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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Kids in a foreign land

There is a rather touching article today by Clifford J. Levy in the NYTimes Magazine titled "My Family's Experiment in Extreme Schooling" where he describes his originally-from-Brooklyn family's experience of immersing their kids for several years in a Russian-only school in Moscow. I think these were some brave parents, to trust in their children's ability to flourish in a foreign environment. Of course, this is what immigrant families in the U.S. go through all the time, but it's nice to see a first-hand account of what the experience is like. Vasiliy Bogin, the school's director, seems a fascinating figure.

Update (9/19/11): There is a great video accompanying this article that describes the Humanitarian school in Moscow, made by Julie Dressner (Clifford Levy's wife) and Shayla Harris: http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/09/15/magazine/100000001040165/an-education.html

And here's a blog entry by her about it: http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/15/z-is-the-first-letter-of-the-alphabet/

6 comments:

Hildegard Flatley said...

Off course, Clifford J. Levy written an unbelievable article about some little kids of Russian school. He has mentioned on this page about their school life in Moscow and made us happy after telling us about their school life. Thanks Clifford J. Levy keep writing more articles like this and best of luck.

Velva Block said...

Yes, it’s really hearts touching movements for all parents because when a child goes far from their parents so much sad. Because he far for their parents click to explore no one mother and father live without their kids. All parents love their kids and can’t go far from his heart piece.

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