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. Below you can find the reflections of our Bhutanese ninth grader Gawa, who intertwines a story from her youth with the beauty of flowers. For once, no flowers. I suppose I have lived a fairly fruitful life...
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On the very first day of classes in Cuenca, Ecuador, 9th grade students read an excerpt from from The Native American Broadcasting System, which begins with the line "I am the essence of Pow-Wow." Students were tasked to write their own "I am" poems. Fast forward to this week in Thailand, where 9th-grader Russell was looking back at old work for material while writing his memoir. He found this artifact...
Read More“Ow! Why in the world did I bring heels!” utters Alice, leaning against the wall as we climb up the stairs. Her hair is pinned up, her make-up impeccable. I look down at my own red, three-inch, suede ones. They stuck out from the black and white flats in the crowd. Carrying a briefcase and a backpack, everyone trudges to the different committee rooms. A nervous chatter fills the...
Read MoreLAST SATURDAY was an eventful day. Together, Gawa, Ambika, and I formed a tennis tournament within a week's time! We had twelve people participating through out the whole tournament. We decided to create doubles teams and split them up into two different pools. In the end we had our final match under the lights: Ambika & Liam vs. Gawa & Gijs. Battling for third place, we had Willem &...
Read MoreTGS tenth grader Charis recently turned in an insightful report based on the short story "Priscilla the Cambodian", which details the ever-looming cloud of prejudice that hangs over Cambodians living in Thailand today. The report can be found in its final draft below: Prejudice cannot see the things that are because it is always looking for things that aren’t. -Unknown. THE WORLD WE LIVE IN is inhabited by...
Read MoreMaya, a class of 2015 student from Sweden, reflects on a recent weXplore opportunity to visit the Palong hill tribe in Chiang Dao, Thailand. THE FIRST THING WE SAW of the community was a bridge. A home-built, rough bridge made of thick trunks and tree planks. It was one of those bridges you don’t really know what to expect from, but as you walk on it is surprisingly stable. I...
Read MoreClass of 2014 student Yada P. reports on a lecture event with Tony Wagner, a renowned educator focused on transforming education for the 21st century. Yada describes his visiting presence at THINK Global School in Thailand and points from the presentation, found below for viewing and download. WE HAD SEEN HIM in the back of the class, walking around, watching us. With a shock of peppered white hair and a...
Read MoreGrade 9 student Isaac F. spent his winter break transforming his photographic content from Ecuador into powerful graphics with a voice and a mission. This initiative is not uncharacteristic of this young man who created a t-shirt design company at the age of 11. Here are excerpts and images from his blog, Inner Monologues. Although I’ve had a great life so far, I felt like a part of me is...
Read MoreAs an end-of-term trip, TGS went to give something back to the country that had given us so much. High up in the highlands of Ecuador, in a tiny province named Chimborazo, a Canadian charity NGO has set itself a goal. Its main goal is to free children from oppression. In the West, that means empowering children to take on the responsibility to change the world. However, in developing countries...
Read MoreMaría Virginia Farinango is a co-author of the grade 10 summer reading assignment in 2011. The students were fortunate enough to witness the muse and co-author of this moving story in person. Yada notes her highlights from the lecture. IT WAS HER DREAM for her story to be told. After meeting Laura Resau in a university where she was learning English, they became friends and began the talks that would...
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