“Schools are failing to prepare students for the future!” shouts every progressive educationalist to ever step on a TED stage in the 21st century. The world’s most renowned thought leaders have reinforced this bleak narrative, begging schools to step up and tackle reform. Our Failing Schools. Enough is Enough! Geoffrey Canada cries. Ken Robinson provokes, Do Schools Kill Creativity? As teachers, we’ve heard it before and we’ll hear it again…...
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Parents that are interested in worldschooling but lack the ability to pack everything up and hit the road themselves might be interested in THINK Global School, the world’s first traveling high school. Each year THINK Global School travels to four different countries, providing its students with an exceptional...
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This year we asked you to nominate ambassadors from each class to represent you in the Alumni Network. A vote was then taken by each class and the following ambassadors were chosen: 2014: Charis Smuthkochorn 2015: Hannah Cho 2016: Cameron Shetler Your ambassadors will serve a two year term, starting January 1, 2017 and their tasks will include the following: Attend three Alumni Network virtual planning meetings per year Help...
Read MoreIt is that time of year again… and WE WANT YOU! THINK Global School is excited to announce the Symposium Scholar grant opportunity for one alum to participate in the 2017 Symposium as part of the 2017 Commencement activities. The Symposium Scholar will be granted a full travel stipend covering roundtrip airfare to our 2017 host location of Vancouver, Canada, as well as accommodation provisions and a ticket to the...
Read MoreWhat uni are you currently attending? Junior at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY What is your major/minor? I am a Studio Art Major, my concentration being in Communication design and secondary concentration in Photography. What clubs/groups/activities are you affiliated with? I am in a sketch comedy club called The Sketchies and an improv comedy club called The Ad-libs. I am a peer health educator on campus which basically means...
Read MoreWhen I first learned half a year ago that I would be hiking the Inca Trail, there were no words to describe my feeling of ecstasy. Not only were we going to one of the world's seven modern wonders, but we were also being given the opportunity to complete a five-day variation of the Inca Trail -- possibly a life-altering experience. From that point on the news stuck with me,...
Read MoreSouth America is home to many spectacular sights, both natural and manmade, but few -if any- capture the imagination and test the limits of visitors like Peru’s Machu Picchu. After taking part in the Inca Trek this fall, 11th grader Amy E. assessed her own experiences and compiled the following pieces of advice for anyone else planning on undertaking the hike of a lifetime. 1. Do not hike the Inca Trail...
Read MoreThe last minute packing of hopes and dreams and clean socks into a suitcase that threatened to spill over twenty three kilos wasn’t a new experience. I’d crammed enough times to know that I did not need four pairs of black jeans, but that I did need my birkenstocks. Because you learn that it doesn’t matter how Nico looks at you when you wear ‘socks and stocks’ - it’s your...
Read MoreWhile in Peru, Breanna Reynolds' humanities students selected a SPEED (social, political, environmental, economic, or demographic) factor to study in depth. In looking at the environmental factors Peruvians face, 10th grader Harry W wrote the short story "The Tree," which exposes deforestation and is told from the narrative view of a tree itself. Decades of existence within the woods enlightened me to treat every living form as one amongst us,...
Read MoreIt had been almost an hour, and due to the chilly morning breeze, the weather was quickly becoming unbearable. Having no other option, I waited patiently, but there were no signs of relief as I could hardly sense any movement on the road. With mixed feelings of excitement and nervousness, I stood there thinking about the long day ahead. “Will I adjust to my new urban environment?” “Can I compete...
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