tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3667484303333465795.post4397908327966373540..comments2023-03-24T21:51:50.259+08:00Comments on Ulaana in Mongolia: Don't hit your students!Ulaanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09757286838517257014noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3667484303333465795.post-16997188400380354122007-11-28T12:00:00.000+08:002007-11-28T12:00:00.000+08:00Iho, that isn't you! I bet you never got in troubl...Iho, that isn't you! I bet you never got in trouble :P You probably looked very cute in your uniform with yer big white bows!Ulaanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09757286838517257014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3667484303333465795.post-84398537271536249042007-11-28T10:43:00.000+08:002007-11-28T10:43:00.000+08:00That's me standing there in front of the sambar wi...That's me standing there in front of the sambar with my freshly ironed (every single nite) French-maid formiin xybtsas.<BR/>yeah...pot holders were very important back those days and still we use them!!!<BR/>Cheers, <BR/>ihomongirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05996805337783915952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3667484303333465795.post-58638243295958030392007-11-23T14:39:00.000+08:002007-11-23T14:39:00.000+08:00Dilnoza, You make a great point. Post Soviet Russ...Dilnoza, You make a great point. Post Soviet Russia and Central Asia was very different from what things are like now. However, all I was trying to say was that anyone who ever attended schools in these areas would be familiar with these things...and I was right, you were. Mongolian secondary schools, in the countryside, still very much adhere to the "Soviet era" school principles.Ulaanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09757286838517257014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3667484303333465795.post-48853397383861781502007-11-23T14:30:00.000+08:002007-11-23T14:30:00.000+08:00I went to schools in Uzbekistan (Central Asia) and...I went to schools in Uzbekistan (Central Asia) and in Moscow (Russia). Uniforms were different in each school. If I went to school during the Soviet era, I would wear the French-maid uniforms. I actually wore those uniforms until the second grade. Since the Soviet Union collapsed, schools adapted new rules regarding uniforms and other school principles. However, some school pupils still wear these uniforms in certain areas. So, generalizing this element including a wet chalk wouldn’t be realistic to apply to an entire post Soviet culture.Dilnozahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12659026297813207803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3667484303333465795.post-16482921900882620012007-11-19T09:39:00.000+08:002007-11-19T09:39:00.000+08:00Annie,excellent interpretation of the cultural com...Annie,<BR/><BR/>excellent interpretation of the cultural components in the picture - particularly the potholder. Ah, memories of Central Asia. <BR/><BR/>I also agree that hitting students is wrong (and frankly, lacks creativity)<BR/><BR/>Love, MegMeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12580059324696410834noreply@blogger.com