tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189558445260650056.post6141523579683174304..comments2024-01-16T03:37:41.013-05:00Comments on Tiny Sputniks: Irkutsk GraffitiJasilynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01092597745555004253noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189558445260650056.post-84059689684355986162016-06-18T00:59:17.933-04:002016-06-18T00:59:17.933-04:00I just wish their schools taught them critical thi...I just wish their schools taught them critical thinking. It's something the country as a whole lacks, a product of communism I suppose.<br /><br />No. I've asked my director several times if he could give me information. He always promised to but didn't. I was seeing a private tutor once a week, and I progressed a little, but he needed to stop for the summer. I can't really afford anything though.Jasilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01092597745555004253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7189558445260650056.post-90286953473412690332016-06-18T00:45:29.068-04:002016-06-18T00:45:29.068-04:00Um, YES :) Convinced. And that giant eye is really...Um, YES :) Convinced. And that giant eye is really something!<br /><br />I have a lot of respect for Russia's literacy rate. For as many problems as the country has, they do an amazing job with teaching people to read and write. Through my outsider's eyes, it's created this special environment where it's common to do things like paint the alphabet on apartment buildings (saw this in Ukraine a lot too). Can you imagine that happening in the US? And it's also given rise to a culture where "безграмотный" (illiterate) is what you say when you want to seriously talk trash about someone.<br /><br />By the way, is your school not giving you Russian lessons? It seems like a lot of schools that hire native speakers offer some vaguely-worded promises of lessons...Crazy About Ukrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16990920799981173553noreply@blogger.com