My high school was the second-best school in
our town. In 6th, 7th and 8th grade we were joining
exams at the end of each year. With the grades we were applying for high school.
In the school I got accepted, I was in the middle of list. I wanted to go the
first one, but my primary school was failure, so I ended up with this one.
School was a mixture of everything. It was possible to find every type of
people. Lessons were so different; topics were more interesting for me.
At the first year I made a huge step in my
life. Normally I was a math student, which means I was going to select a
department related to math. But at the end of the year, I had a chance to visit
Macedonia with my school. After Macedonia, the path that I was walking in give
me another chance to change the way, I loved different paths all my life and
said to myself why not?
Our school had a sibling school in Macedonia.
Every year we visit each other. Students stay in host families and go somewhere
with teachers. It was my first experience being outside of my country. I was
not expecting that I would love it that much. We used bus as vehicle to go to
Macedonia. We passed through Bulgaria first. I still remember the first time I
saw St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia. It was my first-time meeting with
Christianity and church idea. Seeing pictures on the wall and burning candles.
After Bulgaria we moved to Macedonia. There is
a city called Vinica, we stayed there for 10 days. It was the first time I was
obligated to speak English. I never felt this feeling before that moment. I was
at home and trying to communicate with my host family. It took me 3-4 days to
start talking easily, but it was not enough for me. I started to learn
Macedonian… It was so strange I was able to almost understand general things
people were talking about. I felt like I discovered my secret skill. I directly
started learning and tried to join all conversations.
I also almost had a girlfriend there. I didn’t
want it but I was so popular and I had to pick someone. On the way back we
visited Greece. I felt almost the same as I felt in Turkey. Culture and people
almost everything was the same. Also, there was an important thing, someone
tried to steal our passports. Luckly our teacher understood the plan, and
nothing happened.
I am not sure if we visited Bulgaria first then
turn back Turkey on Greece, but important part of this article is the events I
had. In the first day at Macedonia, the girl which I later pick to be my girlfriend
asked me to meet with her friends. That day I was the only person in our school
group that met with almost 30 new people. I was so proud of myself…
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