I learned an interesting bit of information from my students today. Turns out, every year around this time there is a Quarantine in school. This is due to the high incidence of flu, and in order to control the spread, schools simply shut down for a couple of weeks. One of my students, Kostya, said that their building is rather old and the heat is not working- which is why their school will be shut down for 3 weeks! He was very excited!
Interesting bit of Public Health policy!
Incidentally, if you're curious about the holidays in Ukraine- there are a total of 9 official national holidays and here they are:
January 1st- New Years
January 7th- Orthodox Christmas
March 8th- International Women's Day
April 17-20th- Orthodox Easter
May 1-2nd - Labor Day
May 9th- Victory Day
June 8th- Orthodox Pentecost
June 28th- Constitution Day
August 24th- Ukrainian Independence Day.
It's rather interesting because the big holiday season in the states is between November and December, and in Ukraine- there's not a single holiday during those months!
It's rather interesting because the big holiday season in the states is between November and December, and in Ukraine- there's not a single holiday during those months!
I love that International Women's Day is an official holiday. People in the states don't even know about it!
ReplyDelete