Word: hereness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Most students endure Harvard classes so that they can work one day. Luis Alberto endures his Harvard work so that he can study here. His job as a dining hall employee at Kirkland and Eliot House allows him to study at the extension only $40 dollars a semester and pursue...
"What I get here is just above minimum wage so I pursue other ways to make money," he said in Spanish. "I'm not studying the way I want. I want to work less and study more." To supplement his income he invests in the stock market. "I've been...
The renovation of the Kirkland and Eliot dining halls, widely lauded by students, has made work even more difficult for Alberto. "Now there's no room to move around. They took away space. And the plates are much, much heavier," he said. "We have it hard here already because we...
Alberto works Thursday to Monday from 11:45 a.m. to 8:45 p.m. On Monday and Thursday mornings, he takes a class in English composition at the extension school. He drives a limousine for Commonwealth Limousine Service on his two days off to the airport, hotels, New Hampshire and other...
Luis easily articulates differences between his former and current countries. "In the United States, people work all the time. They even think about work in their sleep. You can't take time off to go fishing, like you can in El Salvador." He added, "The United States is number one...