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polen kanu at my universityETH in Zurich they are trying to increasethe percentage of femaleprofessors.As I got the traineeship at the KPI in KievI was really very paddeln happy because I love theMagic of Mathematics35 ~ IAESTE Ukraine 2008Russian language and mathematics andhaving the chance to do my traineeship inmathematics in Ukraine was Flights more thanperfect. Unfortunately there are just a fewtraineeships for students of mathematics.It is not easy to find a traineeship in mathematics,you may certainly find somethingwhich is quite related tomathematics, for instance something ineconomics, in a bank or an insurance company,but often it is not what mathematiciansare looking for. It is really a pity thatin the IAESTE program there are only a fewtraineeships for students of mathematics,since mathematics is a basis of all technicalstudies. Doing my traineeship in Kiev wasa good choice. Of course, I did not exactlyknow how my traineeship will look like. Itturned out that we had a very, very lovelysupervisor Prof. Tamara Stryzhak who welcomedme with the following for me neverforgettable sentence: “You are my rescuer!”I did not understand in the beginningwhy she said this to me. She washappy because the other two mathematicsstudents from Germany Laura and Bettinacould not speak Russian and I helped themto communicate with