At Federal Hocking Middle and High school this half of the school year, Renee Ripple’s eighth grade class paired up with another eighth grade class at Lycee Anne de Kiev.
I was paired up with Kyrylo. I think it was a great experience. We get to learn so much about each other and how we are different and alike at the same time.
We had a presentation on Ukrainian folk music. Brett Hill from Dayton Ohio is a musician who travels back and forth from Ukraine to the U.S. He came with Amedee Royer, a music teacher, to show us and teach us the differences and similarities between our folk music and Ukraine folk music. They also talked about a program called “From Ohio with Love”. It is a program that centers around bringing medical supplies to soldiers in Ukraine.
We have shared many things about our differences in culture about the Appalachian and Ukrainian cultures.
Kryrlo and I have so much in common. We like the same music. We both also like to draw. He is a really good drawer. But we have differences, too. Kyrylo is a Libra and I am a Pisces. This is one of our many differences.
Kryrlo is a 15-year old that likes to draw and play video games with his friends. He is a really nice person.
“It has been a really good experience for me and my classmates.” Wallace stated.
This was just overall a very interesting experience for all of us in Ripple’s Journalism class.
