Monday, January 26, 2009

Our first assignment of the day was to teach a class at Transport at 12:20. Which was good because Hannah and I stayed up till 3:30 AM talking! Today we taught a different class and I recognized about 8 of the boys from classes I taught in March. Our lesson was on the education system in America. How do you explain something that you yourself don't really understand to someone who does not speak English and to whom most of the ideas are foreign? Here they do not study every subject when they are young but focus on Ukrainian literature. In college they go to a certain college that pertains to what they want to do, not go to college and then figure it out. After class we rode the buses and trolleys around to learn some of the routes. Then it was home. Hannah and I were in charge of dinner, we cooked mac and cheese with chicken thrown in. The only problem was we had to add our own cheese and it did not melt the way we wanted it to. So it did not look pretty but it tasted good! Nastya came over later and brought a friend named Dasha. We just talked for several hours. Tomorrow should be fun because we were asked to teach another class at Transport but Erin already teaches a class at the same time in the Co-op school (business college). So Hannah and I are going to be going and teaching on our own. That could be fun and dangerous at the same time. Please pray about the Co-op college, normally groups in the past have had no problem getting in but this time they won't let anyone in who doesn't have an English and teaching degree. Luckily Erin has both, just pray that God will open more doors and opportunities at this school. Also tomorrow Erin has to fill out some forms for the Ukrainian government so she can be a legal alien. I can't help but laugh when she says that! But it is off to bed since I did not rest much last night.

2 comments:

  1. Hey, tell about the laundry situation? Just figured it was a little different from your experiences in India! Mom

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  2. Mac and Cheese with Chicken, that sounds yummy!

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