As I prepare for my January trip to Costa Rica, I have spent much energy researching the country’s history and keeping up with their current events. One article that is of particular interest to me found in the Tico Times newspaper is entitled: Technological World Reaching Costa Rica’s Indigenous Bribri Community. Within this article, the author, Adam Williams, discusses the first high school that will be built for the indigenous Bribri adolescents. Williams writes, “’The Liceo Académico de Sepecue is a model high school for indigenous communities,” an Education Ministry press release stated. “To build it, the elders of the community were consulted on several occasions to determine what type of school would fit the needs of area students and residents.’” It is hard to picture an area in the jungle of Costa Rica that is without opportunity for education past the 6th grade, fortunately the members of the Bribri community will not have to experience this much longer. During my semester in Costa Rica, I hope to have the opportunity to visit the Bribri community and experience this time of excitement about their first high school.
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