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Ukrainian Easter Celebrations, the Euro Cup 2012 Kickoff Party, and Victory Day in Kharkiv!
Жингер (the Jinger) ― Still catching up on my spring photos from Kharkiv.... Ukrainians celebrated Easter here a week later than America, because they follow the Eastern Orthodox calendar. They bake traditional Easter cakes called "paskas", which looks like a giant... (more)
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Spring Break: English Speaking Countries Camp in Izum
Жингер (the Jinger) ― My spring break was the last week of April, so I'm still lagging a little behind on my blog posts. I spent a few days in the nearby town of Izum, where my PCV friends Danny and Shannon organized a mini-camp for their students. Izum is the second... (more)
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Kharkiv American English Club, Ice Skating and Going to the Theater!
Жингер (the Jinger) ― I seem to be getting more and more behind in my blog posts. April was a really busy month for me, so here are a few updates on what extracurricular activities I've been up to besides just working in my school... For the past few months, the Peace... (more)
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Posted 21 days ago
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Kicking off the Spring with My HIV/AIDS Awareness Campaign
Жингер (the Jinger) ― I apologize for getting behind in my blog.... but a few weekends ago, I took advantage of the nation-wide Saturday school to organize two consecutive HIV/AIDS education and awareness training seminars. We had Saturday school so that International... (more)
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Made popular on Apr 1st, 2012
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English Week 2012!
Жингер (the Jinger) ― Last week, the other English teachers and I prepared a series of open lessons and extra-curricular competitions for English week in our school. As usual, I prepared some decorations for the door to my little mini-classroom. I've found that the... (more)
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Posted on Feb 29th, 2012
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Happy Valentine's Day from Ukraine! С Днём Святого Валентина!
Жингер (the Jinger) ― Valentine's Day in Ukraine is just like Valentine's day in the States... people exchange gifts, valentine cards, chocolate, and flowers. All my students were too excited about the holiday to focus on the lessons yesterday, so we did a Valentine's... (more)
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Posted on Feb 15th, 2012
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Bomb Shelters, Bracelets and Basket Weaving - Winter Russian Language Refresher
Жингер (the Jinger) ― Last week, I went to the winter Russian Language Refresher camp. Peace Corps traditionally has 2 language camps each year (for both Russian and Ukrainian) and this winter, the camp was held in Chernigov - a city/oblast center in central Ukraine.... (more)
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Posted on Feb 2nd, 2012
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Skiing in the Carpathian Mountains!
Жингер (the Jinger) ― Over winter break, I had the opportunity to go skiing with Kharkov Gymnasium No. 82. My friend Whitney used to work as a Peace Corps Volunteer there, but she already finished her service and went home so her counterpart Svetlana invited me and... (more)
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Posted on Jan 27th, 2012
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ABC Weekend Camp!
Жингер (the Jinger) ― A few weeks ago, my sitemate Sam organized ABC Weekend Camp in our town. ABC Camp is a 2-week long summer camp that is that is traditionally held in downtown Kharkov, focused on leadership and PDM (project design and management). The goal of the... (more)
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Posted on Dec 30th, 2011
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Sightseeing around Ukraine with Himali!
Жингер (the Jinger) ― Last week, my old classmate and best friend Himali came to visit me from the States... Himali and I have known each other since the 7th grade, and she and I have just stayed in touch even though I moved away after 11th grade (and we went to... (more)
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Posted on Dec 20th, 2011
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Raising Awareness on World AIDS Day!
Жингер (the Jinger) ― I worked with my school psychologist to organize a small project at our school to help raise awareness for HIV/AIDS on World AIDS day, which is the first of December. As a member of the Peace Corps Ukraine HIV/AIDS working group, I am very... (more)
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Posted on Dec 4th, 2011
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Camp Unity: A Weekend Focused on Leadership and Multiculturalism
Жингер (the Jinger) ― Last weekend, I worked at my friend Alison's weekend camp at her school. She organized a weekend camp called Camp Unity and invited about 10 other Peace Corps Volunteers to work as counselors and teachers. The camp was a great success, we had kids... (more)
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Posted on Nov 30th, 2011
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Another Visit to a Village School
Жингер (the Jinger) ― I went to visit one another of the village schools in my rayon (district) yesterday with two of the English teachers from my Lyceum. Our town only has two schools, the Gymnasium and the Lyceum but there are about 10 or so small village schools. Some... (more)
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Posted on Nov 19th, 2011
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Happy Halloween!
Жингер (the Jinger) ― Last weekend, I organized a Halloween party in Kharkiv and we had a great turn out of people who came to the party in great costumes! There weren't very many traditional American Halloween costumes like witches, ghosts, m&m's etc but some of the... (more)
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Posted on Nov 1st, 2011
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Living Libraries - Version 2.0
Жингер (the Jinger) ― Last week, my sitemate Sam and I organized a second round of the Living Libraries at both of our schools. Since we teach at the two different schools in the same town, we had one session of Living Libaries on Thursday at my school and then another... (more)
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Posted on Oct 24th, 2011
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