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Ecuador 1: The Center of the World

“New York is not the center of the world; we just think we are.  It’s the center of reacting to the world.”

An author and editor at a Barnard panel discussion said something like that when I first got back from China.  I think she’s right, and that is what makes it fantastic.

With a new (/newly refurbished) Nikon D40 camera and the chance to step into one of the most bizarrely wonderful wedding encounters of my life, here are some shots from the reactionary center a few days before leaving it again. Then, in those first few days in Quito, it was a joy to reach the real center of the world (la mitad del mundo, i.e. the equator).  Pictures for now, story to follow . . .

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(Part II) The True Story of How Mario Could Not Afford School, Met the President, Learned English, and Found Nearly-Free Rent in New York City

(Continued from last week’s post)


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Part II: Graduate School

Mario called everyone.  Nobody could or would help him, not at that price.

As a foreign national, he was not eligible for U.S. financial aid.  One of his friends told him to talk to the school deans.  He did; they could offer a little by way of grants, but not much and certainly not enough.

For two weeks, he talked to everyone he could — students, professors, admissions staff.  He got nothing.

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