Heriberto Sedeno Has Been A Student Of Bachillerato

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Heriberto Sedeno Has Been A Student Of
Bachillerato
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At the age of 5, Heriberto Sedeno attended
elementary school at Escuela Primaria del Centro
de Dependientes del Comercio de La Habana. After
passing 5th grade, he took an early entrance exam
to be admitted to an academic center to pursue a
bachillerato degree which is comparable to a
preparatory and first year undergraduate school.

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Heriberto Sedeno Attended Havana Business Academy

• From 1957 to 1958, Heriberto Sedeno attended
  Havana Business Academy to prepare for the
  entrance exam to bachilllerato studies. After
  clearing this competitive exam lasting three
  days, his parents enrolled him at a private
  school, Colegio Academia Pitman accredited by the
  Cuban Department of Education through one of
  their agencies, the Instituto Superior de Segunda
  Ensenanza de La Vibora, Havana, Cuba.

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Heriberto Sedeno Attended Academia Pitman

• The Cuban revolution and the access to power
  by Fidel Castro in January 1st of 1959, was
  coincidental with his first year of
  "bachillerato" at Colegio Academia Pitman.
  Heriberto Sedeno continued halfway into his third
  year of bachillerato. Bachillerato education
  consisted of a five-year program to earn this
  degree. The last year of Bachillerato curriculum
  was chosen by the student to major in Liberal
  Arts or Sciences depending on the professional
  path he would follow.

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Heriberto Sedeno Studied At The Alliance
Francaise

• While waiting for his exit permit from the
  Cuban government to immigrate to the USA, Dr.
  Sedeno from 1961 to 1962 attended the Alliance
  Francaise de La Habana, where he became
  conversant in French. Prior to this, at the
  Havana Business Academy, Heriberto Sedeno became
  proficient in English.

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Heriberto Sedeno Emigrated To USA

• In 1961, the Castro communist regime began
  to apply drastic measures like the abolition of
  private education. Academia Pitman Castros
  regime took away Academia Pitman from its
  rightful owners. This school and other private
  schools were taken over by the regime to impart
  its communist ideology to the Cuban youth. Due to
  the disillusionment with the changes occurring in
  Cuba, Heriberto Sedeno chose to leave his country
  and immigrate to USA in order to continue his
  studies unimpaired by communist propaganda. He
  left Cuba on October 2, 1962 looking for freedom
  and begin a new life in USA.