The students step out of the classroom to learn through firsthand experience, actually seeing, touching, and hearing things. There is a different destination for each grade, and the students themselves choose what they do. In groups of five or six people, they will find their own way to a camping site with a map and do everything from preparing meals to setting up tents. Other assignments include trips to destinations both in Japan and overseas and long-distance swimming in the ocean. In these ways, the students take part in fieldwork every year.
Fieldwork is tough.
So you've got to find ways to enjoy what you're doing. After the students reach their destinations, they have fun solving problems that crop up. During the six years at the school, they not only accumulate facts but also learn to think for themselves. This may be the reason the students of Meikei High School are so enthusiastic.