Polyglots à la Romanov

[TimM]

That's what I meant, by teaching that the Bolsheviks were good for Russia, he was a bad teacher.

If this clown was teaching that the Nazis were good for Germany, how long do you think he'd last?

[Превед]

That's what I meant, by teaching that the Bolsheviks were good for Russia, he was a bad teacher.

No, by taking sides instead of letting students reach their own conclusions he was a bad teacher, in my opinion.

If this clown was teaching that the Nazis were good for Germany, how long do you think he'd last?

In North America and Western Europe - not very long.
In many other places in the world this might be taught at this very moment. (Just like Stalinism might be taught as a good thing in Russia. After all, it helped beat Hitler. And vice versa.)

[Dru]

That's what I meant, by teaching that the Bolsheviks were good for Russia, he was a bad teacher.

No, by taking sides instead of letting students reach their own conclusions he was a bad teacher, in my opinion.

I agree that each person should be able to make up his or her own mind.  Also, I am not Russian, and it probably isn't my place to say, but in my humble opinion, neither the Bolsheviks nor the Romanovs were particularly "good" for Russia.  

To get back on topic, I speak English, some Spanish, a little German, and a smattering of Russian

[Grand Duchess Ayla]

I'm brazilian and my native language is portuguese, I also speak english, a little of spanish, some words in
french and I would like to learn russian; I taught myself the alphabet, but I know just some few words.