I’m used to being the only American hanging out. It’s been happening to me for a long time. I used to hang out with almost all Latinos and usually the conversation was in Spanish which excluded me. Since I’ve been in NYC I’ve been surrounded by Canadians. They like to drink beer too, eh.

I hear you’re the Canadian connection. I stared blankly across a desk at a new peer in my Democracy, Education and Technology class. I met another Canadian in this class, we hit off from the start.