At the end of my second semester teaching English at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, I discovered the class I thought was small in fact had ten more students than I had ever seen in class. How was I supposed to grade students I had never seen? For more about how I handled assigning grades toContinue reading “R is for Ten in Romania”
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Holidays Around the World: International Women’s Day
My first exposure to International Women’s Day (IWD), March 8, was in Romania in 1978. That was one year after the United Nations began observing it as a holiday, but Romanians had been celebrating the holiday for longer as the origins go back much further. International Women’s Day is one of two international celebrations thatContinue reading “Holidays Around the World: International Women’s Day”
Holidays Around the World: Day of Unification in Romania
What can we learn from the Romanian Day of Unification, a holiday celebrating an event going back to 1862.
Mărțișor, My Romanian Valentine’s Day
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in Iași, Romania, served as my home for the 1977-1978 academic year. Life in Romania was simpler than life had been in Iran the two years before. Whenever I heard one of my American colleagues complain about something uncomfortable in Romania, such as having to wait in so many long lines,Continue reading “Mărțișor, My Romanian Valentine’s Day”
R is for Romania
“Romania-1727 – Peles Castle” (CC BY-SA 2.0) by archer10 (Dennis) (70M Views) I learned I had been selected for a Fulbright grant to teach English in Romania just weeks before I expected to leave Iran in July of 1977. And I was astonished that a friend was able to find a Teach-Yourself-Romanian book in Tehran so I could get aContinue reading “R is for Romania”
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