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The Jaguar Journal is the product of the SCCS Media Literacy class for the 2013-2014 school year comprised by students from ninth through twelfth grade: Gilberto Chavez, Francesca Colanzi, Alexandra Velasco
, Ana Reyes, Vanessa Luna, Tamara Marancenbaum, Fabiana Pena Feeney, Maria Fernanda Flores, Stephanie Vidovic, Rafael Sakuma and Rodrigo Adriazola with the help of Mr. Brody.

Friday, September 20, 2013

The Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins With a Single Step



Mr. Colin Groves showing off a crocodile skull (photo by Gilberto Chavez)
          Mr. Colin Groves, a friendly Canadian who’s always traveling around the world, is a science teacher who has taught in Korea, England, China, and now here in beautiful Santa Cruz. He arrived just a few months ago and he states how much he likes it: “It´s certainly nicer than other places I lived so far, like the weather is really good." You might think he likes to travel and forget everything in the past, but there's more to his story.

           Mr. Groves has enjoyed his life before coming to Bolivia. He says that the hardest part of moving on is leaving all of his good friends and the fun memories behind. He knows he won’t see some of his good friends ever again, but he is now ready to make new friends here in Bolivia.

           The former Biology teacher had wanted to become a teacher almost his entire life. In grade 12 he wanted to become a science teacher because he realized there would be more jobs if he had a science degree. Science was always his first choice. He opened up to us about Santa Cruz and told us the people are friendly and it is really vibrant. “There is lots of music and dancing and parties every night,” is what Mr. Groves tells us.
          It is the first time on  South American ground for Mr. Groves, so traveling around it will be the first things he will do once the school is on vacation. Mr. Groves being a happy, traveling, and friendly person says he wants to meet some new cultures in South America. For example, Argentina, Peru ,and Salar de Uyuni here in Bolivia are a few visits he plans on making.

           As many international teachers, Mr. Colin Groves has a two-year contract. Since he likes to travel a lot, he probably will finish his contract and move to a new city. He chose SCCS because it was the school that interested him the most when he applied for online international schools. Mr. Collin Groves looks forward to having an awesome life experience here in Bolivia, Santa Cruz!
                                                                                           --Gilberto Chavez

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