We are visiting Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site with Klara’s class. I’ve gone on a lot of these field trips with my mother’s class back in the USSR, and, yes, cultural differences are very real. The capacity for calmness and attention among American fourth-graders is vastly superior. Everybody is polite, kind, and helpful. People who can focus and control themselves like this at 10 will do great things.
This is an extraordinary country, people. Let’s not piss it away.
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OT: It’s that time of year again…..
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I love reading your reports about the contest a lot more than I love the contest. ☺️
I wonder what you’ll think about the Ukrainian entry. It sounds to me like it was spliced from two different songs, only one of which I like.
I love Israel’s song.
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There is an interesting video about how the song was written. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_U3h1ln8Hs
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