Hi everybody,

this is an interesting article about the Kurdish students in Turkey, who have to go to school without or some Turkish language experiences. This research figured out that immigrant students or students with dialect spend their first years in school trying to learn a new language instead of new academic subject.

www.todayszaman.com

http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-225344-report-advocates-bilingual-education-to-promote-kurdish.html

Stephen North's "The Idea of a Writing Center"

"The first thing college writers need to know is that they can improve as writers and the second is that they will never reach a point where they cannot improve further." (74)

This quote summarizes the main point of writing. People can always improve their writing skills, but the process may years. not only writing classes can help to improve writing skills also specific life experiences can impact the writing.Students need to realize that writing can be learned and it is important not to give up. Tutors have to remind the students that even the best writers still experience the frustrations of writing.

A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

Thomas Mann
German writer (1875 - 1955)

AM I Superman/woman ?

Are teachers Superman/woman? Is this really how society, especially the students see teachers? First, to answer this question, I want to explain what Superman/woman means for me and secondly, how I thought in my childhood, were my teachers my Superman/woman?

Superman/woman is a person, who has magical powers, fights for the rights of the innocent, poor and underdogs. Superman/woman fixes all problems and tries to make the world a fair place. He/she is always there, when people needs his/her help.

My elementary school teacher was like an angel. She was an old woman and she never got married. Her students were all she had. She worried about us more than our parents sometimes. And yes, she was my Superwoman, because I knew, she would help me with my problems and she would help me, when my classmates bothered and made jokes about me.

In middle and high school everything change rapidly. New school, teachers and classmate. It was a big change in my life. My Teacher was a young woman and she was full of life. I was looking for my Supermanwoman Teacher, unfortunately, she was not be there. 30 Students in one classroom. It was too much for my Superman.

I felt so uncomfortable, that I could not speak in class and my grades, become worse. I was really waiting for my Superwoman, that she would say something and take care of me.

I think yes, Teachers are like Superman/woman. We are not in class because we want to teach them, science, language or literature. No, we are there, because we want to “create” a person, who can survive insociety. We have to teach these kids, how to do well in life, in their relationships, families, careers and so on.

When I think of my immigrant students in Germany I knew, I was there Superwoman, because I was one of them. We had the same background and my students knew that I went through what they were going through.

I was able to see in their eyes what they expected from me. Therefore, it was never important for me, how much money I would make as a teacher because what I gave to my students is to valuable to give a price.

Waiting for "Superman"

Waiting for "Superman"

Waiting for “Superman” (2010) is a documentary film from director Davis Guggenheim and producer Lesley Chillot. The film analyzes the failures of American public education by following several students trough the educational system.

Waiting For Superman’ is a look inside the education system of America, its flaws and what’s being done to fix the problems inherent to the system. Many people know that the U.S. education system has flaws, and this movie does a lot to bring out and highlight the problems.