Another first class: US/Cuban relations. Our teacher, Rosa, was wonderful. I haven’t this much fun in a history class since high school and I took 7 pages of single-spaced typed notes to show for it. Now, I’m left with a brain full of new information and a reading list to the ceiling.
At two, we had a visit to the Escuela Latino America del Medicino. Scholarship students from all over Latin America (and even some from the United States) come to Cuba for a rigorous seven-year program in medicine. They spend three years at the school in classes, and then four years dispersed in practice in all the provinces of Cuba. All of it is free for the students. I REALLY wish I were interested in medical biology or being a doctor.
Oh! Also, in the evening we went to a public neighborhood election and after we walked our friend from CESEU home and talked over tea. I think people in the United States aren’t fully aware that Cuba is a democracy. I, certainly, was a bit misconceived.
About Me
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- I'm a student originally from Portland, Maine. I've taken a few semesters off in the process of completing my undergraduate career at Tufts University. Island Hopping is a blog devoted to my time here in Bermuda. I am doing a research internship at BIOS, the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences. It describes a little bit of my research woes and triumphs and serves as a venue for comparisons I draw between Bermuda and Cuba, where I recently spent three months. Last semester I studied abroad in Havana. Though Cuba is physically very close to the United States, current restrictions make it very difficult to access for Americans. I hope Havana, Cuba and 1950s Chevrolets can offer a glimpse of my life in Havana to anyone interested. Email me with any suggestions, and I don't profess to be a writer so i'm sorry if I ramble.
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