literature invites us to see people in particular. i like to see her as the kids find strength growing up. my objective is to work or find. the books on you to. breaking in southern symbolically 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 drones are all quiet. everyone's asleep.

everyone but like every morning at this hour he's already hard at work and it's training program. leon is here on a scholarship because the school wanted him as a member of its rugby team because they're very rich the words are so just to work hives. have given over change of clothes so i have to use this to. his boundless invention has earned him the nickname the winter warrior here. to train at this early hour because he has the school in self. stephen freak is just the opposite he hates having to get up so early. does. but i mean if it's

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

and. it's 7 o'clock time for the morning roll call. the slow. leon arrives just in time even missed breakfast the key training older students have been selected as prefects help to supervise younger peoples and ensure they look presentable. steven dreams of being a prefix himself he's already submitted his application. all of the. 10 minutes later it's time for the school assembly the headmaster is. it will continue it last night some students were throwing eggs in the schoolyard. everybody learns.

that food is difficult it stuns a lot. so you will find it. funny. not speak she does people. in my office very soon or just simply a spinster. and uncomfortable silence ensues stephen and the others know they've been sent here to learn how to be responsible leaders not troublemakers. falcon college has produced many notable n i n n's to phones in bob ways future elite schools model encourages people to reach for the stars there 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 you'll only be able to keep a scholarship if you can keep up with his fellow students. 20 out of 30

that's the great leon gotten his english test that's not good enough to satisfy the winter warrior. you have look and you know you are not that abscess are did scored and fives but an ace so much as to this. 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 install 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 on tonight even near the girl's house so they're not allowed up past the tennis courts all. the female pupils are still in the minority

at felton college currently there are just $32.00 girls and over $300.00 boys stephen tried to get closer to the girls a mistake that cost him a chance to become prefect she got a cave in to. the circus. because into the house. i got told on and then miles most i was informed so she told me that it was close the 1st time anything and like this it happened because this hasn't been goes yes a long time. at 1 10 pm lunches that this brings everyone together seniors like stephen who will be writing this school leaving exam soon and the youngest people 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 it serves as both a punishment and a deterrent prefects also inspect people's uniforms getting an education here is also a lesson in humility had it. on talk shit soft stuff and when the senior told me to thirds i never did. chuck someone into the pond. and it seemed to me it was. but the culprits were not the eggs last night a still at large. bulk in college is not even 70 years old yet in zimbabwe this school in the middle of the wilderness is already something of a legend. to quell 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 mines 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 yard. pupils were used and loved the fields were flattened by a bulldozer and then the boys had to do planting of the fields it was in the timetable and they had certain times they had to get in front grass i don't know that most parents would like that so much. but that's not happening. these days afternoons proto to sports leon he's the star of the rugby team that's why he was

awarded a scholarship there at carleton college athletics is considered to be just as important as mathematics it's cool to strengthen character and could be liam's ticket out of poverty. we just think he's really humble kid and you know if you've got someone who says that dedicated to the sport and to being the best person that can possibly be united's 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 white zimbabweans today the majority of the students are black some have scholarships but the most topping pupils whose families cover their fees. south in college teaches students the value of tolerance and cooperation irrespective of their ethnic backgrounds and that's a big challenge in a country like zimbabwe where tensions between blacks and whites

a longstanding. that's because former president robert mugabe rules in bob lay 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 leon are taking pot. after a military coup mugabe resigned and ever sonangol glock became president. there yet when uncle was himself part of mugabe's repressive regime. in the debate people 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 this is sexist dictated going forward i haven't changed anything just change new names new positions we just keep the same dictated talk raising the weight of music did it because it is only people with

this person in it isn't it is it and that's a bit it could summon easily guys that's crazy or just follow me since the groom do all these things they did these are the guys either got it all right no other guys did it and you telling me and the good people. that. stephen only received his role in the debate by chance that 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 was all sun fans know now the good news is one continuous. come out. this was once their land their farm their house now that old stands in ruins.

your bedroom that's right you'll be reduced to. 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 here too much longer it wouldn't be inside peaceful in fact last time i was here that threatened to kill me so we still we've still got the. 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 from home yet stephen doesn't hold that against any of his black schoolmates. they didn't do

anything else their parents or their grandparents and. i did on with a lot of the people and. their parents are telling different things to what i had and. i just get frustrated with them but i don't have a grudge against them. it's steven'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 bulawayo zimbabwe's 2nd largest city not exactly the nicest part of town liam's father is a police officer the government offers apartments in these buildings to civil servants like him the flats could definitely do with some renovation work. this woman her family share the cramped 4 room apartment with liam's family leon

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

this is. his legacy africa. is i don't think that. this deal off of. the streets in the 5th. assistant i don't think there's a cool trail of us olds that. thing in our nation tree in. harare the capital of them bob wayne stevens family has lived here ever since they lost their farm stevens father ben free now works as a human rights activist. it's time to buy groceries for the week and stephen's 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 things 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 subset to resupply. they have to buy money on the back narcotics to be able to restart their shops. that's a perfect 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 a bank towns so i hope to steal all forms of slavery still whatever it was. you know paying is also complicated in zimbabwe bond notes known as zim dollars are the official currency but store owners preferred to accept real u.s. dollars and are often willing to offer better prices in exchange then free pays with banos whose value has plunged recently.

zimbabwe's economic crisis is affecting the entire country falcon 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 prospects of reopening the mind looks promising at mass to quell needs money to purchase food and gasoline for the school and to pay the teachers salaries. it's another even you source that that you know the school that i know of has and and that 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 mine workers 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 felton college the school year is drawing to a close soon leone will learn if he'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 it's part of a nature reserve which belongs to the school. district

court to with only a map and the compass 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 that the only possible but if it's you know coming towards you and wants to harm you obviously then you can use a stick just push it aside but obviously we don't offer anything off it's just let off. then the boys on left to their own devices and leave on the whole 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 get biggest problem is the chilly weather it's just 15 degree celsius get they're all wearing shorts so the boys are happy to reach the destination before dark. even the winter laryea con hide is relief so no one's complained about the cold the boys have proven themselves and leon has conquered in fear but we can't understand how people cannot being out in the wild. while unscrew comes out to the bush. it's a night like any other for those brackets on people's plates in front of the house mothers' office he checks whether that done their homework properly and you get prizes are awarded for outstanding achievement but pupils who've received 3

warnings for misdemeanors get kayne 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 this to get 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 vast majority of the parent body were up in arms actually the way they want the corporal punishment system and he says canings are relatively rare. tonight everyone goes to bed without having to be disciplined. the next morning the headmaster has finally found out who threw the eggs. there were 6. who weren't really thinking they had

a fight and of course some of those ended up on the wall but the great thing for me ultimately is that they came forward 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. and today these peoples are going to collect trash. steven is among them. 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. thoughts are not. jaded tonight he's leading 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 them onto other people's lives that his new position brings with it power and respect. after roll call he instructs juniors to come to the common room fair he supervises them and if need be helps them with their homework. on the dot of 10 it's bed time. i phone 5 is good spirit stevens now in charge of this too. i thought.

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

it's the headmistress of another school she makes everyone aware that falcon college is no warden every place. you live in a concrete i can actually hear is that this is not the real world i hate to tell you but the streets you take from here it's 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 thanks so much of the schools motto they should reach for the stars just like the school anthem sets. the end. up big last reach for the stars is more than just the anthem it represents the school's approach to life falcon college sets high standards for zimbabwean youth in

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