In a post-COVID world where online workspaces have become the norm, I like many others took the unprecedented career move of becoming an online teacher. Doing so allowed me to interact with people from across the globe hailing from all manner of cultural and ideological backgrounds. From Iran and Beijing to Sao Paolo and Moscow, each pin on the map fascinated me more than the last. Back in April 2022, I received a lesson request from the unlikeliest of places, somewhere I didn’t expect there to be any demand for extracurricular classes – Kyiv. Ukraine had been fighting a war of attrition for over a year at this point, fighting…