BY THE TIME THE SOVIETS arrived in Berlin in 1945, much of it had been bombed by the Allies. The Soviets appropriated the telephone exchanges, streetcars, and anything else that was useful in Moscow, leaving the city a skeleton. Once the city was divided, the architects began the rebuilding process and were eager to create buildings that would leave a legacy. What was once known as Stalin Allee is...
Read MoreRecent
WHILE ENROLLED at THINK Global School, students are encouraged to be introspective during the course of their studies and travels. When the students document these thoughts, we are often delighted with the results. Grade 10 student Jawed filmed the following video during a weXplore excursion to Mount Wank in Bavaria, Germany. Jawed uses the imagery surrounding him to create a compelling case for self-reflection. Whether you are sitting at home...
Read MoreSome schools offer trips abroad, even semesters abroad. Think Global School students live abroad. Joann McPike explains the concept and workings of the school she founded. Joann McPike, the founder of THINK Global School, graciously answered some questions which I posed about the school…
Read More
GLOBAL STUDIES TEACHER Andrew McLean and World Literature teacher Irene Krugman coordinated a visit to the Wannsee Haus where the conference for the Final Solution took place. At the Wannsee conference, Hitler's top officers developed the document that led to the death of millions of Jews.
Read MoreAPPLYING TO COLLEGE is a difficult process, and it’s often impossible to understand what goes on inside the minds of admissions officers. Story to College—an organization whose mission is to aid students’ writing of college essays through the creative process of storytelling—visited us last weekend to help our students find unique stories that will guide them through the college process and beyond. TGS students already wrote personal memoirs in Thailand,...
Read MoreThis poem is about what I saw during the scavenger hunt in Berlin. There were padlocks with engraved names everywhere. Apparently, lovers put them there and throw the key in the river to represent their unbreakable and everlasting love. An engraving, permanent and everlasting, will weather the storms, and prevail through the howling winds. A padlock, though is seemingly interminable. Two beings step out of a fairytale, one...
Read MoreTHE 25TH OF APRIL has been described by some as the birth of two nations: Australia and New Zealand. When the ANZACs were sent onto the beach at Gallipoli, no one foresaw the nationalism that would arise in the Antipodes. Those that had emigrated from Great Britain—whether forced or otherwise—saw that perhaps Britain wasn't so great after all. This established national identities of loyalty, self determination, egalitarianism and hard...
Read MoreWhile enrolled at THINK Global School, students are encouraged to be introspective during the course of their studies and travels. When the students document these thoughts, we are often delighted with the results. Below you can find the reflections of our grade 10 student from Thailand, Yada, who provides a stirring poem detailing the consequences that result from war. Silence Silence snakes its way through our words The courageous,...
Read MoreSaskia Neuman, freelance curator and art critic, recently visited TGS to work with students on collage and media in Creative Arts class. What a great experience... Having never met the students before the day of the class, I was actually quite nervous. Cecile had told me a lot about them, how everyone is incredibly inquisitive, open minded, and determined. I started with a brief historical background about collage, then moved on...
Read More