I woke up early in the morning today too, just to realize its gotten a lot colder than yesterday. After gearing up accordingly we left for classes.
In school everything was fine, in the first period the students were very eager to talk to us, so the teacher permitted it saying that this usually isn’t allowed. So we became friends very quickly. They were truly curios to the life in Germany. We exchanged some information and they were eager to learn more about us while in the meantime we learned a lot about them too. They mostly wanted to know about how we pass our time during the week and weekends, and they told us about how they spent theirs. We told them that over the week people just meet with friends and hang out, occasionaly doing something since they have work/school in the next day. In the weekend on the other hand people go out have some fun, like going to party, or drinking with friends etc.
Where as in Turkey they don’t have the liberty to do much im the week, because unlike us in Germany they have school till 17:00 o’clock. Unlike us who at most stay till 15:00 o’clock. They mostly stay home and play games (PS3, computer, Xbox etc), where as some people do some out door activities such as martial arts, soccer training etc.In the weekends they meet up and go around town, to the arcade bowling etc. Some of the things we in Germany do durimg the week.
The mai
n difference I percieved was the society in which both country are different. Germans who are very open minded, independent, and Turkey people conservative, traditionele.eg. Germans one can do what they want (within the jurisdiction of the law) and no one would bat an eye, where as in turkey kissing on the streets wouldn’t be a crime but enough a reason to be judged and disliked since such a display of affection isn’t publicly accepted.
After the 3 period we went to the media technicians and saw them in action. They practice on old tube TVs and Antennas, sometimes even on modern TVs on how they work, how to assemble them and do some basic corrections on error. I asked if they learned to open up those new modem boxes but they said that not here in this school. Afterwards we were released of classes and left.
*Compared to a conventional Berufskollege (technical school) they have more of a mix between school and Ausbildung (apprenticeship). They have normall classes like any school (maths, physics, biology etc) then specific lectures depending on their chosen fields electro technician, mechanic etc. Similar to us in Germany but the after the lunch break at 13:00 o’clock they have practical lessons in school which finish at 17:00 o’clock.*
We went to go get lunch at a kebab house. We ordered Dönner Kebab and afterwards we could concur that the taste and assembly in the Döner is different to Germany but in no way inferior. We went to see the Kemal University. There was a minor problem at the gate, we weren’t permitted to enter the University unannounced but after some reasning we were allowed to enter. The University was rather big and divided in different aprartment buildings just like here in Germany. We just went to the electric part of the University. Which to my suprise was set up like a normal classroom and not like our lecture halls.Then we went to the arcade to play some billiard(snooker) and bowling.
Afterwards we came back home and thus finished this fun day.