Fellow Stories
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Coincidences
Jack Swartzentruber
2019-03-20
[image: f793543d-319c-4b49-9900-11480ddb6ab2 (1).JPG] Sometimes, life presents us with coincidences and connections that almost seem unbelievable. At the beginning of my time in India, my host mom told me that she was going to take a three-week trip to the United States and Canada, both to see family and for work purposes (she works for an...
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A Day in Hyderabad
Jack Swartzentruber
2019-03-20
A Day in Hyderabad Here’s a quick snapshot of an average day of my life in Hyderabad. 7:00 am Every day I wake up at 7 am to do my morning chores. Usually my job is to walk over to the hibiscus tree nearby to our house and pick the flowers that my family uses...
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About hikes and travels
Lynn Drescher
2019-03-19
Here are some pictures summarizing nature explorations, the Carnaval in Laguna, trips to Curitiba and the waterfalls in Iguaçu.
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The calm during the storm
Aissatou Tagaty Badio
2019-03-19
March 2019 I wanna go home. It is 9:03 AM. I am sitting down in the middle of my room, looking at my screen. I just paused my music to listen to the birds’ singing. The melody is sereine, ecstatic and it gives me a sense of melancholy. It’s cold, no, it’s freezing, and I...
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10 things I wish they told me before coming to Khombole
Aissatou Tagaty Badio
2019-03-19
February 2019 1. Senegalese summers are hot, and when I say hot, I mean waking up dripping in sweat at 3 AM because there was a power cut and your lovely fan stopped working. 2. There is some kind of “winter” in here. It gets very cold and windy during late nights and early mornings....
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My mom, a culture of her own
Ariella Brodie-Weisberg
2019-03-19
The way I am Debora’s daughter is nothing like I am my mother’s daughter. In California I am the daughter of a woman who has seen me develop since birth, who can pull memories like tarot cards that explain the confusions I often bring to her. I’m an intense kid, she’s an intense woman. She...
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An Unforgettable Apprenticeship
Andrew Chen
2019-03-18
Today I’ll be discussing my apprenticeship community, schedule, and environment. Over the past few months, I’ve been working as a teaching assistant with Teach for India at a local government primary school, which serves kids from Jr. KG (equivalent to Pre-K back in the US) to 7th Standard. Upon graduating, students need to find another...
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An Every Day Bus Ride
Elizabeth Farrell
2019-03-18
It’s sometime in the afternoon and it feels like its a million degrees outside because there’s no shade and my only companion is the concrete surrounding me. Eventually, I make it to the bus stop. In my neighbourhood, choosing a bus stop isn’t very difficult. All I need to know is which direction I’m headed...
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Phoebe Shea Perez
2019-03-18
[Note: this entry was originally sent to Wellesley in an email as a gap year update, but I thought it fitting to post here as well since it encompasses so much of my sojourn in Senegal thus far.] To the Wellesley Dean of Admission, I hope this email finds you well. I apologise for sending...
Read MoreNorth India Adventure
Khalil Laltoo
2019-03-18
Travel with me and Faith as we explore some of the most historic and beautiful places in North India! Link to vlog: https://youtu.be/tu2qL16eLbc
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On Control (or lack thereof)
Maya Foster
2019-03-17
Our brains are pattern recognition machines, fine tuned to process our surrounding stimuli and create predictions and respond appropriately. When we are given stimuli A and B, we are inclined to respond with action C, as opposed to any other letter. We are constantly intaking, analyzing, and synthesizing, all faster than a supercomputer and on...
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Joana Mouzinho
2019-03-17
Estatuto Do Homem por Thiago de Melo Santiago de Chile, Abril 1964 Artigo I Fica decretado que agora vale a verdade. agora vale a vida, e de mãos dadas, marcharemos todos pela vida verdadeira. Artigo II Fica decretado que todos os dias da semana, inclusive as terças-feiras mais cinzentas, têm direito a converter-se em manhãs...
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