During Module 9, I was very interested in learning about the Cloud Forest School, which is located in Costa Rica. Because this is a school that is centered around broadening the views that students have for the various characteristics of the outdoors, I wanted to focus on this school for my journal entry about environmental education. One of the aspects of this school that I found to be the most intriguing was that the educators wanted to help the students care for the outside world and have an interest in ensuring its safety from harm. Although this school is not in the United States, I feel that this message is especially important here due to our being so focused on our own lives and goals that we do not often think about the damage that can potentially take place in the forests, rivers and other non-residential and non-commercial locations of this country. Therefore, I feel that a school such as the Cloud Forest School would be good in more rural areas of this country, where students can learn about mathematics and reading while still forming a concern for their surroundings.
The second message that this school offered and that I thought was intriguing was that this school hopes to teach the children who attend it how to cope a world that is centered around businesses in relation to the needs of the outside world. This interested me because of the fact that, when these children become adults, they will probably be employed by businesses, and these businesses may or may not be considerate of the outside world that surrounds them. The Cloud Forest School most likely prepares students for this future by teaching them to advocate for the outside world through telling their employers about its rights and needs. I thus feel that these types of schools have excellent curricula due to their focus on the connection between the realities of adulthood employment and the importance of the outside world.
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