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Figure 1.31. Typical family meal.
1.2.6 The Family
The couple has six children, five boys and one girl. The oldest, Jos ´ , is 26 years old. He
has graduated from the university with a degree in historical tourism. At the moment he
is a teacher in the Colegio General Pintag, the local high school. The second eldest,
Javier, is 24 years old. He works as a guard in the same water company as his
father, Octavio. Maria Isabel, their third child, is 22 years old. She is a student at the
Universidad Central de Quito majoring in business administration. To attend classes
she must travel 2 hours each way every day. Diego, in Figure 1.32, with Javier, is 20
years old. He works with a foreigner cultivating algae in a greenhouse for food and
feed. Segundo is 18 years and a student in the third year at the Colegio General
Pintag where his older brother, Jos ´ , works as a teacher. The youngest, David, is 10
years old and is a student in the Cosme Renelia de Pinantura. Their oldest son, Jos ´ ,
Figure 1.32. Two sons, Diego and Javier, in their room.