The bizarre aspect about coming down to Texas is the periodic and reoccurring reminder that I’ve come down here for a year. This is not college. Not a place where investment occurs individually; but rather, through, within, and with a community. We are 4 in total. Two are from Michigan: circa Detroit. The other: Pennsylvania. The Michiganders are engaged. The young man from Penn is young: 18. All of us are at distinct points in our lives. We all have come into this program with different motivations and goals. David has just graduated Reddington High School, in Reddington, PA. Born in Guatemala, his parents are former Mennonite missionaries. I was sick of the whole school thing, he said. I want to go on to college, and will begin to write those essays soon. But, toward the
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