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Dear Mr. Observer,
I must say that I was touched by your piece on children's literacy from the September issue, which was entitled "Why Vova Doesn't Read." As a mother of five in modern-day Kyiv, I am all too familiar with the challenges of rearing little ones. I kick them in their rears every day as a motivational device. Schools just don't do the job they did when I was a kid.
My oldest boy used to go to one, but the dirty language he used only got worse. He didn't seem to make any influential friends either. Education is a lifetime endeavor, for sure, but the capital's public squares, rail stations and fast food outlets offer lessons that can't be learned in a classroom. Besides, there's always a newspaper or shopping flier lying around for the intellectually inclined.
I want the best for my babies, so I demand an effort from them in return. Call it tough love, but they are expected to come home with at least some pocket change during the harshest of winter days. I don't want them to end up alcoholics like the guys that sired them.
I try to set an example by squatting in the underpasses with my youngest, but the capital's policemen are insensitive to such entrepreneurial initiatives. Why doesn't Vova know how to read? Go ask him yourself. I haven't seen the little bugger in weeks.
Alla #$%* Kholik
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Dear Mr. Observer,
I Vould like to comment on your Foreign Investment article from past month. You ask, "Vhen is investment going to get here?" I vill tell you when it going to get here. Vhen you foreigners learn how to do business in Ukraine. One man say he doesn't like our court system. Who does like it? Me? I been put in jail by corrupt judges sex times in past year. Now I pay my own judge and help pass laws as deputy in parliament. Listen, foreign man - you have to pay either way. And concerning man who says he wants Ukrainian law to be more transparent. Why? I must to ask heem. Does he really want our tax police to know how much he makes? If yes, let him tell for himself.
I don't even tell my vife, and she has half our enterprises in her name. I hear all time that Ukraine is corrupt country, so why do Vorld Bank and IMF keep giving us credits? And why do you alvays talk about oligarks? Do you really theenk Donetsk bandits and Odessa criminals are more powerful than American multi-nationals? Still, I theenk there vill be more foreigners in Ukraine. They vill continue to complain and act like big shots. No problem, but you must pay too. We are not vorried. As Vladimir Lenin said: A capitalist vill sell you the rope to hang him with. In mean time, we vatch your films and eet your hamburgers. These also cost much money. Do you hear us complaining about this? o
Boris Badanovchuk
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Read also previous issue' articles:
Danone Nations Cup
Ukraine and Property Rights
UKRAINE. Which Way to Go?
Capital’s Minibuses Need Shake-up
Ukrainian Woman in Power
Foggy Forms and Silly Signs: Why Ukraine Needs An 'English Brigade'
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