Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Turkish Seminar January
Hello! If you would like to keep up with our seminar daily, you can check the blog that is bellow.
We update it daily :)
Hopefully you will like it!
http://erasmusturkishseminar.blogspot.dk/
Sunday, January 8, 2017
Discussion Forums
Hello!
As we are getting closer to the workshops that will hold in Spain and Denmark during the last week of January, we decided to open a couple of online discussion forums to get started. We thought it is a nice way to share ideas and discuss the questions that we will be talking during the workshops.
These are the issues that we would like to discuss. By clicking the links, you will directly reach the discussion forum for that specific question. Thank you for sharing your ideas :)
Did you know Santa
was originally from Turkey? What does New Year's Eve mean to you? ==> http://www.tricider.com/
Did you know that 'Utsava' is the Sanskrit word for Hindu festivals, meaning 'to cause to grow 'upward'? What are your perceptions of the religious festivals? ==> http://www.tricider.com/
Did you know that the global wedding industry was worth $300 billion as of 2016? What do you think when you hear the word of the wedding? ==> http://www.tricider.com/admin/
Turkish people are hospitable. Even in a Forbes ranking of the friendliest countries, Turkey ranked #6. (http://www.forbes.com/
These are the issues that we would like to discuss. By clicking the links, you will directly reach the discussion forum for that specific question. Thank you for sharing your ideas :)
Did you know Santa
Did you know that 'Utsava' is the Sanskrit word for Hindu festivals, meaning 'to cause to grow 'upward'? What are your perceptions of the religious festivals? ==> http://www.tricider.com/
Did you know that the global wedding industry was worth $300 billion as of 2016? What do you think when you hear the word of the wedding? ==> http://www.tricider.com/admin/
Turkish people are hospitable. Even in a Forbes ranking of the friendliest countries, Turkey ranked #6. (http://www.forbes.com/
Thank you for your time! Can't wait to hear from you guys :)
Summary of a week in Turkey
After a week long stay in our school, two lovely ladies from Denmark (Ida Marie Frost & Anna Bech Skougaard) wrote a summary to reflect their impression of a week stay in Turkey. You can read it bellow!
We think it was great, that we could choose the classes we liked; the only downside was
that we didn’t participate as much as we would have liked to do. It would have been a
better experience if the teachers gave us small tasks, that we could do when the class was
doing something we couldn’t participate in.
It would have been nice if the school had sent a packing list. We weren’t really sure if we
had to bring bed sheets and stuff like that. Otherwise, it was really nice that we got to text
with our hosts; it made the trip a little less frightening experience.
It was a great experience to live with one of the students and see how a typical Turkish
family lives and how the student’s lives are outside of school. Overall the weekend went by
almost way to fast and we felt as if there were so much to see, but too little time do so.
One of the most challenging things about staying the weekend in a Turkish home was that
the parents didn’t understand you. We figured it out by having Deniz (our host) translating,
but it would have been nice to communicate directly with the parents. (We know that
there is nothing you can do about such things and it is just a small detail)
We got the impression that the students are stressed out by homework and by the
pressure from the parents. We got the impression that it is very important for the Turkish
students to get away from Turkey as soon as possible because of the huge amount of
pressure, the Turkish state puts on the students; especially with all the exams and tests.
The system is so far away from the Danish system and we honestly feel very lucky to live in
a country that doesn’t put so much stress on the students by giving grades and exams in
such an early age.
It’s obvious to see, that there is a lot of homework and a certain amount of stress for each
student attending this school. But besides the hard work, the students seem to be very
close with one another and overall they seem extremely happy to be here. The
environment on the school is really laid back and free-spirited. We can sense that the
students feel more free and relaxed here than in the society outside of school.
The students were really welcoming and it was so nice that so many of them came to pick
us up at the airport. The students showed some motherly concern to make sure that we
were having fun and everything was okay. They were chatty and often students
approached us make sure that we were okay and weren’t lost or feeling lonely. They
seemed to be interested in our way of living with our school system and everything. They
had a genuine interest in us as individuals and actually wanted to get to know us.
So overall it has been great staying at the school and getting to know you guys :)
Ida Marie Frost & Anna Bech Skougaard (Midtfyns Gymnasium)
Date that the text is written; 25/10/2016
Summary of our week
- The classes
that we didn’t participate as much as we would have liked to do. It would have been a
better experience if the teachers gave us small tasks, that we could do when the class was
doing something we couldn’t participate in.
- The information
It would have been nice if the school had sent a packing list. We weren’t really sure if we
had to bring bed sheets and stuff like that. Otherwise, it was really nice that we got to text
with our hosts; it made the trip a little less frightening experience.
- The weekend
family lives and how the student’s lives are outside of school. Overall the weekend went by
almost way to fast and we felt as if there were so much to see, but too little time do so.
One of the most challenging things about staying the weekend in a Turkish home was that
the parents didn’t understand you. We figured it out by having Deniz (our host) translating,
but it would have been nice to communicate directly with the parents. (We know that
there is nothing you can do about such things and it is just a small detail)
- The school system
We got the impression that the students are stressed out by homework and by the
pressure from the parents. We got the impression that it is very important for the Turkish
students to get away from Turkey as soon as possible because of the huge amount of
pressure, the Turkish state puts on the students; especially with all the exams and tests.
The system is so far away from the Danish system and we honestly feel very lucky to live in
a country that doesn’t put so much stress on the students by giving grades and exams in
such an early age.
- The school
It’s obvious to see, that there is a lot of homework and a certain amount of stress for each
student attending this school. But besides the hard work, the students seem to be very
close with one another and overall they seem extremely happy to be here. The
environment on the school is really laid back and free-spirited. We can sense that the
students feel more free and relaxed here than in the society outside of school.
- The general impression
The students were really welcoming and it was so nice that so many of them came to pick
us up at the airport. The students showed some motherly concern to make sure that we
were having fun and everything was okay. They were chatty and often students
approached us make sure that we were okay and weren’t lost or feeling lonely. They
seemed to be interested in our way of living with our school system and everything. They
had a genuine interest in us as individuals and actually wanted to get to know us.
So overall it has been great staying at the school and getting to know you guys :)
Ida Marie Frost & Anna Bech Skougaard (Midtfyns Gymnasium)
Date that the text is written; 25/10/2016
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