Heather’s Self-Determining Students
Wanna see the edge of Russian schools? Take a look here! Heather and her Mad Class There is a PCV here in Moscow who teaches at a very strange school. Heather’s school is called the School of Self-Determination. The students have a lot of freedom in their course selection, not…
Read MoreTake a Pass on Hotel Ripcrow
Lets just say calling it a Hotel was stretching the truth Life in the gastanitza We are volunteers now! After a beautiful ceremony at the US Ambassador’s residence, we officially became volunteers and then reality hit us. We were not going to be leaving for our sites anytime soon, so…
Read MoreSasha is Blonde Ambition
Sasha is the Ryazan Disco King Party time at Wayan’s! In every city there is a Sasha, a guy so cool he is loved by everyone. I am lucky enough to be friends with Sasha, and as this photo proves, we even party together. Hell, I first met him on…
Read MoreJacqui is the Sweetness
And at the time, my weakness too! When I first arrived in Russia and met the 44 people who I was going to live with for three months, I was disappointed. Not one future PCV and I clicked, not that they weren’t cool and all in their own right, just…
Read MoreAre You Crazy? Call Matt
A man, a plan, Toglatti My first memory of him was the day we were to fly to Russia from Washington DC. Two busloads of PCV’s pulled up at National Airport, and yours truly was one of the first ones off and getting his bags. I saw Matt standing there,…
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