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NatalyS писал(а):

They were fridges, furniture, jewellery, etc. At the beginning of the last academic year we were told that our children's examination marks would depend on the presents for the teachers and tables we would lay for them.

That's awful !
JennyAtl - Had you ever worked as a teacher in the local schools??? Or you just have some bad experience with the teachers??? Why so much negativity??? Or it just seems so for me??

JennyAtl писал(а):

And they do have to buy supplies: sometimes they get some reimbersement, sometimes they give a list to students, and they also have rewards program from major stores.

or sometimes because school doesn't have enough money and teacher wants to give as much as he/she can to the students. Am I being naive here?

JennyAtl писал(а):

some sort of stability (althogh nowadays hard to belive anyway)

not right now, not right now.

elenayork писал(а):

Olya, I can hardly believe in it!! In the USA …???!!!

believe it or not. I did not believe either.