I took my Russian final this morning hepped up on chocolate and these Ukrainian mocha wafer cookies Denis brought in for us. I have never been so sad to turn in a final exam in my academic career. I am going to miss this class, and Denis, like whoa! We are making arrangements to finish the last two chapter of the text over the summer and have ( Read more... )

While studying for my second-to-last Russian test last night, I had a thought: If I have one big regret about my college experience, it's that I didn't start taking Russian until my final year. If I could have one do-over, I would make my freshman self sign up for Russian 1 so I could be nearly fluent in it by this point. Instead, I'm at the ( Read more... )

OMG!!!! I just got some kick-ass news from my Russian prof., Denis. Apparently I qualify to join Dobro Slovo, the Slavic studies honor society--whee! Denis first mentoned it last week in passing, and after I sent him my GPA and list of Russian/Russian history courses, he told me this morning I am eligible. This made my geeky heart grow three ( Read more... )