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I choose Music, Dance, and self defence to represent capoeira, because I believe they are the essence and back bone of the rhythm.  They add to capoeira instead of distract you from it. Capoeira is a dance and rhythm that comes from Brazil. The rhythm of capoeira is UUU-UUU- The name for capoeira I found [...]

Welcome to GCE Voices Site from the GCE Interns. We’re both very excited about starting our GCE adventure. On this site we’ll post our experiences working at this exceptional high school in Chicago!

In June 2012, we hosted our first Train the Trainer program.  Please read the following testimonials from participants: Outside of the [Global Peace (GP)] course, I just want to send my encouragement to you and the GCE family to continue to experiment, and load the rest of your curriculum with WHATs and HOWs that adhere [...]

For my Forbidden Books course, I read Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut to understand the depth psychology behind independent education and philosophy of the way cultures view life’s meanings. The proposals this novel made regarding the perspectives of life and religion were seen as negative content on many accounts of schools from the late 1960′s [...]