My interest in foreign languages goes back a long way. I started English through private tutoring at the age of six. Eventually, I came to realize that teaching is in fact part acting, but only part. Teaching places much more responsibility on the teacher's shoulders. Theatergoers give an actor two hours of their time.
Students entrust the development of their intellect to their teachers.
Moreover, teachers of language , as Henry Higgins said, have the power to create a new person by changing their language. Six years later, I arrived in the U.S. as a political refugee. Since 1977, I have served as the Director of Political Russian Program at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies . I also play classical piano.