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Journey of the Thomasites to the Philippines
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The American Government chose 600 teachers to go an educate the natives of the Philippines
They left on August 1901
The Transport cost $ 105,000
They rode on a ship called Thomas
They felt restless, expectant, excited
They knew that they reached the Philippines, that their journey was over and now they had to face their mission
They were a mess of bags, umbrellas, cameras, bird cages, musical instruments and potatoes
They saw a solitary rock and to the right a lighthouse then the mountains of southern Luzon
They felt sick to their stomachs
And saw seagulls, flying fish and porpoises and their very first cockroach
Golden Gate Bridge
And they felt
Separation Anxiety
as they left
They passed both the Moloki and Saipan island and they reached the end of their journey
They received no letters nor messages but they were happy