............THE SPIRITUAL APROACH( Rudolf Steiner Pedagogy).................

Last year when I was in Turkey, I thought that I learnt all the learning and teaching approaches given in a book for English language teaching department students. However, time showed me that I was mistaken. That`s to say, this week on Wednesday, I was going to have my exam in 21st century Democratic Citizenship course but our cordinator Dorte sent us to a different kind of school for teaching practice, and everything began there. Dorte took us from the school and left us there after introducing us as being international students from Semineraium in Vordingborg. Yeah, I thought the teachers were really kind. Before going into the class, all students and the teachers gathered in a place and thay prayed while crossing their hands and after this ceremony finished, the teacher told that we did so in that we believed that there is one God. Then Hilal and I went to the Math class with Anidita-sorry in that I may be wrong about the spelling of her name:)-. The class was 7th grade but they were all kind and nice as also the teacher emphasized. Nonetheless, the interesting thing was that they painted some pieces of wood which appeared to be a wall panel in Math class. Again in the class they sang a song before starting the lesson. After they painted, we left the class and went to the teacher room and the headmaster gave us the song and he told that their pedagogy lies in the fact that they believed that everybody and everything in the nature has a soul. They respect everything and they sing songs every month related to seasons, birds, flowers etc in order to show that everyrhing had a soul. Yes, this seemed to be quite clear in that in the Rhtym lesson, the teacher told us that every action u did had a meaning. They grouped the students according to the same type of students. That`s to say, 2 melancholics, 2 inquisitives, and 2 wanting -to -be -leaders sit together so as to leave the other and start to change a little bit. Yet, everybody cannot be teachers in that school and the teachers wanting to do so need educating for 3 years. They didn`t teach just one religion ;they also taught Budism and Islam apart from Christianity, as headmaster said. In addition to this, they decide on what to teach in terms of materials. Yeah, we asked some questions and the headmaster answered. Yes, it was a really interesting day and pedagogy for me.

.........March makes one look through the door, and makes one burn hoes and shovels........

3 days ago:

Girls, let`s go outside. It is really boring to stay at home. The weather is superb; we should take some photos and enjoy this nice sunny day. Hey, come on it is time to get fresh air and just take your jackets, be sure that we won`t feel cold. Yes, I and Semra went outside and we took some pictures since we felt really ready to feel the warmth of March. We were really happy and we walked, laughed and returned home.

Now:

Semra was ill and she couldn`t feel well to come school today. Yesterday, we had to sleep at half past three since she had a high temperature and I tried to help her so that she could feel better. I had a bad headache and I was sneezing yesterday. It seems that we should be really careful about the weather. Yeah I remember my mum. She always used to tell me to be careful about -sun-beautiful liar.I used to say who cares this, mum, u know it is warm enough to just wear a t-shirt but not a jacket with it. Now I realize that actually, she is really right about the weather.Even though I used to ignore this fact, now I really understand her and try to be careful about abrupt weather changes. Even today I was surprised in that it was sunny and windy yesterday and it turned out to be rainy today. I mean in one week , u may experience every types of weather condition. Anyway,at the moment I can say the proverb that puts forward the idea that '' March makes one look through the door, and makes one burn hoes and shovels'' absolutely rings a bell in my mind.:)))

New Day (Nevroz) Bairam in Turkey

Yes today is 21st of March. It is the day which is regarded to be the beginning of spring. This day is called as Nevroz Bairam in Turkey. Although, every country celebrates it as the beginning of spring, it is also a day for Kurdish people to rebel against some inequal policies and strenghts. Yet, it is a good day in that people hope and they never loose their expectations. They have optimistic feelings in terms of life, and they try to believe that everybody deserves to be respected. Let`s see the soul of Nevroz as an indicator of spring.

...................WOMEN`S DAY.................

Mum, where is my skirt?

Mother,I cannot do my homework. I have problem with my friend.

Darling, r u ready,fiends will come tonight.

Heyy.... Come on...What is the role of women in this world? Taking care of children, having lots of responsibilities on shoulder,obeying the rules put forward by their husbands? Of course, not. Yes,women tend to be affectionate,more emotional and faithful to their families. However, this does not mean that they are weak compared to men.If you want to figure out what I mean , let`s look at what today means for proletarian women.

Yes, women have had a role of being opposite to discrimination and fascism made over other people in capitalist world. They used to protect others against massacre and attacks. They used to carry guns with their children in case of wars and clashes. Women are the ones who struggled in the places like factories,fields,and offices. They were pioneers of strikes made against inequality. They struggled for a future in which there was no discrimination between men and women. Yeah, I believe u have understood a bit what women have a role in society. I am proud of myself and the other women in that they try ro get their freedom , they don`t just deal with cooking and take care of their babies. They are also really good at everything for making develop themselves.

..........Undefinable Sense................

If somebody asked me one of my biggest happiness sources, I would definetely put forward it as having excitement in my heart to start my job as a teacher with my sweet students. Yes, sometimes people may not be aware of the chances they have and they may feel really bad just because of an unimportant problem; however, I have learnt to be happy even with a really small event in my life, and I really believe that my students will be my biggest source of happiness. That`s to say, I am really luck in that I will have my students and will not be alone. Last week, we were in Kastrup School. Our assignment was related to meaning of democracy in schools.It was a bit difficult to understand the course in the class in terms of the fact that the course was in Danish. The teacher then told in English what they were doing. Penille,teacher in school,was good at controlling class.Yeah, I tried to observe activities generally especially in terms of cooperative group work. Our students were 8 years old, all of whom were really sweet, respectable, and hardworking. During the lesson we sometimes looked at what they were doing and the interesting part was related to language. Students did not know English and we didn`t know Danish, nonetheless; we drew some pictures for them and they liked. Furthermore, one of them brought a dictionary for us and by looking at that dictionary, we tried to understand each other. At the end of the course, we took some pictures, we were able to have some videos related to our topic with some of the teachers and, our students sang a Farvel song for us. It was a really enjoyable week and Penille was really kind to help us. I would like to thank her.Before going out of class, some of students hugged us. I was glad and surprised to see how sincere they were. Yes, as a teacher candidate I can say I will have responsibilities to control my classroom and being among my students will be my greatest happiness. But as a reminder, although everything was nice, you know sometimes there comes unlucky events. We didn`t wait at school for bus and decided to walk and unfortunately it was such a really windy and cold day that we got cold because of walking for 3 kilometres. When we were at home, our eyes were full of tears, our hands and feet were numb.And we had a too bad headache. Sorry for this, but unfortunately, we couln`t go to school for one day because of this. Except for that day, I really felt both of warm, nice and candid air of school life and cold air out of school in my soul:)))).

.............Valentine`s Day..............

........Love 4 u?...........

Yes, today is Valentine`s Day but why does it seems to be very important for people? Actually, today many people buy roses for their darlings or they send cards to them, which seems really nice for darlings. Yes,people may buy presents for their darlings in this day yet I believe that remembering your love every day should be more reasonable. In my opinion, your love to your darling should be in your mind and especially in your heart every time. I respect to people who just buy presents to their loves because they love even though for me making people buy presents just for this day seems to be a part of consumer society`s game. I think if your darlings do so generally, it is better since it shows he is worth appreciating. Yet, I like confessing that I would like to see my boyfriend and I know it would be a big present for each of us:))). Anyway, if you are curios just as I am, why not look into this day deeply? R U ready? Then Let`s listen to the story below...