I was listening to a program in NPR this morning about these High-School students who were rejected for any opportunity of obtaining scholarships because of their citizen status. They touched "cruel reality" in this so-called land of opportunities. Althought their academic achievement was the same of higher than their peers, they were not eligible to compete for college scholarships because they were born in another country -you know which one. Well, I get to see this reality every day at work. Every single day. Students receive fellowships not because their achievements but because they were born in the right place. My fellow colleagues forget history. They forget one day, their ancestors were also "illegal aliens," as they call my compatriots who come to this country to work very hard in order to make a decent living.