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About Me

No weapon has ever settled a moral problem. It can impose a solution but it cannot guarantee it to be a just one.~Ernest Hemingway
Hey! My name is Dave Harriman and I was born and raised on the west coast of the US. I now live in Madrid, Spain and I..m an English teacher at businesses and private lessons. I..m moving back to America in July to finish my bachelor's degree in Anthropology, so that I can continually research this human species which is so absorbing yet confusing. I am 100% opposed to the war, and I believe that freedom should never cost an innocent life. I believe that in order to prevent war we should first educate ourselves and be trained to think critically and use our minds, instead of automatically believing everything we are told by our leaders. For this reason I feel strongly about focusing on global literacy, education, and health. I am against nationalism in any country, since history has plainly proven to us it's poisonous capability. I will never hold or wave a flag bound to any country. I am not proud to be from any country. I am proud to be human, a member of this planet, and a truth-seeker. I am anti-racist, and I recognize it is a terrible disease that unfortunately exists nearly everywhere on this planet, and that it is a direct result of misunderstanding, lack of cross-cultural communication, and poor education. I love many things in life, and I hold absolutely no regrets. So far I have some of the best memories I could possibly ask for, and I definitely look forward to what tomorrow will bring. I love my best friends and would do anything for them any day of the year, as I know they would do the same for me. I also really love rock music.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Anyone not intellectually spayed by the masses. I always enjoy meeting new people, especially if they are different than me. That's what makes life exciting. If I had chose one person in history to meet it would either be Einstein, or John Lennon.

My Blog

Things I hate about living in america: great inconveniences to keeping my sanity

Things I absolutely hate about living in the USA. Although there are some great aspects of living in America, such as close proximity to family, there are also certain things which really grind my ge...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:25:00 GMT

My last few days in Madrid

I find myself in the last few days of my stay in Madrid. After nearly a year of living here, I consider myself to have learned quite a bit about myself and another part of the world. When I first arri...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:38:00 GMT

American Healthcare

Socialism: a dark, scary, and sinful road. This is why we have postal service, libraries, and public schools we all take advantage of every day. So what's the deal about socializing healthcare? What'...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:08:00 GMT

Packing, packing, packing...

I realize I have a lot of stuff I want to bring...kind of...mainly clothes and umbrellas...even a couple English reference books. Hmm... I only have five days left until I leave! I'm starting to reali...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:12:00 GMT

Bilingual America

A Bilingual America      America is beautiful. Not in a patriotic, nationalistic, or arragont sort-of-way. Not in a "freedom isn't free", "our way or the highway", "these colors do...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:58:00 GMT

Leaving the United States

In two weeks now I will be moving out of the United States. Not permanently, but only just for a while. Enough to see and live in a world much different and diverse than the one I grew up in and have ...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:47:00 GMT

Awake.

Awake.              As the dim morning brightened and she was beginning to become aware of her surroundings, a piercing, obnoxious, and loathsome...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:04:00 GMT

Así que...

Yo sé que hace mucho tiempo que no les escribo, y siento que hay mucho que ha pasado. Lo más importante es una decision que va a cambiar mi vida por siempre. El 11 de septiembre voy a hacer un viaje m...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 02:25:00 GMT

Hay tantas palabras...

Hay tantas palabrasque podría yo decirpero rara vez alcanzan el cosmossolo un poco de esta vibrate podría reanimar y empapartodo tu cuerpo de viday a veces ya no estoy acáporque estoy muy lejosy compl...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:28:00 GMT

Una revelación mía

Hoy día he estado poquito preocupado como le dije antés. Pero esta noche cuando terminé de trabajar estaba caminando hacia mi auto cuando decidí continuar caminando. Caminé por el barrio y no sé cuánd...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 02:09:00 GMT