Monthly Archives: April 2012

Come On Up for The Rising

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

“ქრისტე აღსდგა!”, my students proudly shriek. This annoys me. I am a secularist. I don’t know that I’d go as far as a place like France or Turkey – I wouldn’t support banning religious garb in the public sphere, for … Continue reading →

Posted in Holidays | Tagged | 16 Comments

Easter in Georgia

Posted on April 13, 2012 by

My parents called me on Sunday to wish me a happy Easter. Honestly, if it weren’t for facebook, I would have forgotten. I kept seeing all these Easter posts on facebook, and I asked my girlfriend (who, for convenience I … Continue reading →

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Sick Again and Sick of Lies

Posted on April 6, 2012 by

Last week, I walked into one of my second grade classes (“second form,” in Georgian English). It was a day like any other. “How are you,” I asked my coteacher. “Oh, not very good”, she said, pronouncing “good” to rhyme … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture Shock!, Health and Sickness in Georgia | 33 Comments

Growing Up In The World of the Iron Curtain

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

I think it’s safe to say that people in the US, overall, have absolutely no clue what it was like to grow up in the Soviet Union. If you’re from the West, take a minute to think about what you … Continue reading →

Posted in America, Culture Shock!, Politics | 4 Comments