Entries by Tatyana Vorozhko

Journalist of the Ukrainian Voice of America Service


Why do Americans work for wear and tear and pay for workaholism

Once my husband and I met in the store his friend, whom he had not seen for five years. And the first thing he told him about his life was the number of hours worked last week. We never found out whether he got married or ...


'Vanity size' and four more 'crazy' and wonderful American shopping trends

Buying clothes has always been a problem for me. As a child, back in the Soviet Union, there wasn’t much choice, and my best clothes were sewn by my mother. Chinese down jackets, which were the first, along with Turkish jeans, to penetrate the Iron Curtain, following the bears...


How to do everything and be happy: a recipe for effectiveness from a successful immigrant

Everyone has faced the problem of burnout at work or, conversely, did not know which way to approach this or that matter. Which rules of efficiency should be followed, and which should be avoided - Tatyana Vorozhko shared her personal experience, opinion and recommendations...


What trauma taught me: 15 observations about American medicine and society

I couldn't use both arms for about three weeks, and any movement of my right shoulder - when getting dressed, sleeping, trying to work on the computer, etc. - caused severe pain. It turned out that I had a partial tear of the cartilage and cuff of the shoulder, severe...


Methods of a totalitarian cult: how to recognize that you are being zombied

The antithesis of freedom is not a prison, not a totalitarian state, or even slavery. This is a cult when not only the body, but also the consciousness of a person is captured. According to psychologist Michael Langone, editor-in-chief of a magazine and several books on cult practices,...


Five essential skills that American education provides

Any education provides not only knowledge, but also skills that are then used in work and everyday life. Tatiana Vorozhko writes about this in her blog for the Voice of America. For example, studying at the Faculty of History of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv helped me develop ...


Personal experience: in the USA, even a dog can be put under house arrest

One of the arguments of supporters of the idea of ​​disbanding or reducing funding for the police, which is now being actively discussed in American society, is that law enforcement officers perform many functions in communities. In an article in the Washington Post, a fan of this idea, Georgetown University law professor Christie...


Quarantine, we will miss: what good did self-isolation give us

There is no doubt: the coronavirus pandemic is a huge tragedy. According to official data alone, more than 350 people have died, and the number of people affected by the SARS-CoV-000 virus is approaching 2. Global economic indicators are expected to decline by 6% monthly, global trade…


Laptops, lunches and online lessons: how to organize home-based learning in the USA

We learned on Thursday evening that our school was closing last Friday, March 13, and tentatively until April 10. According to the plan, it was supposed to close on Monday and only for one day - so that teachers could come and...


Will the American healthcare system withstand the test of coronavirus: 5 features of medicine in the US

The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is also testing the healthcare systems of countries around the world. The peculiarities of the US medical system can both help combat the spread of the disease and make it much more difficult to contain the virus and treat patients. An ambulance ride is expensive. April XNUMXst...

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