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9 pm 1 comment wednesday july 21 2010 summer part 1 of i guess 50 days into the summer its about time that i blog a little i have had a super busy summer thus far so i will break the blog down into parts so i don t bore anyone with a long rant i started my summer with a two week camp that i put on at my school it was pretty laid back but i got to teach the kids more about america and our traditions and they got to teach me more about ukraine my favorite activity of the week was def teaching the girls how to play american football i was a little nervous how it would go over but every day the girls couldn t wait to play i was even proud the i was able to teach the girls how to run pass patterns send a receiver in motion juke and the importance of a touchdown dance after my camp i headed up near the capital to work at my friend mike s little kid summer camp i only spent a few days there but it was a lot of fun the camp was well organized and i was able to contribute by entertaining kids via kicking a ball high up in the air for about 30 minutes each day never have i been so loved for doing something so simple but i will take it next i headed down to the city cherkasy for the 11 12 yr old ukrainian little league baseball championships it was great getting back to my favorite summer pastime umpiring baseball the tournament had 6 teams and was played in a local park basil tarasko runs little league ukraine he lives in n y c but comes back to ukraine 3 times a year to hold clinics and organize these tournaments it is amazing to see his dedication as well as the coaches and the communities who support this entirely run volunteer program for the kids the games went great and at night we got to enjoy the nice beach along the dnipro river score keeper whitney myself pc country director doug head of ukraine little league basil umpire matt and pc youth specialist anatoliy after the 11 12 yr old tournament we had the 13 14 year old tournament in a city just to the south kirovograd the stadium the games were held at was really nice it had huge dugouts and an inner office system connected to it the coach of the kirovograd team is also the ukrainian national team and was really interesting to talk to this 13 14 yrs old tournament was also won by the boys from kirovograd last week they actually won the european tournament and get to fly to america and play in the 12 team tournament for the world championship the 3 teams in the tournament at the field in kirovograd after a few days of games there i headed to the west of ukraine budapest vienna prague and krakow up next posted by bob at 3 38 am no comments monday may 31 2010 congradulation first and foremost i need to welcome tucker james schlehuber into the world tiffany had her baby a couple of weeks ago so congrats to tiffany and tom adding to the list of things that i have missed since being here in ukraine 4 weddings and a baby the rest of my blog i want to devote it to the 11 th grade graduation and the end of school seems super weird but i am done with my first year of school here pretty much at the half way point the question that i got asked the most the last few days was is this similar to the graduation ceremony that you had in america my general response was no while i can only speak for what i know in america i will boldly say that what i saw the last few days here doesn t repeat itself many places in the states on friday we had our last bell ceremony all the kids came together for the handing out of special rewards celebrating the last day of school saying goodbye to the 11 th formers and welcoming in the new school leaders the ceremony was quick and quickly followed by an afternoon retreat of the teachers in the woods to celebrate the end of the year sadly i had to miss this due to food poisoning even worst i am the only one who has cooked for myself over the last week so pretty sure i gave it to myself anyways if you were wondering what happens at a teachers retreat in ukraine pretty much summed up by drinking heavily and eating food our first formers ending their first year of school saturday was the real fun anyway managed to suck it up and attend the day s festivities around 6 pm i headed off to school to print copies of our special newspaper edition entirely devoted to the 11 th formers it was really cool to see how quickly we were able to put together a newspaper staff that produced quality work this being our 5 th and last edition of the year was quite remarkable in the time frame that we had after that the students from the 11 th grade all got together at school with their parents for one last run through of the upcoming ceremony and a few final speeches after that we headed to the center square of town for the graduation ceremony a large majority of the city came to watch dancing singing the handing out of diplomas and speeches another large majority of the city was also at the center square saturday night however they were there for the circus and the zoopark students parents teachers and lenin watch the ceremony first formers put on their dance routine dancing to mambo 5 zoopark and circus yes this weekend also happened to be the same weekend the town administration invited the circus and their animals to pryvillya setting up in the center of town the circus had rides game bears lions tigers and other animals a classic double booking i will avoid getting into the conspiracy stories over the double booking background a graduation and a mini zoo all in one small town square in a village in eastern ukraine after a fair amount of complaining the circus moved over and gave up half of the square side by side the ceremony went on all was fine minus the inability to hear who was talking occasionally when the bear or lion or tiger gave out a loud roar hilarious students release balloons in the sky for good luck on the far right you can see the circus trucks the ceremony was a lot of fun it was cool to see my students graduate while i only had one year with them they were great friends and super nice to me it was really interesting to see all the people there and was extra cool because the class mom was my good friend and english teacher marina after the graduation ceremony was completed pictures were taken and congrats were given we all headed to a café down the street left to right mayor 11th form students me marina this is the part that i am not accustomed to in america a café was rented out by the parents of the 11 th formers so 17 17 year olds parents and maybe 10 teachers were invited for a night of dancing eating and drinking every table was loaded with wine vodka and champagne yes even the 17 year olds table was loaded with champagne the teachers table at the dinner celebration i briefly want to touch on the drinking culture here in ukraine they drink a lot the traditional way of drinking here in ukraine is pretty much to sit around a table with a ton of food and vodka try to mix that vodka with juice or soda and you re a crazy person there is only one way to drink vodka straight shots shots followed by food food and more food seriously i dare anyone out there to try to drink vodka in this country any other way and double dare you to try to drink any alcohol without chasing it with an insane amount of food this way of drinking actually makes way more sense and while it takes some getting use to isn t as painful as it sounds nervously i gave my toast to the 11 th formers and the parents which may have been my first large dinner toast and yes cheers ing with 17 year olds legally drinking was rather strange and a lot of fun me and the 11th formers the dancing music and games were a ton of fun too with the parents and students having every intent to see the sun rise that morning a graduating tradition still fighting off the stomach flu i headed home at 2 am it was definitely a memorable 24 hour period full of traditions cultural exchanges and of course lions and bears end of the night i was apparently a traveling gypsy that could read palms and pretend to dance and look good wearing what ever it was that i was wearing thats all i got miss all of you love to hear from you especially from those who i haven t heard from in a while write when you are ready and have some time good luck to all bob posted by bob at 7 28 am no comments saturday may 15 2010 the people of ukraine another blog post and this time under 6 months part of the peace corps mission is to learn about the culture that you live in after realizing that over the last 5 weeks i haven t left my site or seen any other americans i realized how lucky i am to be a part of this town country and culture so i want to tell you about some of the people i have met here and how lucky i am to have all of these people 2 years ago i would have never thought there were so many people in ukraine let alone a tiny little village that would take me in be good friends and watch out for me so thank you to the following first and always my family here in ukraine i am so lucky to have a second family here my super talented and smart brother bohdon my caring mama and papa and my beautiful and hilarious little sister rita sadly i live some 14 hours away by train from them and don t get to see them nearly enough i am lucky enough to write to them and always know if i need anything i always have them bohdon recently finished in the top 3 in a music competition and will head to lithuania in mid june next the people that i work with here have allowed me to fit in at school this has been beyond wonderful considering it is where i spend the majority of my time marina ivanava has been an angel to me i have needed plenty of help here with so many random things and she has always been there natalia olexavana our schools vice principal has also been wonderful helping me plan projects co teaching with me and giving me things to do when i run out of ideas nickola nickolivch our director has also been a great boss i hear stories from other volunteers that they never talk to their directors and feel awkward around them i am lucky to have a director that plays basketball with me invites me to his parent s sauna and frequently checks up on me to make sure all is well vika vicktorivna has helped me with running and organizing my sports club while i only mentioned 4 people at my school the entire staff the cooks and cleaning ladies have all been super nice and helpful i am also lucky to have some really good friends here sona roma dema mischa anton sasha andre and vitalik have been a ton of fun and keep me entertained we tend to see each other every day at night at school playing basketball or lifting weights a couple of them have even started taking english classes with me anton roma dema sona in the town next to mine i am lucky enough to have marina and her husband maxim and their kids i am invited there often to be their guests and just hang out i love visiting them and try to head there as much as possible they will be running a small organization that will receive a peace corps volunteer next month finally i want to briefly how awesome my students are at school for who knows why my kids are always super excited to talk to me and see me special thanks for those who come to my clubs and are quiet when i am stumbling through a lesson in russian me and my kids outside of our school so those are some of the people that i have been lucky enough to meet here i only mentioned some of the people but i think it proves my theory that if you go anywhere in this world you will find people just like you people that will take care of you and offer their friendship as for past and future talk last weekend was a huge holiday here victory day celebrating the end of wwii last sunday our town celebrated the completion of a brand new monument in memory of the victory it is named future hope our town was home to 2 battles between the ussr and germany when they built the monument and dug into the earth a few months ago they actually found 36 bodies from the battles pretty crazy to think about that on sunday sona dema anton roma and i went camping along the river it was a great time i even introduced them to baseball plenty of laughs watching them figure out how to put on the gloves and get the ball back and forth between themselves me roma and a solider at the monument ceremony our new wwii monument as for the future i just got done planning a 10 day camp that i will be putting on at my site nothing to major just a few lessons a day and american games i am still working on the ecology camp that i will be running i also signed up to work at an english camp where i will be doing art projects with the kids i will be working with my friend sean who i have not informed yet that i have no artistic skills that s about all 2 more weeks of school and then the summer i guess tiffany is due any day now with my nephew tucker looking forward to getting the good news wish i could be there and really wish tom could be there as well wish everyone the best love hearing from anyone hope all is well bob posted by bob at 2 32 am no comments friday april 30 2010 photos my students and i at our ecology festival april 23 our school staff at a winery last christmas animals made by my students out of fruit and vegetables 2nd formers at our schools new years party more from our ecology festival recycling relays went to turkey with mike center and craig right me and mike and a turkish guy after an amazing turkish bath in front of sofia once a church once a mosque now a museum my kids and i at our schools new years celebration sorry these aren t in order and are all over the place a year without fast or constant internet my technological skills are slipping hope everyone is doing well bob posted by bob at 6 33 am no comments wednesday april 28 2010 6 months later it has been about 6 months since i last wrote sounds quite crazy to think that much time has gone by in general thought i would write real quick and give an update about my work myself ukraine and i guess life overall as for work everything continues to go well while at times i have been frustrated with the lack of things to do or the lack of speed things continue to come together the last few weeks i have really been able to focus a lot of my energy on work i really feel like i am starting to accomplish some things of course at a small level in a small town in eastern ukraine but its where i am i continued to have my clubs on a regular basis my sports clubs get the largest turnouts it is nice to have around 20 kids come twice a week to exercise play basketball and play ping pong my english clubs don t get a whole lot of kids but the ones that do come are very motivated and great to work with the last time i wrote we had started the first steps to a school newspaper we now have completed 4 editions the latest of which being a double edition entirely written by our students it s amazing how much students can do when they are given ...