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I could never say enough about the long
lines we had to endure to go to the bathroom and how cold it was for us when that
trickle of water landed on us, all this with a
cool breeze hitting our heads. None of the
showers I recall had ceilings.

the aforementioned possibilities. They depended on public transportation and generally arrived at lunchtime or after, even if
they left their homes super early. So, they
only got to spend one or two hours with
their children, because they had to worry
because they could never be sure they’d get
back to their work or study center on time,
the next day. Even so, we felt loved, taken
care of, and compensated because we’d
have them near.

The latrines were a lot like the showers in
their construction, even in terms of the
much sought after curtains. They were cubicles with a hole in the floor though which
one could see excrement of various vintages; sometimes it piled up so high that one
could see worms in it. It was terrible. The
more modern latrines had a precast concrete
base upon which you could rest your feet,
and a smaller receptacle opening. We found
this design more acceptable, since we could
urinate without wetting our feet.

The camp teachers and administrators
played reveille very early in the morning.
Sometimes, we couldn’t open our eyes,
much less could we move our bodies, because we were tired and cold. Four of my
six stints in a Rural School in the most
western province, Pinar del Río, and during
January and February, the winter months.

The arrival of paren G2