Sunday was International Women's Day, a day that Yuliia cherishes as it is an important holiday in Ukraine (I was a bit skeptical, but her brother confirmed it the next day when we talked on the phone). To celebrate, Yuliia and I had a nice dinner and then I taught her a bit of Spanish. Before that, I tutored a student on Galois theory.

On Monday, after a couple of days of warm weather (where warm means temperature in the high 30s and 40s), it snowed heavily. The snow looked very pretty (although it made it annoying to walk in the slushiness). I gave the penultimate class, which was a review covering every topic that could be in the final. Then I talked to Anatoly (Yuliia's brother) for a bit, as he speaks a little English. Yuliia was very happy to be talking to him for the first time on Skype, getting to see his face on the webcam. It was nice. I went to film society which was fun, and at night a group of friends, Yuliia and I watched The Reader. At first I was a little bored by the movie, but at the midway point it got interesting and I enjoyed it very much all the way from then on. It was interesting and I could see how the book could be very fun to read.

Today (Tuesday), I gave the last class, another review class. I had a lot of fun teaching the class. Now I have some office hours left, giving the final exam (which is already written) and then grading the final exam. Everything else has been graded, so there's only the final exam left. I am very happy that the average is exactly where it should be (the average is 82). I don't know how Ralf and I made exams that hit that mark, but we did.
At night, I read a very interesting essay called A Mathematician's Lament, written by Paul Lockhart, an analytic number theorist that left university teaching to teach K12 in a prestigious school in New York. The essay is a critique of the current K12 education and how it doesn't teach mathematics. I liked the essay very much and I wished I had read it before teaching myself, so that I could incorporate at least some ideas into the class (although the critique is mostly on K12, it can apply at times to college, specially on Calculus courses). I thought the essay was brilliant and enjoyed reading it.