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On the same page
“When was the last time you helped somebody?”, asked one of the Volunteer Managers for the Sochi Winter Olympics earlier today. I asked him to clarify whether he meant at work, in general, or just on the street, and gave him an example of each. I then railed (railing is kind of my thing nowadays) about […]
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Bread and bears
There are some things my students would like you to know about Russia. This all started because we were doing a mind-mapping exercise as a warm-up. Basically, you write something in the middle of the page (in this case, ‘blue’ – which was a bit funny as it’s slang for ‘gay’ in Russian) and then […]
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Just too close
(the themesong for today’s post – if you, like me, consider dubstep ‘music’). “You shouldn’t drink with Russians,” said one of my adult students a few days ago. “They can’t stop, and it will be dangerous for you.” “They can’t stop drinking, or can’t stop themselves?” I asked. “Both. Actually, this is a big problem […]
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Toasts
aka ‘How to drink Vodka like a Russian.’ In Russia, the traditional process for drinking vodka is as follows: The vodka should be stored in the freezer prior to serving Before drinking, everybody should stand Make a toast – it should be to something positive, and to something that is happening/has happened Shot the vodka […]
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Yes, yes I did.
Judging from the inundation of emails asking whether I quit or not, I figured I’d better write a quick post to confirm that yes, I did in fact resign yesterday. I only resigned from one school, so will still be working three days a week, and thereby retain (a) my awesome groups and (b) my visa. […]