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We see the nation in the making, so to say. I lived in Ukraine for many years and made Kyiv my home base in 2010. Despite all the knowledge about the country, I'm astonished at how the nation grew up in the last several years. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger, and in Ukraine, it made people smarter, wiser, more resilient and united.Important difference: The mass of the population in Ukraine has united behind the government in power. This provides a structure that allows governement to function despite any corruption that may exist unlike in South Vietnam or Afghanistan where the government was as much an enemy of the population as were those invading from outside. This may or may not last but in the meantime provides a very different context for the people of Ukraine to those other situations
Russian held countries - former USSR and/or Warsaw Pact? Corruption levels are not the same in that region, they are different.
Just compare the ranks of Estonia, Ukraine, and Turkmenistan.
2021 Corruption Perceptions Index - Explore the results
How does your country measure up in the 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index?www.transparency.org
I understood that one of his themes during his election was anti-corruption.don't know how committed he was to reduce corruption before the invasion, but he does have the eyes of the world on him now.
There's a lot of unfairness in what I write above.
But when the teachers lack the knowledge, the system becomes unstable.
So will the Russians (once Putin is dead, likely natural cases before 2025), as part of their post-Putin national reckoning and attempt at reintroducting themselves to the free world.President Zelensky will probably have a much stronger position to initiate anti-corruption policies after the war.
The problem is if yet another kleptocratic despot gains power he won't care about anything but sheering the wool and dining on mutton so long as any of the sheep survive.I don't think they will have a choice if they want to grow.
Well, I sure didn't see that coming...Transnistria in the news:
Several explosions have hit the state security ministry in the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria, the interior ministry said on its Telegram channel.
The ministry said the building appeared to have been hit with rocket-propelled grenades, but it said no one was injured.
It comes days after a Russian general suggested Moscow wanted to take full control of southern Ukraine, giving Russia access to the separatist region of Moldova which it supports.
He said there was "oppression of the Russian-speaking population" in Transnistria, a claim which had also been made - without evidence - to justify the invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine's defence ministry said the incident was a "planned provocation" by Russia itself to instil "panic and anti-Ukrainian sentiment".
A small Russian-speaking breakaway region, Transnistria borders Ukraine from the west. It claimed independence after the fall of the Soviet Union in a bloody conflict, but is not recognised internationally and officially remains part of Moldova.
Incredible. I frequently corrected my teachers in history class. I received poor marks in English class. I wouldn't bother with homework since I spoke the language better than my teacher.
Alas, at least in the US, there is a very strong cabal of politicians and ideologues who want to cripple public education and replace it with their newspeak falsehoods.You make the job undoable and you wonder why you can't get good help? I chose the rechnician job rather than getting a teaching certificate for that reason.
My teachers in school were TEACHERS. Today's teachers are expected to be cops, psychologists, social workers, and oh yes, do a little teaching on the side.
I'm on the Board at our school, and didn't realise how much sh1t teachers have to do that isn't teaching.You make the job undoable and you wonder why you can't get good help? I chose the rechnician job rather than getting a teaching certificate for that reason.
My teachers in school were TEACHERS. Today's teachers are expected to be cops, psychologists, social workers, and oh yes, do a little teaching on the side.