The Invite is in
I'm heading to Ukraine!! I just got my invitation a few days ago, and have accepted my invitation to serve in Ukraine. I will be a Secondary Education TEFL (that's Teaching English as a Foreign Language) Teacher volunteer. I'll be teaching 10-17 year olds, with an average class size of 12-20 students. That's so much more managable than the 100 student class size in Bangladesh! I'm leaving for staging September 28 and will be in country by October 1. Training will be from October 1 until December 21, then actual service will be from December 21, 2006 to December 21, 2008. At least I hope I can stay in country that long! I don't forsee any problems this time around though. Ukraine looks like an amazing country, and I'm really excited about it.So why is Ukraine sometimes called "Ukraine" and sometimes "the Ukraine?" Here's my theory: when Ukraine was part of Russia, it was referred to as "the Ukraine" much as we refer to "the Midwest." It's just an area in the country. Now that Ukraine has its independence and is its own country, it's called "Ukraine." I can't help still calling it "the Ukraine" sometimes though, but I hope to get over that, much as I now pronounce Bangladesh with its official pronunciation of "bongla-desh."
Anyway, once I get finished with all the new paperwork I have to do for Peace Corps, I'll try to add some more information on Ukraine.
Woohoo!
posted by Kathryn @ 7/20/2006 10:43:00 AM
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