North and South I saw “North and South” by BBC One, when I was of sick. This films is wonderful! There are a lot of handsome people there, they organic move and speak. It is impossible to not believe in their acting. I want to notice the work of cameraman, because he has created unusual pictures, for example, some particles of cotton in the factory symbolize snow, so they work for creating location “North”. Also we can see the opposition between the North and the South through colors are using in landscapes. The views of the North are bright, but the views of the South are gray.

something about teaching It is curious. When a girl does not know something, she is dropping her eyes, but when a boy does not know something, he is looking at your face. May be, so men are the best poker players. This is a men’s world, really. :)

Health Day Today we have a “Health Day” in our school. When I arrived at the school, my colleagues asked to give morning exercises for children (we have not a PE teacher, because our pupils have not this lessons in their programs). It was not difficult for me, but our pupils was afraid of to seem silly or funny when they were doing something unusual. I think, they have not any liberty, because free man is not afraid of opinions of other people. In the afternoon, we competed with our pupils. There were two teams in there, so the first team consist of pupils and the second team consist of teachers. Well… We are not champions… We contacted with two groups pupil. Older pupils arrived at the school afternoon, they were more friendly and securely, younger pupils arrived at the school in the morning, they were nipped.

People and numbers There are schools don’t have any names in Russia, but they have numbers. For example, I teach in thirteenth school. As rule, if somebody gets to know that you are the teacher, he or she asks about number of your school. To tell the truth, I don’t understand why. There are 196 schools in Kazan, so I can say every number under 196, because that man can’t know about all schools there. Also, I don’t understand what he or she wants to get know about me? He or she fells deferent between the teachers, who work in deferent schools? I think, only an expert can do it, because ordinary people usually haven’t got this information. As for me, I teach in “Night School” for juvenile offenders and I don’t keep back number of my school, but people never understand that my school is unusual. They are in the firm belief, that I’m really good woman. Perhaps, numbers makes humans calmer.

3.09.2014 It was my first day in the school like a teacher on duty. I had been being on duty for five hours, when the school superintendent permit to go off. Also I conducted two lessons this morning. In that way, I was in the school 9 or 10 hours. It was rainy and damp and there was not turning on the heat in the school, so I am freezing. My colleague gave to me a cup of hot sweet tea, she wanted to help me to get warm. I drank it no matter I prefer tea without any sugar. I began to get in the groove to chat with my new pupils. A lot of them are registered in juvenile delinquents' room. Somebody has ones child or children. Today I conducted a literature lesson in the eighth grade (usually there are teens 14 or 15 years old in eight grade in the ordinary school, but we have teens under 23) and one of them looked through the window and said that there were “pharaohs.” It was slang. This ward means “policeman”, but “pharaoh” is ruder then a “cap”.

1st of September 1st of September is the Day of Knowledge in Russia. It means that all pupil return to their respective schools after their holidays? Many people name this day, the gala day, but when I was a child, I didn't think so. Perhaps, this day is the gala day for adults, but for pupils it wasn't as they had to be in school and couldn't meet up in the city or on the internet. I became a teacher this summer. This 1st of September is a significant day for me. However, I am not feeling happy because I am a little worried. My new school is known to be a school for troubled teens. It's just not the teen factor but it is also called the night school and has number 13 on it. It's symbolical, isn't it? I really think that it will be an interesting and unusual experience. Something like Jazz.