Ready for a list of cool stuff?  Here we go... 
Students will:
1.  Learn the fine art of working as a team.
2.  Face off against an increasingly rigorous set of in game problems that they'll have to solve (or perish trying).
3.  Get a genuine feeling for those who made the exodus on the original Oregon Trail in the 1840's... and the soothing touch of a Rad Roach.
4.  Find their place within the group dynamic as both a leader and follower.
5.  Experience negotiation, diplomacy, and utterly failed versions of both - and learn when each is necessary.
6.  Set goals for a variety of situations and then realistically refine them until they are accomplished.
7.  Be encouraged to be empathetic to varying opinions and sort out the merit in each.
8.  Have a chance to make a variety of 'life' decisions without any real life risk.
9.  Be encouraged to be genuinely creative thinkers.
10.  Get some much needed social interaction to just hang out with friends and laugh for a while (and to have some 'control' over life at a time when we all might like a bit more).

I have more than a decade of teaching experience, the majority of which was spent as an instructor in a lock-down rehabilitation facility for at-risk children (translated: gang kids who were struggling with substance abuse).  This allowed me to teach a wide variety of subjects, from second grade reading to college level physics, often in the same day in order to meet the needs of my students. 

My emphasis throughout was teamwork, discipline, leadership, and problem solving - as these form the braided cord that carries all through our lives.  My formal education is centered around a masters degree in elementary education, and another in special education - with a bachelors in philosophy and a minor in glass art... yes, that's right.  Glass.  Art.  My mother was thrilled when I told her about that one.