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An image from Pema's comic How I came to be: an episode of Frederick Douglass' life Some students loathe the word “assessment” and shudder in fear at any mention of the IB. Despite their hesitations, my students managed to build skills for their Written Task Assessments while demonstrating critical engagement with an aspect of a text or topic covered in my IB Language and Literature course. Once again, my students...

While enrolled at THINK Global School, students are encouraged to be creative during the course of their studies and travels. When the students document these thoughts, we are often delighted with the results. In his personal reflection, "Growing up ten minutes from nowhere," 11th grade student Cameron L. writes fondly of his childhood home in the Australian countryside. It was on this rural farm that he was able to take...

While enrolled at THINK Global School, students are encouraged to be creative during the course of their studies and travels. When the students document these thoughts, we are often delighted with the results. In her essay, "I will not hate," 11th grade student Anat A. draws upon her volatile childhood growing up in the occupied Palestinian territories as she asks the question, "I am Palestine's, but am I mine?"  ...

"Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth." -Muhammad Ali HUNGER IS AN IMMENSE ISSUE affecting people in both the United States and the rest of the world. Every 3 seconds, a child dies from hunger-related causes. This past Friday, as a way to act locally on this global issue, the students and staff at THINK Global School participated in the A Day of...

    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...

(Note: The following post originally appeared on Hannah's blog and journal Pomelo Seed. It has been split into two parts on our website, and the first portion can be found here). CATASTROPHIC TRAGEDIES AT SPORTING EVENTS have long been cluttering our history. One in particular stands out to me, in comparison with Monday’s marathon explosion: the cancellation of the 2008 Dakar Rally, a race on precarious terrain, due to threats...

(Note: The following post originally appeared on Hannah's blog and journal Pomelo Seed. It has been split into two parts on our website, and a link can be found to the second portion at the bottom of this page). IN HIS ADDRESS TO THE NATION, particularly to the grief-stricken city of Boston, President Obama said, “On days like these, there are no Republicans or Democrats. We are Americans united in...

The Boston Marathon, just like any official marathon, is the supreme test of an athlete’s ability to sustain the physical, emotional and psychological stresses associated with running 42.195 kilometers or 26 miles and 385 yards. Such a race always produces a number of runners who never cross the finishing line because they have had an accident, have injured themselves or have lost the will to continue having experienced the ultimate...

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...