Communism holdover in Kyiv’s underground

Note the photo of me standing under a Material object of a woman personifying victory to communism. Metro stops in Kyiv have different personalities just like my students show their different personas in the themes and layouts they are choosing for their blogs.  Fun seeing the progress and development as I too am learning new things about how to move photos around.  Much to learn yet. 

President John F. Kennedy, notable anti-communist, is known for this famous quote: “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask instead what you can do for your country.”  He has several other quotable quotes yet I like to utilize quotes from a man who died the very same day JFK was assassinated.  I’m referring to C.S. Lewis, noted scholar and author.  The movie which came out last year,”The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe” was based on one of Lewis’ many childrens’ book. 

C.S. Lewis also wrote serious books like Mere Christianity.  I like the following quote from Letters to Malcolm where Lewis wrote:  “To the materialist things like nations, classes, civilizations must be more important than individuals, because the individuals live only seventy-odd years each and the group may last for centuries.  But to the Christian, individuals are more important, for they live eternally; and races, civilizations and the like, are in comparison the creatures of a day.  The Christian and the Materialist hold different beliefs about the universe.”