Stahlke Adoption

Rachel's Story, Part III

Another great difference was the way the schools [in Ukraine] worked. This was very unlike the schools in the U.S. The first thing is that the teachers were not thought to be teachers. They were volunteers that would come and study what the students should know for two or three weeks, then they would go to a certain school and teach. Another thing that was not the same was the activities you could do. There was no volleyball or basketball after school, but you could do things like art club and a club for learning other languages. Many students enjoyed going to clubs so they have been around forever. In Ukraine, school ran Monday-Saturday from 9-12 then you could have the rest of the day at home to do what you wanted to. This is how most schools work all over Europe. Students had long winter and summer break because of this, and they loved the idea of the long breaks. We had one month for winter break and three for summer break. It was very hard for me to adjust to this because of the changes in the school times.

To be continued . . .

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