Collective Farm Stepnoy. My Friends. 1946. USSR
Though I never revisited her, I proceeded to teach my female peers to dance the tango individually, whether in the school corridor, on the street, or in the schoolyard. It was then that I realized the folly of assessing individuals solely by their academic performance. Despite the Latvian girls' average scholastic achievements, they proved far from mediocre. They exuded warmth, did not quarrel, remained obedient, attentive to one another, honest, and dutiful. While Lyudka Kalashnikova excelled academically, her character fell short of virtue.
This realization solidified my understanding that one's worth cannot be measured solely by their academic grades. It took me a year of schooling to comprehend this truth, by the time I reached the sixth grade. Leafing through an old album, I encountered photographs of both fifth and sixth-grade classmates. Regrettably, amidst the faces captured in the frame, including Kolka Rodin (who incidentally appeared in the photo with the milkmaids), there was no sign of Styopa or Sasha Vertiy – both personal favorites of mine.
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