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  Each year a variety of locations are proposed and considered as host cities for a THINK Global School term, and each year India's most interesting cities have received strong consideration. This August, India will become an exotic reality as we make our way to Hyderabad for four months. India's fourth largest city isn't as well known as Calcutta or Mumbai, so let's take a look at what makes Hyderabad...

  It's hard to believe that it has been almost a full year since our students packed up their belongings to begin their school year in Argentina's sprawling capital, Buenos Aires. The giddy anticipation that overtakes you before visiting a new location is one of the wonderful things about studying at TGS, and this year our students had quite a lot to look forward to. Under the supervision of our...

In a situation very reminiscent of our Berlin 2011-2012 term, our time in Boston has provided us with easy access via rail to other nearby cosmopolitan cities. Due to this, our students were able to visit both Washington, D.C. and New York City this term and experience each city's unique attractions, delicacies and neighborhoods. Our trip to NYC occurred mid-May, which allowed our students to visit the city in the...

With our 2012-13 school year sadly drawing towards its end, we can now gleefully reminisce on all that our students and faculty accomplished as they made their way across three continents. Our academic adventure began in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and to commemorate his experiences in the "Paris of the South," Global Studies teacher Nick Martino recently launched an iTunes U course entitled "Understanding the Argentine Identity." Understanding the Argentine Identity...

"The opposite of hungry is not full. It's healthy."   -A message seen during The Walk For Hunger Winter in the New England region of the United States can be a grueling affair, and the constant barrage of storms during the first quarter of 2013 reinforced this fact for us. The blankets of white snow eventually did give way to green, however, as spring inevitably arrived. This pleasant shift in...

The Big Apple. The City That Never Sleeps. The Empire City. The Capital of the World. It's probably safe to say that the city of New York isn't short on nicknames. In fact, there aren't many things that the bustling metropolis lacks, making it one of the top tourist destinations in the world. Our first term in the United States wouldn't be complete without a visit to NYC, and beginning...

    Despite only receiving its independence 237 years ago, the United States has forged an illustrious history punctuated by hard-fought wars on both home and foreign soil. Blood was shed in the name of independence during the American Revolutionary war, and the issue of slavery caused a bitter divide up and down the Mason-Dixon line leading up to and throughout The Civil War. During the twentieth century, America found...

For long distance runners endowed with an insatiable and competitive spirit, marathons (and increasingly ultramarathons) represent the pinnacle of physical achievement. Training for such a daunting event requires intense preparation, unwavering commitment and extreme motivation, all three of which are incredibly admirable qualities to possess. In this sense, marathons are imbued with positivity and are typically joyous affairs. For the majority of us, the rigors of competing in such a...

We recently posted an update about our time with Iran's Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi during our visit to Washington, D.C. Since posting our video of the talk, we have received positive responses regarding the subject material as well as a show of general support for Prince Pahlavi himself. One commenter asked that we further the conversation by providing the students' question and answer portion of the talk with Prince Pahlavi,...

During each term, we invite a variety of guest speakers to engage with and lecture our students and faculty on a broad selection of topics central to our location's curriculum. In Buenos Aires, for example, students learned of Argentina's Dirty War horrors from those who experienced it firsthand. This term, while in Washington, D.C., we had the privilege to meet with and listen to Iran's Prince Reza Pahlavi. Pahlavi was...