Teachers eagerly bought up materials, mostly from their own pockets. It's a rare opportunity to meet other teachers and have access to resources. I am from the provinces - and the provinces are different. Our children have many complexes because they face an uncertain future or have family problems. They don't know what to do.
Higher education is too expensive for most.
If there were joint-ventures and Americans or other foreigners going to villages, people would see the necessity. Most popular were sessions on methodology, culture and cross-cultural relations, Proshina said. For many secondary school teachers this is the first experience of such an event. When kids are the first casualty The social and economic turmoil caused by reforms has been particularly tough on kids. A growing number of underprivileged children are landing in local authority care.