VIII3

(Place, tavern, firm, Yugoslavia)

The third division in my elementary school class, next door down the hall.

Their classmaster (literally, class-elder here) was teaching russian. Blonde, average looking, not outstanding in any way, had a habit of caricaturally mocking anyone's mispronouncing. Some of these I remember better than most of the lessons.

There was an awkward moment in september 1968, when the first lesson was a poem "Do the Russians want a war", coming just a couple of weeks after the occupation of ČSSR. She pulled some long-winded explanation which didn't quite work, something about a distinction between people, country and government.


Mentions: october 1968., 17-VIII-1969., and most of the next week, 01-I-1970., march 1970., 03-VII-1970., and the following days, 31-I-2020., Borivoj Pragović (Bora), Bosiljka Šain (Bosa), Dragana Vitas (Dragana), Dušica Tošin (Duca), Gradivoj Sredljev (Sredljak), Olivera Stojanović (Oli Boj), Trajko Kajganić (Trle), Vasa Šančev, Vladimira Brkljević, Vlasta Čkuljić, Zmaj, in serbian