"Hello=Merhaba"

I did not start my teaching practice like most of the third-year-students from KJO. I start my teaching practice in a primary school in Mersin, Turkey. The class consisted more or less of 40 young Turkish learners at the age of 9. The classroom was really tiny and I still wonder how they managed to squeeze there. The learners were surprised by the fact that they would have a new foreign teacher so they were quiet and interested at the beginning of our cooperation. But when they used to the situation, they started to be noisy and they wanted to know everything about me. Their English was insufficient to communicate and they asked the same questions all the time, for example: Where are you from? Where do you live? How old are you? What kind of music do you listen to? They were very eager to cooperate and I guess they enjoyed every lesson as they could use English in a real life situation (they were kind of forced to use English to communicate with me). Although it was very difficult to handle such a numerous class and to teach them some English, I find this experience motivating and encouraging to further work as a teacher. Now I know I am able to teach in unusual and demanding situations.

Incredible Woman in Politics

I didn't know who to write about for a long time. As it is commonly known, the world of politics is dominated by men. Maybe that is why it is so difficult to come up with a famous female politician. Eventually, I dedided to write about Emma Goldman who was an incredible and controversial woman, both in private and political life.
Emma Goldman (June 27, 1869 – May 14, 1940) was an anarchist who came to the United States of America from the terrains of nowadays Lithuenia. Emma was born in Koyno in the Russian Empire (now Kaunas in Lithuania), a few years later she emigrated to New York City in 1885. She was one of the immigrants who travelled across the ocean for several months in order to find a better world. Unfortunately, the new world wasn't such a blessing as she had expected. Immigrants from Europe were exploited by the developing intustry which despretly needed hands to work. They lived in poor conditions without any possitive financial perspectives. Goldman was a fragile and strong at the same time woman who could not stand the obvious exploitation of the poor by the rich. That is why she turned towards the social movement and fought for rights at work including the time off, health and safety, trade unions, harassment and discrimination. She spent her whole life on seeking the solution for decreasing the social and financial gap between the poort and the rich.
Goldman was also one of the first feminists who fought for women's rights. In 1897 she wrote: "I demand the independence of woman, her right to support herself; to live for herself; to love whomever she pleases, or as many as she pleases. I demand freedom for both sexes, freedom of action, freedom in love and freedom in motherhood" which was a very revolting and innovating statement at that time.
Emma Goldman was always considered as a rebel woman who was not afraid of expressing her own opinions. One may agree or disagree with her views; however, nobody can deny her outstanding ability to fight for her believes, which I find worth admiring.

in disguise

This picture was taken when I was in kindergarten. It was a lovely disguise party aimed mainly at socializing with peers (as you can see;)). And now the task comes: can you find me?

So here I am, at the age of 5 months:) I found many photos of me as a child but I thought this one would be the cutest one.
When it comes to my childhood friends, I guess I can write a few words about my cousins who I used to spend a lot of time with. We lived in one house for a couple of years so no wonder we became close play-mates. The thing that we enjoyed the most was riding a bicycle. We organized races around our neighbourhood during summer time, which was unforgettable fun! But during winter time our favourite activity was looking for Christmas presents which were hidden somewhere in the house. It was like playing cat and mouse with our parents. Although our childhood finished a few years ago, we are still in touch, mostly because of the common memories we share.

get up carmen

And this is where the name of my blog comes from. One of my favourite songs and artists

weronika and łukasz about their favourite shows

Episode 2

KJO's Podcast

welcome

Welcome my dear readers!:) I hope you'll enjoy reading my blog as much as I enjoy reading yours. I am not sure what it's going to be about yet...I think it's going to be a surprise for you:)