Tuesday 06.22.10

Today was my first day actually working. I basically shadowed a teacher in a class of four girls for three hours. She was teaching about Brittish culture, which I know nothing about. Then they were playing a grammer game and the answers just didn't seem right, then she told me that the students are taught Brittish English wich is stupid. Like really, Brittish English? It's not even useful, ammiright? Jokes, obviously.



Here are my girls! They're great.



And one of them, Diana, is an artist and she drew this. I'm not sure if you can tell, but I'm the only one with a real smile. Score.

After the three hour language session, I wasn't scheduled for anything else, but the girls invited me to lunch and a boat trip, so of course I went.The boat just went up the Voronezh resevoir, which was pleasent. Then afterwards we went to a small park. Russia has the best parks hands down, like, they still have all the scary dangerous swings and equipment that wouldn't fly too well with the over protective parents of modern american society. There I just hung out with the kids, where they berated me (in a good way) with questions. For example: do I know about Lady Gaga? Who's my favorite football player? What kind of alcohol is in the US? Do I know about Spongebob Squarepants? Do I play Sims? And my two personal favorite--- What do you think about Obama? And how do you feel about the economic crisis? Which are two things I honestly know nothing about.