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Translations November 2010
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Greetings!
"If only you could see the place... If only you could feel the place." Those are words from TBB student Maddie Peterson's blog that give me goose bumps. She's talking about the connection she made with the host community where she lived and worked last month in Los Naranjos, Ecuador. She's talking about the change she felt after just one month living with this community. There is something so powerful and exciting about that...
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Farewell, Sweat and SNOW! 
by TBB Student Maddie Peterson
It's now been two days since we departed from Los Naranjos, and I already miss it very much. If you had told me I would feel that way on the day that I arrived, I would have said you were crazy. How ignorant was I? Now five weeks later, I miss my family and miss my friends. All they had to offer me was care, concern, and community, but are there any greater gifts than these? Surrounded by this love, I had came to appreciate so much my existence in the jungle - so relaxed, so loved, so appreciated for just being me.
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 TBB Offered $35,000 Challenge Grant!
Thinking Beyond Borders is honored to announce that The Rounds Family Foundation has offered a $35,000 Challenge Grant to the TBB community put this goal within reach! Here's why they felt compelled to offer this leadership:
The Rounds Family Foundation is in complete support of Thinking Beyond Borders, its mission, and its exceptional work. TBB was a transformational experience for Zander and our family. The Foundation recognizes this as a critical moment for TBB, and is thrilled to offer this challenge grant to help ensure the organization's sustainability and growth. We look forward to a time 20 years from now when TBB trained leaders will be making a huge impact on important global issues.
This funding will only be awarded if the TBB community contributes the other $35,000 needed by January 31st.
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 More U.S. students taking 'gap year' break
By Tanya Mohn, msnbc.com
With long days of AP classes, evenings and weekends overloaded with homework and extracurricular activities, endless studying for SATs and ACTs, filling out college applications and writing the dreaded college essays, it's high-stress time for many high school seniors.
"I would like to see gap year become a primary component to how we view education in the states," said Chris Stakich, one of the co-directors of USA Gap Year Fairs, and co-founder of Thinking Beyond Borders, an international program that focuses on global development issues. "I never met a student who said he regretted taking a gap year. The opportunities are endless." Full Story
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Tod and Linda Chmar, TBB supporters and parents of inaugural TBB student, Ian Chmar '09, have opened a new fine arts venue in Santa Fe, NM: The Chmar Gallery. The gallery has become a for-profit partner to our organization by agreeing to donate, during their inaugural year of operations, 5% of the price of any artwork purchase made by individuals associated with TBB, directly back to TBB. Please visit their gallery in Santa Fe, or online at www.thechmargallery.com.
The Chmar Gallery, 125 Lincoln Ave., Suite 114, Santa Fe, NM 87501. |
Book Review: Oracle Bonesby Peter Hessler
China is...well...really difficult to describe. It's nearly impossible to pick up a newspaper or magazine these days without finding a story about it. We receive snippets about China's economy, pollution, energy policy, human rights record, Olympic aspirations, and transition from Communism to Market-Socialism. Peter Hessler's National Book Award winning Oracle Bones takes us beyond this surface level into the reality of day-to-day Chinese life. However, it's not just about the present day. Hessler takes us deeper by interweaving thousands of years of Chinese history into his illustrations of the people of modern China. By providing intimate portraits of the elite, the urban middle class, and the folks of small rural communities, and making the historical connections among these communities, he goes beyond just cross sections of society and creates an accessible, inter-woven narrative of the yesterday, today, and tomorrow of China. With a unique narrative voice, Hessler creates a seamless interplay of historical analysis, journalistic reporting, and personal observations. It is engaging from beginning to end.
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The students completed their hike to Machu Picchu and are now in China. What does Maddie have to say about that? "I've only been here a week, but I already know that my horizons will be expanded here as much as they were in Ecuador."
Yes, these are exciting times for Thinking Beyond Borders. We have a lot to be thankful for this season. We hope you feel it, too. We hope you stay in touch and help us meet the challenges ahead.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Sandy Pendoley
Co-Founder
Thinking Beyond Borders
www.thinkingbeyondborders.org
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