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It’s easy to mine the land and fish the seas and get rich. . .Yet we believe you cannot have a prosperous nation in the long run that does not conserve its natural environment or take care of the well-being of its people, which is being borne out by what is happening to the outside world. -Thakur Singh Powdyel, Bhutan’s minister of education The 2012-13 school year represents a sea...

IN AN EFFORT TO deeply understand our host country, I chose to teach a unit on cultural identity to both the 9th and 10th grade classes. In Global Studies class, students studied Argentine identity through the lenses of Tango, futbol, and the iconic gaucho. Throughout each of these three lenses, the students gained an appreciation of Argentine passion, individuality, machismo. Field trips were selected and organized by Yosefa Gilon, Logistics...

THIS PAST FRIDAY, we went on an amazing, artistic adventure to expand our knowledge of Street Art right here in Argentina. This form of art is everywhere in Buenos Aires -- on the sides of buildings, the sidewalks, and just about anywhere else you can think of. Street Art became popular in Argentina in the 1950s and the 1960s, but it took a hit in the 1970s and 1980s due...

By making a few searches for Colonia Del Sacramento, Uruguay in Google, we’re able to see blog posts and articles from people who declare Colonia as the heaven of old cars. Some even suggest that they have more antique cars than Cuba. The big question is if it’s true or not, but I, along with anyone who has ever set foot in Colonia, can assure you of the fact that...

ONE OF THE DISTINCT BENEFITS for students attending THINK Global School is the integration of our weXplore program into their curriculum. This provides students with an opportunity to conceptualize ideas in the classroom before immersing themselves into their surroundings where they can gain firsthand experience. In both the classroom setting and time spent out in the field our faculty and students are encouraged to integrate technology into the mix, resulting...

Regardless of which continent you are on, one surefire destination guaranteed to attracts throngs of backpacked travelers, curious locals and members of the scientific community are the thundering waterfalls that checker many countries. Even remote Antarctica is home to the five-story Blood Falls, a waterfall that eerily resembles the scene of a very grisly (and large) murder scene due to the water's high salinity and rich iron content.    ...

This semester in grade 9 and 10 mathematics we have focused on understanding the properties and graphs of certain types of functions including linear and quadratic functions. In our unit on quadratic functions, students were taught various methods of both graphing and solving these functions and were introduced to situations where quadratic functions could be used for modeling purposes. The culmination of this unit on quadratics allowed for our students...

IN ENGLISH CLASS, we were able to further our study of how best to memorialize the past by comparing a literature classic, Homer’s The Odyssey, with Argentina’s cultural epic poem, Martin Fierro. The style of a cultural epic memorializes the past by capturing a snapshot of a culture’s habits and beliefs from a certain point in time. The Odyssey captured the values and norms of Greek culture. We were able...

ON OCTOBER 20TH, over 10,000 skateboarders rallied up in Plaza de Mayo to protest against not having enough space to skateboard in Buenos Aires. I was fortunate enough to partake in the public rally, and it was clear what the demonstrators were demanding. A skateboarding protestor named Augustin stated, “We want more space to practice. The city is full of bike lanes, but for skaters there is almost nothing.” This...

SPRINGTIME IN ARGENTINA proves the saying that "birds fly south for the winter." This time of year not only sees warmer temperatures and afternoon showers refilling countryside waterholes, but also the return of hundreds of various avian species from across the Americas. It is prime time for local bird fanatics to get outside and seek out these magnificent species. Luckily for TGS, we have made an excellent friend, David Thompson....