Battle of Ilovaisk

   At spring in 2014 war broke out in Ukraine and it is still continuing.The most terrible in this situation that this fierce fighting proceeds for a long time and nobody can't avert war and keep the peace. The people is dying by hundreds and almost every day emerge the new victims of war. Moreover, not only the military is dying but the civilian also.   
   I remember one episod of the war that now is called The Battle of Ilovaisk. It started on 7 August 2014, when the Armed Forces of Ukraine began a series of military operations to protect the city of Ilovaisk from Russian insurgents that encompassed this part of Donetsk. Ukrainian military guarded the biggest part of the city, but after regular Russian invesion on 23-24 August Ukrainian Armed Forces were surrounded.  
    On 29 August at night Russian President Vladimir Putin appealed to combatant to open humanitarian corridor for Ukrainian soldiers who were surrounded. At 10 am on 30 August Ukrainian military began to move out of town but Russian soldiers opened fire. Ukrainian military led a heroic fight against enemies but the forces were unequal as Ukrainians moved with scrap of weapon. Vast numbers of Ukrainians were killed, the hundreds were wounded and taken prisoner.   
   The heavy defeat urged Ukrainian authorities to negotiate Minskiy peace agreement within the contact group Ukraine-Russia-OSCE with the involvement of some separatists representatives.   
   This horrible event showed us the true face of Russian position regarding Ukraine. I can't even imagine how much of patriotism and courage our soldiers have. They stand up for all of us in this warfare and we should be thankful for keeping peace in other part of Ukraine. I know that our country will win this war and Ukraine will thrive. Let's believe in success and support our soldiers at least morally.

Letter to Victoria

  Dear Victoria,

   I hope you remember me. I was a little girl when we met. I had a desire to know how are you doing now, so I decided to write you this letter. I'll never forger how much you've done for me, especially how you've been helped me to get accustomed to living in new country. You were the only one person, who impulses me to get the hang of living in America. You've helped me to overcome the cultural shock and you've amused me when I felt nostalgia for my native country, for Italy.
   Now, 5 years have passed. My life changed and I'm sure yours also. I'm living in West America, near Washington. As you know, after had being fled from terrible war in Italy, our family settled in a small guesthouse. At that time I met you, remember? Unfortunatelly, our friendship has been lasted not for a long time, because my daddy said we had to get around, as in West America live some our relatives and we could live better there. I didn't understand as it happened so fast, I didn't even say goodbay to you, dear Victoria. I'm really sory. I promise that I'll get away from home and come to you. But now I want to tell you a little what happened with me during these 5 years that we didn't communicate.
   At first, when we arrived at new place I felt how alone I am. My father worked all the time in bakery. He tried to make his bussiness thriving and that's why he spend all his time on the work. My younger brother Tim couldn't get acclimatized to the new place and he constantly was getting  ill. My mother had to treat him all the time and all of household choires I did. But I had to undergo all of these.I tried to retain our house clean and cosy. I remember how you told me that you slept in the kitchen on warm carpet outspreaded on the floor. I slept in the similar conditions, my carper just outspreaded in the hall, as our kitchen was too little to sleep there. At summer I slept in the open air in the hammock as it was more comfortable. It was only one thing of which I got pleasure out.
You know, in my house at the tiny attic I found an old gramophone with one record. I listened to it and remembered how we listened to foxtrot together. It was such a charming time!
   I'd like that you tell me about your life, how are you and your parents doing now. I'll be looking forward for your answer!

Love, Rosalia

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Improving educational system

    Whether people give some thoughts to importance and quality of education? Probably yes, but not everyone. As we can see, in our world works the system of education that is usual for people and it doesn't change radically during almost 300 years. Of course some changes happened and they caused marked improvement. But the rough idea is still the same because people have a firm conviction that such a system is good. It has been functioning for many years and it establishes everybody at first sight. But honestly think it's not. All people are different, as well as we live in a different time. Now is the 21st century and I think every person is entitled to get an education as she or he wants and can.     
    I'm studying at Ostrog Academy and I want to say that I like almost everything in educational process. There are few drawbacks but of course nothing is ideal. I know that our university tries to keep up with Europinian universities, that's why I'm sure that through a few year, OA will meet the entry requirements of even the most demanding and Honor Roll students.Here, I want to present some of my ideas which in my opinion would help to improve the educational system. These ideas are not specifically related to my university but it refers educational system by and large.

   1. Lectures, Lessons, Courses. (LLC)
I think every student can choose on which LLC he or she wants to go. Naturally, student must attend the core subjects (in my case everything that connects with English and French). But what about everything else? We have a lot of subjects which noway connect with future profession, for example Low, Sociology, History etc. I clearly grasp the importance of such subjects because students must have common knowledge in different spheres. But we could pay less attention to these subjects, for example not to pass any final tests or exams. If the LLC were interesting, students would get all required knowledge from them.   
   2. Interest of LLC
If the teachers want that their LLC attend a lot of students, they must create them interesting and exciting. There are a lot of teachers who subscribe to the theory that they must come in to classroom, to read some information from the papers which students have to note, and done! And it's the first reason why students play hooky. It's easy to make LLC more interesting, for example its good idea to play some game or conduct some training. Also, it's great when the material gives like visual presentation on the projector into which teacher can include some pictures or videos.   
   3. Working in small groups
Working with few students is more productive than working with huge group of people. I'm really happy that such rule is functioning in our university. From my own experience I can make a counclusion that such work helps to do a subject more properly and successfully. It gives an opportunity to each student to show initiative in work and to get marks more often. Also, with small group of students teacher can organize different group projects which distract from boring usual lessons and permanent cramming.  
    4. Group Projects and Seminars
As I said it's perfect when on the LLC students don't get boredom and don't feel lack of interest. Group projects and seminars will bring students together in one work. Constant dialogue in the game form will help to learn the material by heart and in addition to have some fun.   
   I hope in the near future the educational system will be perfect. But we should bear in mind that the main rule of successful education is to have a thirst for knowledge and have a wish for developing intelligence.