Educational Trips to Cuba

Florida State Representative and Miami cubanito David Rivera is trying to pass legislation to ban state colleges and universities from going to Cuba even for "legitimate research" trips.

I think Rep. Rivera is trying a little too hard to please his constituents here. His heart's in the right place, but what's wrong with a state university going to Cuba solely for the purpose of education and research?

Folks...I was THIS close to hitting the "publish" button after that second paragraph. I really was.

What happened?

I remembered this picture.


Students Eating Lobster On a Cuban Beach

The above picture came from a post on Babalu Blog a while back, a long while back. I searched the Babalu vaults, and I managed to dig it out. The post was about a group of students from the University of Florida Virology Club (yes folks there IS such a thing) and their education trip to Cuba, complete with pictures.

Here it is.

After reading and seeing the pictures again, perhaps Rivera has a point. Kind of makes you wonder what kind of education those kids are really getting, when the average Cuban can only dream of doing what those kids did in Cuba.