Category: Students

That’s a pretty hard question. Six months ago, I probably would have said that it was just an array of tools I used from time to time to finish special school work. Now that I’m in TGS, technology is life. It’s what’s going to help me get from A to B on homework. It’s my connection to the outside world. It’s my salvation when I don’t feel like talking to...

This is the fourth post in the series about TGS' trip to Kangaroo Island. IT WAS VERY WINDY on Saturday. We had a nice sleep-in before leaving to go to Flinders National Park. This park is named after Matthew Flinders, the English explorer who founded Kangaroo Island. We sat in the bus looking out while Rob told us about the bush fire this park had. The bush fire burned a...

The post is second in a series about the trip to Kangaroo Island. It was cloudy and windy during breakfast. But after an hour when we got out of the van in the north of the Kangaroo Island it was hot and sunny. We arrived at Rare Breeds Farm - first of its kind, there are unique domestic animals, which are threatened with extinction. It could seem weird that domestic...

A reflection on the Sydney Harbor Bridge climb from a student's perspective. Click here for other points of view on the climb from TGS student bloggers. A view from atop the Sydney Harbor Bridge Let me just tell you this before you keep on reading; heights not only scare me, they scare the.. err.. let's say feces since this is for school. This day started like any other day: morning...

Click here for other points of view on the climb from TGS student bloggers. It's really quite something to see the entire world, or at least the harbor, unfurl before you. Being suddenly blinded by the sunlight as you emerge from the shielded network of ladders and wires. Having rushing, swirling water underneath you where "Sydney Bridge" gray steel before covered. Wind lapping at your hair; a silent threat. You...

A reflection on the Sydney Harbor Bridge climb from a student's perspective. Click here for other points of view on the climb from TGS student bloggers. 6 million hand driven rivets. That's all that hold together the Sydney Harbor Bridge. From 1928 to 1932, over 52,000 tons of steel were use to create the crown jewel of Sydney. As we trudged over the great arches, strapped to the steel wiring,...

A TGS student highlights some of the activities and experiences that take place in "a week in the life," including the trip to Åre. This week seemed like a typical TGS week. Everyone was getting excited about the prospect of going home, but we were still trying to focus on our classes at the beginning of the week. Monday was very normal, having Global Studies, where we began to discuss what...

I had so much fun in Åre. It's not just because I went snow shoeing or dog sledding in the first winter I've had with snow. It's more than Guitar Hero, meeting the reindeer, and the hike. The highlight of my trip to Åre would actually be me getting to appreciate nature. Just looking outside the window in the train - that was beautiful. I've never seen snow until this...

TGS students take turns journaling their activities and experiences with their classmates. Read all journal posts here. A week in the life of Think Global School students In Monday's science class, we had a guest speaker Malin Ah-King, from the Center for Gender Research at Uppsala University. She talked about gender differences in animal species. Later that day, we gave our Global Studies presentations in class. We each compared the...

I WAS BROUGHT UP in a school system when every day was more or less routine. Morning assemblies where the Principal talked and talked without bothering to even find out if we were listening. Classes were no different - teachers talked, we listened passively and everything was so predictable. But coming to TGS was like entering another world all together. Each hour, day and week was different and I cannot...