Very Important Questions to Students in Turkey
VIQ
( very important questions)
Question/Answer
Turkish vs. American Schools
We visited two Turkish schools to compare them with American schools. We had a great time at the schools! To get all of our information we talked to some high school girls. The girls spoke very, very little English so we had the English teacher translate. Check out these VIQs (Very Important Questions) and extra information from our visits.
Translated by English teacher.
1.
Q. How long is your school day?
A. Our school day is 7 hours long.
2.
Q. What is your favorite subject?
All the people we asked said this.
A. (Turkish) L.A.
3.
Q. What sports do you play in school?
A. We play volley ball, basket ball, and foot ball (soccer).
4.
Q. We experienced a few power outages on the few first days, because their was a big storm. If the power goes out, do you still have school?
A. Every on said evet (yes). The English teacher said that it was warm so they would not need heat, and it is not so hot that they would need AC.
5.
Q. Do you have holidays off?
A. We have a break in February, three months off for summer, and Saturday and Sunday off.
6.
Q. If you talk while the teacher is taking what do they do?
A. It depends on the teacher.
7.
Q. What do you not like about school?
A. They could not say because the principle and assistant principle were there.
We learned a lot from the English teacher and the girls but we also saw some cool stuff at the schools.
The little kids’ uniforms were all blue. The girls wore dresses with lace lapels. The girls’ lapels had flowers, butterflies and other “girly” stuff. The boys had blue shirts and blue pants. The boys wore lapels which had trucks embroidered on them.
The high school kids had a gray uniform with blue. The girls had gray bottoms and either blue or white tops. I guess they got to chose. The high school boys had blue jackets, white shirts and gray pants.
The school bells were very nice. Instead of going “dddiiiiiiiiiiing”, it was a nice gentle piano with other soft instruments.
We had a great time learning about Turkish schools. We really enjoyed talking to the Turkish high school kids. The English teacher, Serdar invited us to have dinner at his house. We got to meet his 2 year old daughter and his wife. Serdar’s daughter called Abby and me “Aba”, which mean older sister. The meal that the wife cooked was great. We ate in the traditional Turkish way which is to put down a table cloth on the floor then you put a large platter on the floor (you use the table cloth as a napkin).
Eliza May Pelton
12/3/08
BTW- Here is a link to more pictures of the schools we visited.
Dermitas Schools
