I really like the connections you have made to what we have been talking about in class. And can I just say, I just think it is so cool how close you and your family are and all the stories and facts they tell you about Cuba and the way things used to be.
Your grandma sounds like a really educated and driven woman, and I bet it was hard at first when she found out her degree wouldn't be recognized in the United States. I guess it would be all about weighing the pros and cons of moving here, and whether it made more sense to stay in Cuba where her masters degree would have been valid, or to make a new life in the United States, even if it meant starting over and finding a job that was not exactly related to what she had done previously.
I also think it is interesting that your grandfather's farm has been affected by the agrarian reforms. He must have owned a lot of land to be able to notice his farm was smaller than before. I'm curious to know if he owned livestock, and what the size of his farm was when it was at its largest.
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