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First grade student Livie Classenn recites the Pledge of Allegiance to start the day at the Walton Rural Life Center Elementary School, in Walton, Kan., Jan. 18. Students at the school do farm chores at the beginning of each school day. The Walton Rural Life Center - a kindergarten through fourth grade charter school in rural Kansas - uses agriculture to teach students about math, science, economics.
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A dozen fresh farm eggs sold by the students is pictured.
Feeding the animals is not just a chore, said Walton Rural Life Center teacher Amanda Paulus.
"It gives them a lot of responsibility in that they are actually caring for something that depends on them," Paulus said.
-- By Kevin Murphy, Reuters
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Second-grade student Madison Schroeder washes the eggs after the morning farm chores.
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Second-grade student Brylee Budde counts the money earned from selling eggs.
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Third-grade students Cody Eye and Elizabeth Harder feed the hogs.
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Wool that was sheared by the students is washed and dried before the students make yarn from the material.
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First-grade student Destiny Smith prepares hay to feed the cows.
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Wow!! And the beauty is, aside from well-educated kids, this can be adapted for use anywhere, rural or urban.
I realy belive there should be a whole lot more schools like this.