Posts by Sinziana Demian

  • Teaching One History, Living Another

    Teaching One History, Living Another

    As we look at how life has changed – or stayed the same – over the past 20 years, TOL correspondents in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and […]

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  • Romania: Testing Times for Students

    Romania: Testing Times for Students

    BUCHAREST | Since last September, 14-year-old Andreea Balan has been diligently preparing for the six standardized exams – three per semester – that will largely determine her academic future. Her […]

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  • Romania: Do Not Disturb

    Romania: Do Not Disturb

    BUCHAREST | High school junior Alexandru Marinescu likes history so much that he decided years ago to include it on his baccalaureate exams next summer. But weeks ago he learned […]

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  • Romania: A Doctor in the Family

    Romania: A Doctor in the Family

    CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania | Watching an older brother slowly recover from a serious car crash a few years ago, Alina Calin, then a teenager, gradually realized she wanted nothing more than […]

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  • Romanian children. Creative Commons licensed.

    Romania: Rural Idyll

    Эта статью также можно прочитать в русском переводе All 160 or so fifth- to eighth-graders at the school are Roma, yet none lives in the village. As Romani parents from […]

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  • Romania: Teaching Diversity by the Book

    Romania: Teaching Diversity by the Book

    Эта статью также можно прочитать в русском переводе CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania | Hamburgers are originally from the northern German city of Hamburg. Cappuccino was named after the brown-robed Italian Capuchin friars. […]

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  • Romania: Poor Marks for Bologna

    Romania: Poor Marks for Bologna

    CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania | A week before being scheduled to defend her thesis and earn her bachelor’s degree in French and Hebrew, Anda Stefanescu has other more pressing things to worry about. […]

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  • Romania: Change for Change’s Sake?

    Romania: Change for Change’s Sake?

    Bucharest, ROMANIA | Thirteen-year-old Ionut Sim may well be one of the first generation of Romanian students to finish middle school after grade nine instead of grade eight. He would […]

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  • Romania: One More Chance

    Romania: One More Chance

    CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania | It is 11:10 on a Thursday morning when a slightly unusual science class, the last of the day, begins at Nicolae Iorga School in the Iris industrial […]

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  • Romania: Going for Gold

    Romania: Going for Gold

    CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania | As the little white table-tennis ball rolls on the floor, Dacian Mackszin leans on the side of his wheelchair to drag the ball closer to him with […]

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