WHEN GOING FARIN(FOREIGN) WAS AN EXCURSION
WHEN GOING FARIN (FOREIGN) WAS AN EXCURSION Harry Bissoon 1/19/2022 In the 60's and early 70s, before the catastrophic effects of the economic turbulence that precipitated the vagaries of black gold, leaving the shores of my country of birth, Guyana, was an adventure. It was a time when the village didn't only raise you, but got involved with you at events and occasions that should have been private and personal. In the early 70s myself and three other colleagues applied to a college in New York City, to pursue our education in specific fields of choice. We were all school teachers at the time. We all got 18 months multiple student visas. Our families were excited! The Village was excited! Extensive preparations were made. Many of the villagers visited our families, offering advice to us, and cautioned that we, the four of us, stick together, once we got to New York. The big day eventually came when we had to travel to the airport! Three big buses we...