ratatatrocks

We're pretty similar. I grew up in a Ukrainian orphanage and also was adopted when I was 9. I also lost my ability to speak my native language but apparently I sometimes dream-talk in Ukrainian.

Since there is no testing how do the students show that they are retaining information that is being taught?

Honestly no real nightmares about being back at the orphanage. It was a mostly pleasant experience for me. The only dreams I have are about before I was put in the orphanage. 70% of the time it's me trying to visualize what my real dad looked like and how we would have interacted. I never met him and he was never around.