Today I attended a half-day conference on Market-Oriented Primary and Secondary Education organized by the American Chamber of Commerce. The idea was to come up with proposals on how the private sector can work with schools to make Armenia�s workforce and economy globally competitive. I then spent the afternoon teaching English at Sp. Katoghike to youths aging from 11 to 20 years old. What amazed me is the ability of these youths to translate text from English to Armenian, it was quite impressive.

Meanwhile my cousin and her friend have already started working in the hospital and loving it. They were advised on their first day that the entire staff have not been paid since 1999 and when asked as to why they still worked without pay, their response was that why should they sit at home, when there�s work to be done at the hospital? There is hope!