Presents a letter from a Peace Corps volunteer and first-year teacher about his experiences teaching English at a Russian school. Describes courses of study, the ever-changing schedule, his problems in the first semester adapting to Russian ideas of teaching, and his successful struggle to apply the education he had learned to this new teaching…

Describes a creative organization of low-enrollment schools that was created in order to allow teachers in village schools to share their ideas and discuss professional problems and to address the needs of students and beginning teachers. Considers the village teacher's role in producing quality education and their influence on village schools.…