Three English Teaching Assistants Jordana Bickel, Dakota Tackett, and Charlie Deichmann experienced a rich portion of Czech culture at the Slovácko Wine Festival in Uherské Hradiště last weekend. Jordana, or Jo, teaches English at an Art High School in Uherské Hradiště and, together with her mentor Martina Dočekalová, an English teacher at the same school, they invited other nearby ETAs to join them for this popular wine celebration. Dakota Tackett, who teaches at an Agriculture High School in Přerov, and Charlie Deichmann, who teaches at an Art High School in Ostrava, both eagerly accepted the invitation. Every year, people from all around the world come to this festival to taste Moravian wine and to watch different regions of the Czech Republic showcase their unique cultural dances, songs, and traditional costumes. Aware of the fact that three American Fulbrighters would join the festival, the Art School Headmaster, Ivo Savara, arranged traditional Moravian folk costumes called ...
Jaké je to být Fulbrighterem. What it is like to be a Fulbrighter.