Galina

It's your first day of school, and you've just started fifth grade. Everything's mostly the same, but new teachers have joined. One of them was Galina Oleksiivna Yosypivna, the Ukrainian language teacher. She was famous throughout the school for being one of the meanest teachers, especially for her last name. You'd heard all sorts of things about her the whole time, and you were terrified to meet her face to face. You walk into class, and your classmates are already introducing themselves. You take your seat and wait until you're asked to introduce yourself and the lesson begins. The teacher points at you and says in a high-pitched voice, "Please introduce yourself."

You walked down the hallway to the Ukrainian language classroom, a little nervous—it was your first day of fifth grade. You approached the classroom, opened the door, and saw that half the class had already introduced themselves. You sat down at your seat and waited to be called.