that against any of his black schoolmates. they didn't do

anything else there their parents so they grandparents and. i get on with a lot of the people and. their parents to tell them different things to what i don't and. i just get frustrated with them but i don't have a grudge against them. that's stephen's father is fighting to get the land back he's been trying for years but so far without success. leon is also visiting his family they live in bruno whale zimbabwe's 2nd largest city and not exactly the nicest part of town the un's father is a police officer the government office apartments in these buildings to civil servants like him the flats could definitely do with some renovation work. here. this woman and her family share the cramped 4 room apartment with family leon has

to walk through one of their rooms to get to his own living room his father and his students are proud of him on his 2 brothers and one sister they marvel at a success and the many medals he's won playing rugby. you know. this is go to me i'll be able to pay their school fees you know cause is that a change in the family you know i ever lived it's such a school you know it's always been like that's now on change. when he's home on the weekends leon helps out with the gardening the tenants in this block of flats can offer a little pot to grow vegetables he owns mother was a lot of lawn. the garden helps to feed the family they can only dream of owning a farm yet leon still thinks the expropriation of white owned farms is wrong.

this is. this lend us africa. as. this thing off of. the streets in the streets. a stint as a cold day of office of. thing in our nation today in. harare the capital of symbolically stevens family has lived here ever since they lost their farm stevens father ben free for now works as a human rights activist. it's time to buy groceries for the weekend stephens parents are always shocked at the prices. $25.00 for half a pound of butter. almost 10 for a liter of juice $17.00 for a bag of rice in the shops the free throw feel the full brunt of them bob with

economic crisis they have no choice but to buy some staple foods but they'll do without the granola for $18.00 a bag. or in the shops up to resupply. they have to buy money on the back not just to be able to treat restart the shops. that's a problem. it's it's it's all to do with safety it's all to do with lack of trust because we don't forget a government that is able to actually steal money from our bank accounts so he will just steal all forms of savings steal whatever it was. no paying is also complicated in zimbabwe bond notes known as zim dollars are the official currency but store owners prefer to accept real u.s. dollars and are often willing to offer better prices in exchange ben free pays with bond notes whose value has plunged recently.

zimbabwe's economic crisis is affecting the entire country. and college included so here they are once again digging for gold. the old mine on the school property was shut down almost 70 years ago back then it's gold reserves were so depleted that mining here was no longer profitable but now that money has become so scarce in zimbabwe the prospect of reopening the mind looks promising headmaster quel needs money to purchase food and gasoline for the school and to pay the teachers salaries . it's another even you source that that the school that i know of has and would make it easier for us to run the school so this expression in and what we're doing here is is exactly what we what the economic situation has brought. it's still unclear how much revenue the mine will generate the school is hoping

it'll bring in $6000.00 a month it's clear that there is still gold here the mineworkers have discovered a few grains amongst the fine gravel they use mercury to extract the gold. it's monday and all the pupils are back at fountain college the school year is drawing to a close soon leone will learn if you'll be allowed to stay here and steven will discover if he gets to be a prefect. a few of the boys are going into the bush today here they'll have to prove they can survive in the wilderness on their own. police on a pole city kid it's his 1st such adventure. they don't have to drive far felton college is surrounded by bush as part of a nature reserve which belongs to the school. district

court to do with only a map an accomplice to guide them the boys must find their way to their goal before nightfall the rugby coach who doubles as the school survival china gives them some final tapes beyond the winter warrior is suddenly quite subdued he's afraid of snakes. and. when you come they do come across their snakes or anything that could cause you off with generally very more fair of you than you know they knew of it so just avoid it as best you can if it's like this on the off walk around it but if it's you know coming towards you and wants to harm you're obviously then you can use a stick just push it aside but i was really on off anything off it's just like often. then the boys on left to their own devices and leon of all people has the job of going ahead and keeping an eye out for snakes. learning how to survive out in nature is part of the curriculum at felton college this time they don't

encounter any snakes change their biggest problem is the chilly weather it's just 15 degrees celsius get they're all wearing shorts so the boys are happy to reach their destination before dark. even the winter warrior can't hide his relief though no one's complained about the cold the boys have proven themselves and leon has conquered his fear but we can't understand how people can love being out in the wild. while unscrew comes out to the bush. it's a night like any other but those back at school people's waits in front of the house mothers' office he checks whether the done their homework properly because you get the prizes are awarded for outstanding achievement but pupils who've received 3 warnings for misdemeanors get king twice in the buttocks music one

that's also a longstanding tradition here which generally has parenting approval. i want you to get out of. it most of the peers here are very supportive and there was another school in zimbabwe that recently did away with painting and my understanding was that the forced majority of the parent body were up in arms actually the way they want the corporal punishment system. and he says paintings are relatively rare. tonight to everyone goes to bed without having to be disciplined. the next morning the headmaster has finally found out who threw the eggs. they were sick for boys who were in who weren't really thinking they had

a fight and of course all of those ended up on the wall but the great thing for me ultimately is that. they cleaned up the image and hopefully just 30 something from it. producing good and responsible citizens is one of the boarding schools major educational goals. today these peoples are going to collect trash. steven is among them. and this time they're cleaning up a small village voluntarily to give something back to society. though it might also and stephen a bonus point a to b. in his quest to become a prefect. in a country where political tensions are running high felton college has its pupils to pitch in and help others. darkness has

fallen and for stephen it's a night to remember. they're not. jaded tonight he's leaving the evening roll call for the 1st time because today he became the prefect his dream has come true now stephen is the one who gets the money to other people's closets his new position brings with it power and respect. after roll call he instructs juniors to come to the common room there he supervises them and if need be helps them with their homework. on the dot of 10 it's bed time. i 5 it's just been steven's mom in charge of this too. i thought.

the singing of the national man from mark the start of a new day and a very special it's the end of the school year and report cards are being handed out many parents have come to watch. the awards ceremony. trophies are given for top marks and outstanding extracurricular activities spare. there's also a prize for a pupil who's worked extra hard and this year it goes to. all mr cheney. the on the win to worry has won everyone over with his tenacity in insurance and his parents couldn't be prouder. good morning everyone i'm outside always holds the end of your speech this time

it's the head mistress of an office now she makes everyone aware that falcon college is no warden or replace. you live in a concrete i can actually hear that this is not the real world i hate to tell you but the strengths you take from here is day to help you to battle against what is not right. you have to be decent you have to stand up for what's right. you are not to average angeles school is not average. so 3 weeks of the school is not all they should reach for the stars just like the school and themselves. they are. playing a path to reach for the stars is more than just that and it represents the school's approach to life falcon college sex high standards for zimbabwean youth in

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