On March 23, 2007, Brad Guarino, a Fulbright scholar in Sofia, came to my classroom.

The artist gave a PowerPoint presentation (http://www.bradguarinoart.blogspot.com) to my students from 10 G class. The students asked intelligent and thoughtful questions, and responded well to the concepts brought up in the discussion. Brad appreciated their seriousness and their interpretations of the artwork that he presented (For Want of Something Better, General Confusion and The Call for Reinforcements, Trust and The Enviable Future, For What We Have Not (Yet) Lost, and The Persistent Echo of Earlier Assumptions)—in some cases they brought up valid points about the work that he had not thought of. In a message that he sent to me a few days after his visit, Brad wrote: “Overall their command of English vocabulary was impressive, and they were in most cases able to express their ideas concisely and clearly. The teacher was attentive to what was going on in the discussion and jumped in to help when it was needed.”