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Overview

  • 28 references 11 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German, Russian, Ukrainian; learning Spanish
  • 36, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • I am a full-time student in Germany, working as a teacher...
  • 1st in International economy; 2d in teaching, linguistics...
  • From Kyiv, Kyiv city, Ukraine
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About Me

My life credo is: "People who teach others are wise, but those who teach themselves are enlightened." So reflection, self-development and improvement are in my constant focus.
Regarding my psycho-type - I am an extroverted altruistic philanthropist ;))) Sounds sophisticated, but it is true! I really love human-beings, interesting contacts and mindful conversations.

Professional way:
When I was 22 years old i got my first master-degree in international economics and international business management. But after a while I realised, that I want to do something more than sitting in the office, handling papers and increasing profits for some bunch of men. So since two years I am studying for my second bachelor degree to become a teacher. I am concerned with is a pedagogy and psychology of teaching and sustainable development.
I am working a lot with teenagers of different backgrounds and social status. I love my job a lot!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing is a platform that enables meeting and living with people all around the world, vanishes the barriers in sharing thoughts and experiences between the humans of different origins! Everyone can book a hotel and stay there, but living with locals is always a special experience, that reveals secrets of local culture and mentality. That is what I am looking for whilst travelling.

Interests

As mentioned above, my professional and therefore life interests are pedagogy, psychology, sustainable teaching. Beside that, I love to travel, dance, learn languages, deal with mathematics, logic and science in general.
But along with that I am quite spiritual person, so I have a huge respect and interest to all kinds of spiritual systems and practices. I am systematically practicing yoga and different types of diets like vegetarian and vegan diet. But I am not strict in that way ;)

  • culture
  • books
  • dancing
  • dining
  • cooking
  • vegetarian
  • vegan
  • yoga
  • dieting
  • traveling
  • business
  • economics
  • teaching
  • languages
  • logic
  • mathematics
  • psychology
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

My husband is a vinyl-records collector, so we are both quite melomaniac.
I like deep and mindful movies, the same refers to the books!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I lived for three months on Sri Lanka island in the jungle village among indigenes, learnt their culture and traditions and taught English in a local secondary school. That was unforgettable experience!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you Russian, Ukrainian, German, yoga asanas, healthy food cooking and probably lots of other things, but we should first find it out ;)))

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share my positive attitude ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Sri Lanka, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

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