Education and Change

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I'm in China!! by TBB student Hannah Nelson

Video: Poverty in Film in America by TBB alum Lucy Griswold

A Gap Year Program - the perfect opportunity to travel and explore different cultures

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Translations December 2010

Greetings!

For the past month, TBB students have been studying education in China. This month, we want to share thoughts from alumni as well as current students on the issues the group has been considering...

I'm in China!!

Kasha, Hannah, and KcKinley on the Great Wall

by TBB student Hannah Nelson

China. Mulan. Fried rice. Asians! Pei Wei. LOTS of people. People who eat dog. People who speak the amazing language of Chinglish. Communist. This is probably what the average American thinks of when they think of China. And this is kind of what I thought of before I landed in Kunming on November 6th...
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Progress toward $35,000 Challenge Grant

Last month we announced this generous challenge grant from The Rounds Family Foundation. Thinking Beyond Borders will only be awarded this funding if the TBB community contributes another $35,000 by January 31st.
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Changing Education Paradigms

TBB alum Zander Rounds recently passed on this video that relates to many of the issues the group discusses at this point in the curriculum. The video was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA's Benjamin Franklin award. Watch Video

Poverty in Film
in America
by TBB alum Lucy Griswold

TBB alum Lucy Griswold created this video examining the connections between poverty and education for a class called Poverty in Film in America at the University of Texas at Austin.
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A Gap Year Program - the perfect opportunity to travel and explore different cultures

TBB alum Lily Bullitt, currently a student at Kenyon College, recounts her personal experience while taking a gap year with Thinking Beyond Borders in this article for TeenLife. TeenLife is a new media company that helps families and schools to connect middle and high school students with "opportunities beyond school" such as summer programs, community service, classes, jobs, and internships.
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Book Review: First They Killed My Father
by Loung Ung

In Cambodia, between 1975 and 1979, the Khmer Rouge attempted to create a completely agrarian society. In order to do so, they evacuated the cities and sent their inhabitants to the countryside to work in labor camps. So began the genocide that killed two million people, targeting the educated people, previous government officials and anyone who questioned their new society.
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On Saturday TBB students will visit the killing fields in Cambodia. The students have many incredible experiences, but some of the most powerful learning comes from emotionally difficult confrontations with history. We're proud of the students for their commitment to learning about the world around them and to becoming agents of change.

Wishing you peace and happy holidays,

Sandy Pendoley

Co-Founder
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