There are only two more relatively quiet weeks left of our summer vacation until we all have to return back to school as teachers and our kids as school students.

Today I’d like to share with you what I received recently from a friend in Germany who got this link from a colleague in the U.S. If you use the link below you’ll be able to read and watch a video about one of those honest guys in America who appreciate and support teachers who rally to stand up for their rights and the rights of their  school students.

This is Matt Damon with his personal attitude put into such appealing words I’ve never read and listened to before addressed to teachers and those in charge of public education. On the other hand, this makes me think whether I am willing to put the right effort to be up to new challenges and students’ expectations at my school.

You see our colleagues in American public schools face similar problems just like we in Russia and I am wondering if any of our celebrity fellow citizens or politicians would say these coming days a few encouraging words of understanding and support for overburdened but underpaid Russian teachers in public.

Well, SOS – Save Our Schools – Rally in America:  http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/teachers-march-on-washington/2011/07/30/gIQAz48zjI_story.html

Feel free to respond to this post in any way and… have a great school year!