REVISED JOURNAL 2

REVISED JOURNAL 2

BEING A STUDENT AT METU 

When I was in high school, I didn't like METU  and Ankara at all. There was just one option for me: BOSPHORUS UNIVERSITY. I strongly thouht that METU was not appropriate for me. Furthermore, Ankara was not the most ideal of cities for me to live in and continue my education becuse of my its harsh weather conditions. However; as I stepped into METU, my thouhts about METU  and Ankara changed completely. I  now no longer think that I would  regret choosing METU for my education and future.  After  a few days I came to METU, I understood my prejudgments about it were very wrong and nonsensial. I would like to explain this with some examples. Firstly, I am happy to be a student at METU because of the great respect students get here. At the campus,regardless of what position someone is holding and how old they are, everybody is respectful to students. So far, I have never come across any disrespecful behaviour from anyone. Whenever I ask a question to somebody, she /he gives me not only the answer to the question but also some other information about METU  like the location of building , dormitory and so on. Everybody at METU is friendly and very helpful. Apart from these beautiful nature of the peope here, METU also has a splendid campus. It is almost full of trees. Everywhere is green and I can even see  species of birds that I have never seen before. One small problem though is the problem of transportation. Going from  one place to another is sometimes very difficult. More often  than not,  the buses in campus are full. That is why, from time to time, we have to walk to whenever we want to go. Walking can be time consuming and very exhausting given the large METU campus. My other problem at METU  is to find places. At first,all of the places looked the same to me. I got lost many times and have to walk for hours .However, now I'm getting used to this. To sum up, I think being a student at METU , so far, has been superb. And I'm sure that ıt will be the same for the next four years. I'm happy at METU. 

REVISED JOURNAL 1

REVISED JOURNAL 1

 MY IDEAL UNIVERSITY 

"How is an ideal university like to me?". This is one of the questions that I want to answer. According to my criteria, an ideal universty should provide a wealth of amenities for students including sports halls, recreational areas, proper campus transportation and so on. This is to give students the convenience of using them. Moreover, they should be free so that student can benefit from these facilities suficiently. I think  preparing us for the exam or helping us to get a job should not be the only goal of an ideal university. Other than these aims, an ieal university should make us think powerfully. After our education at the university, we should gain the ability to analyze and to produce new and different ideas. An ideal university should not teach us how we should choose one option over the rest as in exams. Rather, it should teach us life lessons in helping us deal with choices in the future. In short, it should prepare us for the "real life". The next question is whether or not METU is an ideal university. I can say so many things about this topic. Yes, METU is an ideal university. According to my own observations, teachers at METU want to teach us "how we can learn what we need". In other words, we can call that "learn how to learn". We are taught to find the information ourselves, think about issues, search for them, instead of just merely copy and paste what we find. In fact, these skills are what we need to change some things and develop our talents. I have been at METU just for a month, but I think METU's aim is not about teaching us to choose between options in an exam. Rather, its aim is developing the character of its students so that they are ready to face the world next time. The aims of METU complies with my criteria of an ideal university. As I embark on my journal as a METU student ,  I hope growing into a strong individual with qualities that METU would instill in me to face the chalenges of the world at the end of my university years.

COMMENTS

I have commented on Cansu and İnci's journal enries.

• http://inci010911.blogspot.com/2012/12/journal-set-2-reflection-entry-bringing.html#comment-form 

       

• http://cansudayanc.blogspot.com/2013/01/journal-entry3.html#comment-form 

I have recommented on Mizgin and Dilek's journal entries.

• http://yektaduhan.blogspot.com/2013/01/to-want-be-foreing-in-this-video-we-see.html#comment-form

• http://dilekfazlioglu.blogspot.com/2013/01/journal-set-3-multi-media-entry.html#comment-form

A DEVİCE TO LEARN ENGLİSH

   A DEVICE TO PROMOTE LEARNING ENGLISH

   Learning a new foreign language can be compelling for many people.While people try to learn a new language,some problems appaer.I think,most probable one is memorizing words since there are a lot of words which should be memorized.However, of course memorizing all ofthem is impossible.So people need a device or program that will solve these problems.
   On the market there are lots of online programs which translate words;but they aren't useful for us.As  programs don't have ability of comment; when we want to translate a sentence or a figurative word, they can't translate words or they translate words  absurdly.So I designed a program to solve this problem.
   This program can be used by people of all ages wanting to learn a new language.As I said before it will be an online program. By using this program, we will translate sentences or figurative words properly,beause; when we write the word which will be translated, it will be translated by people who were chosen especially for this job.When we write the sentences or words on computer or mobile phones vie this online program,they will translate them immediately and tell us.In other words,we will hear pronunciation of the word from people working at translation centres.These are advantages of the program.
   Although the program is very useful, there may be some disadvantages of it. To illustrate, when there are plenty of people using this program at the same time, it takes some time learning the translation of word.However, this problem can be solved by increasing the number of the people working at translation centres.Firstly,translation centres should be established and people should be employed especially for this job to using this program effectively.
   As we need manpower for it, using this program will be costly.
   To sum up, laerning a new language will be so easy due to this program.I recommend you to use it.  :)

SET 2

                          NORTHERN LIGHTS 

           In this video; we can clearly see the Northern Lights.They are colorful but generally green.Except for green, these lights can be  seen as pink, blue, rarely purple.We can see all of these colors.

            Northern Lights are seen between 60 and 72 degrees north and south latitudes.That is why  this video was recorded in a place close to the polars.What is more; it was recorded the lights not only during daytime but also nights.As a result of this; we can see Northern Lights in darkness and brightness.


                As we can see in the video; these kind  of lights move wavy.They  don't move flat.Instead they make some semi-circle movements.Sometimes they are brighter than  other times.

       

               

SET 1

                               NEW BODY ART

         In this video; we can learn how body art can be made.Firstly, ı say something about what body art is.Body art is one of the latest fashions of summer.I can say that ıt ıs like tattoo some ways.However; body art painting is permanent.That is; you can have your body colored freely.

         As you can see in this video;some people prefer having body art just a part of their body such as their face, arms ,hands, shoulders while others prefer having all their bodies colored.What is more; we can see that special paints are used for body art.For example; blue color has many different tints to make colorful and good body painting.At the same time ;some colors are made by mixing other colors.

      

        Attention is maybe the most important thing in body art because sometimes  ıt can be difficult to fix  some mistakes related to wrong painting.As we can see in the video; although she may seem convenient, she is very careful for her every steps for painting half butterfly face.In the video,she made a mistake by putting white dots down wrong places on her face and she prefered not to clean them. Instead she made some changed in her image.

  

  

 

SET 3

                                                                MERLIN
                  

      This video is the trailer of Merlin,one of the most popular series today.Merlin consists of five seasons and in this series and and fifty episodes.

     We can see in this trailer that how and why Merlin came to Camelot. What is more; we already know that Merlin' s  destiny is to protect Arthur but as we see in the video they hate each other just as they come across for the first time. Then how wıll they become a part of  great friendship??

    The other thing we can see in the video,Arthur' s father is the king of Camelot and because of some reasons which we don't know what they are yet he has forbidden magic in the border of Camelot.However sometimes he can not prevent magic and some bad things happen.Some wizards try to kill Arthur to be immortal but they can not manage this.To protect Arthur is destiny of Merlin.

SET 3

                                
                                     
                                         MERLIN

        Merlin is a British adventure television programme. It was broadcast on BBC One between 20 September 2008 and 24 December 2012. The show is  based on  the young wizard Merlin and his relationship with Prince Arthur but differs from traditional versions in many ways.

       After a number of unsuccessful attempts,the show was first successful  in 2006.In 2012, the show's produces declared that Merlin's last would be its fifth series and then it would finish on 24 December 2012.

        Merlin is a young wizard arriving in the kingdom of Camelot after that  his mother says him he can stay with court physician, Gaius.While Merlin stays with Gaius,he discovers that the king of Camelot, Uther Pendragon, has forbidden magic and imprisoned the last Great Dragon.Time to time the Dragon help Merlin to protect Arthur,Uther's son.Because that is the destiny of Merlin:to protect Arthur and help him to found a great kingdom.

  

SET 2

                             
  NORTHERN LIGHTS

       Northern Lights are natural lights display in the sky particularly in the high latitude regions.What is more,Northern Lights are known as Aurora.They are caused by the collision of energetic charged particles with atoms in the high altitude atmosphere.

    Northern Lights are generally observed at nights and happen ionosphere layer.In general,Auroras are seen between 60 and 72 degrees north and south latitudes.

       

      Auroras can be observed all over the world and on other planets. Further more; it was dark and the magnetic field ,become more visible closer  to the poles.

Green is the most prevalent  in all of the  auroras, and then pink, (a mixture of green and red), followed by pure red, yellow (a mixture of red and green), and finally the pure blue.

SET 1

                               THE NEW BODY ART  
  

        The new body art is a new summer trendy. At first; people think that the model is wearing a vibrant  dress. In fact, it is not a dress. Everything people see is painted on to the model's skin.

       Unlike tattooing; the body art  painting is not permanent so you can do what you want on your skin. However; generally people tend to have a small area of their body like an arm instead of all-over body.

       At the same time, music industry is interested in body art closely. Foe example; Lady Gaga have used body art painting for video shoots and album covers.

       While body art painting; attention is very important.A textile is linked to model's skin meticulously.Like stage-make up, a special make-up based body paint is used during this process to to prevent the paint from cracking on the skin.Sometimes the body painting process can take 15 hours.This time is very hard and forceful.However; the result is splendid.