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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“The days are long but the years are short”
Rachel Teevens
2013-08-29
Its been 5 days since I left home for California. I can honestly say that Wednesday morning in the airport I felt horrible. I had said my goodbyes and I sat alone while I waited for my flight. I was nervous, scared and even second guessing my decision. “It’s only 8 months. If I hate...
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my first attempt at entertaining you
William Kershner
2013-08-29
My name is William Kershner and after living in Palo Alto, CA for eighteen years, I’ll be living in Ecuador for one year. Compared to everyone else from Palo Alto nothing in my life has been unique…until now… I’ve progressed through thirteen years of public education with plans to attend a four year college. I’m...
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Procrastination
Russell Gens
2013-08-29
I am a born procrastinator. Projects are saved for the last minute, homework left untouched until sunday night, even this post was pushed back until mere hours before fall training. That is not however, how I feel about my upcoming bridge year. This isn’t some elaborate plot to escape the threat of summer reading, nor...
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My Perfect Year
Sarai Patterson
2013-08-29
When people ask where I’m from, I’m not exactly sure what to say because I feel like I’m from so many places and people and experiences. I am from sweet California lemons, rusty swing sets, and mudcastles, but I am just as much a part of the harsh Utah desert. I am from sharp red...
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Heading out, not moving in
Isaiah Fischer-Brown
2013-08-29
Today, rather than unpacking in my dorm, I am packing for my year in Ecuador. Tomorrow is not my first day of class, but the day I leave for Fall Training in California, and the start of my Global Citizen Year. After helping my friends move in to college, I initially felt left out, like...
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Hushing the SHOULD’s
Aitran Doan
2013-08-29
“Only 1% of human beings are able to attend college—any college—even the worst one in the remotest area of the world”(100People.org) This statistic haunted me from the very beginning of the college process because I knew college was not my next stop. But what was? I should go to college. I should go for my...
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Event Success!!
Edward Katz
2013-08-20
My yard sale/bake sale fundraiser went so well!! Raised over $325!! Thank all of you who were able to donate to the sale, it couldn’t have happened without you. Of course I can’t forget to thank everyone who purchased from the sale as well. I am really happy with the success of the sale, I...
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On Global Citizen Year
Medhane-Alam Olushola
2013-08-20
To be completely honest, I was not completely enamored or enticed by the idea of taking a gap year for a very very very long time. My mother is the type of mother that reads parenting books and does research into what will be the best for the raising of a child, and since I...
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Estoy Lista.
Madeline Lisaius
2013-08-14
Recently, I have been thinking about give-and-take. To get the “Debbie-Downer” material out of the way, I fractured my arm and have been somewhat puzzled by it. A year ago, I probably would have been angry, sullen, and all “why me?” about the break. But when a member at the gym I worked at gave me that stereotypical concerned...
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