Endurance - Season 1 (2002)

Endurance shows kids ages 12-15 succeeding at different physical, intellectual, and strategic challenges in order to win an amazing travel prize. Each of the competitive challenges is a metaphor for challenges teens face in real life. In addition, there are challenges based upon ten character traits that are important for success. Contestants must estimate probabilities and beat the odds. Overall, the competition balancess luck or fate against personal effort so that the contestants learn to balance intellect with intuition in developing their winning strategies. Narration and interviews during each episode trace the emotional growth and insights of the contestants, with an emphasis on how the experience of protracted competition and teamwork teaches both social skills and life skills for achieving sucess with personal goals.