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Nicolae T. Butan
Nicolae T. Butan was born in 1977 in Bucharest, Romania. He followed the American School in Bucharest which, in 1985, he was obliged to abandon by the communistic regime ruling at that time in Romania. Nicolae was forced to pursue the common Romanian school.

After the Revolution in 1989, Nicolae enrolled at the so-called English Bilingual High school in Bucharest, George Cosbuc. At the time he chose Cosbuc, both Nicolae and his parents were informed that the school had really high standards, and was strongly supported by the British and American Embassy. Things proved to be worse than expected. During high school years Nicolae found himself to be a part of the typical Romanian education system: all kind of taxes, more or less legal, were being asked for, if the parents wanted to see their child promoting the year. It has really been a fashion to ask a high school student to undergo private preparatory classes with various teachers ("meditatii") which he /she, his/her parents paid for, if the student wanted to be promoted.