Bro, hold on tight, because June 5 is something big! No, it's not Steaua's match, it's Teacher's Day, bro! And it's not just any day, it's exactly the birthday of Gheorghe Lazar, the guy who laid the foundations of Romanian-language schooling here. About 200 years ago, this man opened the first Romanian higher school at Sf. Sava in 1818, with the help of Caragea and the boyars. And since then, we learn in Romanian, not Greek or Turkish. So, without him, maybe we'd be speaking another language now, no joke!

Now listen up: since 2007, through a law passed by the Senate and the Chamber, June 5 is celebrated in all schools - state, private, religious, all of them. And since last year, it's also a day off for teachers! Yes, you heard right, bro. After years of activities during work hours, now teachers stay home and rest. Or maybe they're grading papers, I don't know. Mioara says that even so, they still have their problems, but at least they have a day when they don't hear "Sir, why did you give me a 4?"

Gheorghe Lazar, the man from Avrig, Sibiu County, was one of the first to say: "Hey, let's learn in our own language, not just in other languages." He studied in Cluj, Sibiu, Vienna - he did theology, philosophy, law, pedagogy, math, engineering, medicine, basically he was a human encyclopedia. And although it was hard at first - they chased him out of Sibiu because he was disturbing - he kept going. He ended up in Bucharest and in 1818 opened the school at Sf. Sava. From there came people like Petrache Poenaru, Ion Heliade-Radulescu, and the whole 1848 generation. So if we have schooling in Romanian today, we thank him.

But wait, that's not all. On June 5, the Orthodox calendar commemorates St. Elizabeth of Pasarea, and the Greek-Catholic one St. Dorotheus of Tyre. So it's a full day: both teachers and saints. It's the 156th day of 2026, almost halfway. And if you ask me, we should thank teachers more often, not just once a year. Look, my Brian, even though he's on TikTok all day, still learned to read and write from his teacher. And that's no small thing, bro. So on June 5, if you see a teacher, shake their hand and say "thank you." Or at least don't ask them why they gave that hard test.

For now, I'm off to call Fane to have a beer in honor of Gheorghe Lazar!