A visit to Lugansk Medical Lyceum 16

Wednesday, I enjoyed a visit with students at the Luhans'k Medical Lyceum 16 (medical high school).  I had been invited to speak at several English classes.  The school is located at the Luhans'k State Medical University and is actually a public boarding school.  Most of the students have identified medicine as their future careers.  I really enjoyed spending time with them, showing them photographs of Kansas City, answering their questions and getting to know them. 

I gave their English program a book about Kansas, and they presented me with a journal in which many of them had written me letters, poems, stories, etc.  It was a very touching gift, and I have enjoyed reading it.  I also received a signed card from each class.

The students were very cheerful, pleasant and polite, and they seemed genuinely interested in my presentation. They were also extremely attentive and respectful. Their teacher said they are actually like this most of the time.  Many of the kids here face similar economic challenges as my students in the urban core of Kansas City, Kansas, yet they so different. 

Just a few of the students I met.