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In “Cosmopolitan Greetings,” poet Allen Ginsberg uses snappy sentences to give the reader personal advice. His lack of rhyme scheme and emphasis on stream of consciousness gaps this work from the traditional structure of poetry. I took into consideration the many stylistic devices while writing my emulation "Multicultural Milkshake" for a recent assignment in IB Language & Literature (English). My intention was to give brief advice to students, TGS ones...

His stories are mythical portraits of real-life Latin America. He is a revealer of human truths -- one who chronicles oppression, magic, miracles and love. It was over a year ago when I first introduced my students to renowned Boom writer and political journalist of the 1960s-70s, Gabriel García Márquez. During this time, we would wander through Buenos Aires' bookstores, trying to get a feel for the Latin literary spirit....

With THINK Global School's senior trip to Mt. Kilimanjaro recently concluded, we thought we'd share a few interesting facts about the mountain with you. Whether you are working on a school project or planning a trip to Tanzania yourself, we hope you find these six facts about Mt. Kilimanjaro useful! Fact #1: Kilimanjaro contains 5 unique ecosystems Kilimanjaro is much more than just a mountain: it's five delicate ecosystems all...

The flowering of cherry blossoms trees is a telltale sign that winter's misery is coming to an end in Japan, but it isn't just the cherry blossoms that are undergoing change: springtime in Japan is characteristically marked by change in many facets of life. April 1st, in particular, signals a new start to the government's fiscal year; a new start to the Japanese school year; a new start to many...

The following post was written by newMedia instructor Lindsay Clark as an introduction to our upcoming senior trip in Kenya and Tanzania, where our 12th grade students and a handful of staff and faculty members will attempt to scale Mt. Kilimanjaro. The journey our grade 12s have been on for the last two to four years has been impressive in magnitude, mercurial in tone, and expansive in breadth. Little moments...

Gandhi and the Indian independence movement Podcast Overview: On October 8th, 2013, author and labour historian Dilip Simeon spoke to the students of THINK Global School about Mahatma Gandhi and his rise to the forefront of the Indian independence movement. Over the course of the hour-long question-and-answer session, Mr. Simeon goes into length about Gandhi’s place in history, loyalist hatred towards Gandhi, and how Gandhi managed to bring the Indian...

As increasingly ruthless scenarios play out around the world between dictators and civilians, it becomes difficult to imagine that any country could arrive at democracy without a complicated revolt. Yet in 2008 Bhutan's king, Jigme Wanghuck, accomplished such a feat when he ceded absolute control in favor of the implementation of constitutional democracy. Since then, Bhutan has undergone two parliamentary elections, with the most recent occurring in the summer of...

Yada and her classmates pose during their first term at THINK Global School (2010) The glass breaks, and all that is left are splinters. The world, everything really, is a carefully constructed glass dome where the laws of gravity apply. The "TGS Bubble" is sometimes taken metaphorically, but in many cases we are in a bubble. Because while IAs, IB, IBLL FOAs, and all these abbreviations may seem to be...

"Nothing is impossible when you appeal to the human soul with genuine cause" -Urmi Basu Over the last two years, events have transpired in India that have raised alarming questions about life for the women living here. The UNDP's 2013 Human Development Report shows that in terms of gender inequality in South Asia, only women living in Afghanistan have it worse than in India. Even noticeably poorer countries such as...