Etichetă: students
How I Came to Immigrate to America (V)
I mentioned that we didn't have any foreign currency when we had the search in our home. Now that we were stateless, and required...
My School Years in Romania (XVIII)
First Job After College That was in a small town about 70 miles away from Bucharest. I was to teach English to both primary...
My School Years in Romania (XVI)
When I got into college, you had to study two languages. English was the primary language (the major) but there had to be another...
My School Years in Romania (XV)
In college the pressure was again on us to become members of the Communist Party. As usual, they asked the best students to join...
My School Years in Romania (XIII)
College Shortly after, I applied for the admittance exam to the English department of the University. It was only one college that you applied...
My School Years in Romania (XI)
At one point, during the winter I came to school wearing a very slight pink chapstick. Well, I was turned back from the door...
My School Years in Romania (X)
After switching to the "human" branch, there was no more math for us. Instead, we had Latin. Our teacher was quite young, too, (a...
My School Years in Romania (IX)
Highschool In 8th grade or even sooner, some parents hired private tutors to rehearse their kids into exam taking. There was some exam at...
My School Years in Romania (VII)
The grades were between 1 and 10 with 10 being the best. 1 or 2 was given for cheating. 5 and above were passing...
My School Years in Romania (VI)
Third grade (getting First Prize) You became a pioneer in third grade if you had good grades. It was vaguely political, we had...