We had the opportunity to visit a rural high school today, the Colegio Tecnico Profesional de Guacimo, in Guacimo, Costa Rica, the heart of the rainforest. It was very interesting to contrast their education system to ours in the states, from everything about national educational policy to how teachers teach and run their classrooms. Students attend 200 days of school a year, from Feb through Dec. School starts at 7am and ends at 4:15pm but many students travel from as far away as 2 hours, having to catch the bus at 5am and only getting home after 6pm. Long days for sure!
The school I visited had an emphasis on agro-ecology as well as ecotourism. They grow many plants at the school and have the students oversee their care. In so many ways though the students were just like my students in Alaska: love their iPods, some very shy, some very out-going and the life of the party. A very worthwhile experience visiting the schools!
A nice moth right near the sleeping quarters...roughly 3" across.
This tree amazed me, so full, so lush and just a carbon dioxide eating machine.
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