I'm going to start with a little story that is familiar to any volunteer who has sat in a classroom here in Moldova on a test day (this story is not fictional, but my observations from a recent test). Today is test day in the 9th form. In our last class, we reviewed for the … Continue reading Cheating? What’s That?
We headed back to school today after a two-week vacation. It's always hard to go back after some time off, but I'm thankful that I had a very relaxing, quiet vacation. Other than two short trips (one overnight and one day trip) to Chisinau, I just hung out at home and with my host family. … Continue reading Christmas Vacation Re-cap and Back to School!
This past week was our last week of school before our Christmas vacation. As in the United States, this meant end-of-semester grades, tests, and holiday celebrations. Although the date on which Christmas and New Year are celebrated varies throughout Moldova, in my town Christmas is celebrated on the traditional Orthodox date of January 7th, while … Continue reading Celebrating the Holidays at School
In Moldova, school generally starts on September 1st (unless, I'm assuming, September 1st falls on the weekend). It's a very different experience from the first day of school in the United States. In the United States, you arrive at school, are shuffled to your classroom, and once you're settled in, you start going over rules or … Continue reading First Bell at School
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