Forwarded from Hoffmann's Travelogue (Joho)
Travelogue 🇹🇷Turkey #1: Visiting a school in Turkey
▶️ It's a paradox (=sth that doesn't fit together). Turkey is so much in the middle of everything but doesn't have a middle itself. Eastern Turkey and Western Turkey are worlds apart (=very different). Here in the East, teachers are sent from the West to civilise the crude (=rough, uncultured) Easterners - mainly local Kurdish and Syrian refugee children.
Many things remind me of Uzbekistan. The patriotism, the hospitality, the whole feel of the place. But there are also differences: Most of teachers smoke during the break, students and teachers speak different languages, and a lot of the school's equipment is donated (=given for free as a help) by the EU to lessen (=reduce) the migration pressure on Europe.
📍Şanlıurfa, Turkey
#turkey #culture
▶️ It's a paradox (=sth that doesn't fit together). Turkey is so much in the middle of everything but doesn't have a middle itself. Eastern Turkey and Western Turkey are worlds apart (=very different). Here in the East, teachers are sent from the West to civilise the crude (=rough, uncultured) Easterners - mainly local Kurdish and Syrian refugee children.
Many things remind me of Uzbekistan. The patriotism, the hospitality, the whole feel of the place. But there are also differences: Most of teachers smoke during the break, students and teachers speak different languages, and a lot of the school's equipment is donated (=given for free as a help) by the EU to lessen (=reduce) the migration pressure on Europe.
📍Şanlıurfa, Turkey
#turkey #culture
Afandi Quiz #148: What’s the word?
Here’s a sign somewhere in China. What kind of mistake is it?
👉@afandi_english👈 #word_quiz
Here’s a sign somewhere in China. What kind of mistake is it?
👉@afandi_english👈 #word_quiz