Fellow Stories
True gap year stories from Fellows abroad!
Check out the latest blogs from Global Citizen Year Fellows in Brazil, Ecuador, and India!
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Finally, My Explanation
Rosie Fitzsimmons
2014-09-17
At the beginning of the year, I had my mind set on making the more practical choice and going to community college whilst living at home. Now I’m going to be living in another country for the next 7 months. Nowadays the huge expense of college has convinced our generation that no time can be...
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My ‘exceptional’ first few weeks
Lindsay Saligman
2014-09-12
If I were to describe my first few weeks in one word that word would be ‘exceptional’. Be careful: By exceptional I don’t mean wonderful or perfect or exceeding my expectations in absolute blow-my-mind-into-a-million-pieces-ness. What I mean by exceptional is, characterized by exceptions: things that are unusual or not as one would expect them to...
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Learning to Drink Coffee
Elizabeth Schmidt
2014-09-11
It has been a week since I moved in with my Dakar host family. I came home Sunday afternoon to a room full of suitcases, soon to be packed and sent off to France with half of the family. When my grandmother first brought me home, most of the adults were preoccupied with packing so...
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Impact
David Jenkins
2014-09-10
During our time in Stanford we were required to define what impact meant to us. The immediate thought that came to my mind is head trauma. This is a physical impact and not the correct intention of the seminar, but was the only kind type that I could truly relate to. I remember when my...
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Tudo Bem
Myriam Sitterson
2014-09-10
The other night, as I was getting ready to go to sleep, I heard a familiar sound from outside my bedroom door — “Luiza, não ande descalça!” (“Luiza, don’t walk around barefoot!”) It was my host mom, Luciana, telling her daughter to put socks on. It’s nearing the end of winter here in Brazil, and...
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Baby Steps
Alice Brower
2014-09-08
When I saw the Philippines vs. Senegal basketball game on the TV in my families’ home, my cheeks moved into a consuming smile and happy tears sprung to my eyes. Because culture shock ain’t no joke. My life in Senegal is hard to undersand. Wolof sounds like everyone is playing a practical joke on me and...
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404 Error (Español)
Jose Cruz
2014-09-08
Nota: La mayoría de mis blogs saldrán unos 10-14 días después del dia que los escribí. Esto se debe principalmente a mi poco acceso al internet y al tiempo que toma revisar y aprobar mis escrituras. Escribí esto durante una noche de insomnio en mi segunda noche en Senegal. Es un poco largo, así que...
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Jose Cruz
2014-09-08
Note: Most of my blogs will be uploaded about 10-14 days after I actually wrote them. This is due to several factors, the main ones being: lack of access to internet, and the revision and approval of my blog. I wrote this in a night of insomnia on my second day in Senegal. It is...
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Cena Especial
Jose Cruz
2014-09-07
Tengo dos otros blogs sobre mi tiempo en entrenamiento que están en el proceso de ser completados, pero después de hoy, siento la necesidad de romper el orden cronologico que quise mantener para mi blog. Escribo estas palabras en la tarde de 25 de agosto de 2014. ¡Saludos! Sé que muchos de ustedes quieren saber...
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