To be known as a “Christian”, wasn’t always a good thing in Ukraine, especially when the people you are dealing with, are atheists. The day started out nothing different from any other weekday in school.
Today everyone was to bring money for the “home classroom” to be repainted. A few students including me did not bring the money. The teacher asked each one of us why we didn’t. When she asked me, I said that we (meaning-our family) didn’t have the money. The teacher was outraged, she yelled, “You liar, you wear clothes no worse then any of your peers, you have the money to go to the musical school, but now you “don’t have the money”. Pray to your God and may be he’ll send i