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Republic of Cyprus

Oct 31, 2012 No Comments by aesen

Interviewee: Peter Harrison Interviewer: Aykan Esen 1) What is your average weekday and weekend like? – How many hours do you go to school? I’m in school from 7:30 to 1:30. – How many hours of homework do you have during weekdays & weekends? I usually don’t spend more then 30 minutes on homework unless [...]

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‘Culture Shock’ 2011-2012 Analysis

Oct 30, 2012 No Comments by aigmen

Introduction After 20 interviews conducted with students from all over the world, Culture Shock 2011-12 reaches its finale. Young people from all continents (except Antarctica) were contacted and asked the same 8 questions, all about their daily lives, aspirations, passions, country and culture. To be exact: 10 women, 10 men, 3 university students, 17 high [...]

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United States of America

May 19, 2012 No Comments by aesen

Interviewee: Hayley Culver Interviewer: Aykan Esen 1) What is your average weekday and weekend like? – How many hours do you go to school? I’m in class for about 10-11 hours every week. – How many hours of homework do you have during weekdays & weekends? This really depends, but I’d say I spend about [...]

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Taiwan

May 19, 2012 No Comments by aigmen

Interviewee: Albee Wang Interviewer: Asya İğmen 1) What is your average weekday and weekend like? – How many hours do you go to school? Around 7 hours a day (7:30 AM-2:30 PM), and 5 days a week. – How many hours of homework do u have weekdays & weekends? On an average day, I would [...]

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Saudi Arabia

May 19, 2012 No Comments by Erman Ermihan

Interviewee: Jodutt Basrawi Interviewer: Erman Ermihan 1) What is your average weekday and weekend like? – How many hours do you go to school? I go to school from 7:50 AM, to 2:30 PM, so that’s about 6 hours and 40 minutes.  There are a few days, however, when I stay at school until 3:30 [...]

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Egypt

May 19, 2012 No Comments by Fuat Guvenc Kutlusoy

Interviewee: Ibrah’(H’my) El Kazaz Interviewer: Asya İğmen 1) What is your average weekday and weekend like? I like to go to the cinema and watch movies and study. Sometimes I’ll visit Alexandria, another city in Egypt, because my extended family lives there so I visit them. – How many hours do you go to school? [...]

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Brazil

Apr 27, 2012 No Comments by Fuat Guvenc Kutlusoy

Brazil: Bruno Beltramini Interviewer Güvenç Kutlusoy 1) What is your average weekday and weekend like? – How many hours do you go to school? I spend nearly 38 hours in school during a whole week (approx. 7.5 hours/day) – How many hours of homework do u have weekdays & weekends? It depends on the week, [...]

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United Kingdom

Apr 27, 2012 No Comments by Gulensu Er

United Kingdom: Jemil Payet Interviewer: Gülensu Er 1)What is your average weekday and weekend like? How many hours per day do you go to school? 6 hours and 50 minutes How many hours of homework do you have on weekdays & weekends? Weekdays are usually around 30 to 40 minutes a day and weekends it [...]

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Lithuania

Apr 27, 2012 No Comments by Erman Ermihan

Lithuania: Justas Kidykas Interviewer Erman Ermihan 1)What is your average weekday and weekend like? How many hours do you go to school? From 8:30 to 16:00 every weekday. How many hours of homework do u have weekdays& weekends? At weekdays usually about 2 hours, at weekends sometime it takes a whole day, because I have [...]

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Slovenia

Apr 27, 2012 No Comments by Gulensu Er

Slovenia: Tinkara Lazar Interviewer Gülensu Er 1) What is your average weekday and weekend like? – How many hours do you go to school? Usually we have 8 hours of school every day. Each class lasts 45 minutes and after each lesson we have a 5 minutes break, and one longer break of 30 minutes [...]

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Dominican Republic

Mar 30, 2012 No Comments by Melis Birgen

Dominican Republic: Betzamel Lopez Interviewer Melis Birgen 1)What is your average weekday and weekend like? During the weekdays, I usually do the essential work for school: study for exams, prepare for presentations and expositions, complete my homework, etc. Twice or three times a week, I exercise on my treadmill for an hour, while watching TV. [...]

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Country: Sweden

Dec 28, 2011 No Comments by Max Elden

Interviewee: Maria Lundhammar Interviewer: Max Elden 1) What is your average weekday and weekend like? – How many hours do you go to school? Weekdays, I study from 8.30 to around 15.00 in the Gymnasium. – How many hours of homework do u have weekdays & weekends? – How many hours do u have for [...]

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Country: China

Dec 28, 2011 No Comments by Ulker Hizal

Interviewee: Wendy Provence Interviewer: Ülker Hızal 1) What is your average weekday and weekend like? – How many hours per day do you go to school? Not more than five and a half hours. – How many hours of homework do you have on weekdays & weekends? Around two to three hours. – How many [...]

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Country: Czech Republic

Dec 28, 2011 No Comments by Erman Ermihan

Interviewee: Ales Pavlicek Interviewer: Erman Ermihan 1)    How many hours per day do you go to school? It depends on a day. Sometimes I’m there for 6 hours, sometimes longer- up to 10 hours. How many hours of homework do you have on weekdays & weekends? During a week I spend usually about 1-2 hours [...]

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Country: Spain

Dec 28, 2011 No Comments by Sandra Ozromano

Interviewee: Angelica Vedana Interviewer: Sandra Özromano 1) What is your average weekday and weekend like? – How many hours per day do you go to school? I go to school 6 hours per day – How many hours of homework do you have on weekdays & weekends? On weekdays and weekends I have 3 hours [...]

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Country: Israel

Dec 28, 2011 No Comments by Irem Bali

Interviewee: IB. Interviewer: İrem Bali 1) What is your average weekday and weekend like? Basically, in Israel we have a different week format compared to other countries of the world because Israel is a theocratic democracy. As many people know, starting from Friday evening, Saturday is holiday in Israel and this is why our week [...]

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What is ‘’Culture Shock’’ ?

Dec 28, 2011 No Comments by aigmen

“Culture Shock” is a student initiated project for TRA, which involves doing interviews (both written and via Skype) with high school students from around the world. This is done in order to illustrate different cultures from the perspective of high school students and in doing so, to understand how individuals from different countries view the [...]

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Country: United Arab Emirates

Dec 28, 2011 No Comments by mbirgen

Interviewee: Tala Makhoul Interviewer: Melis Birgen 1) What is your average weekday and weekend like? – How many hours per day do you go to school? From 8-5 on most days. – How many hours do you have for yourself on weekdays&weekends? I have about a day to myself on the weekends, and another day [...]

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Country: Italy

Dec 28, 2011 No Comments by Sigal Maya

Interviewee: Vidal Yahya Interviewer: Sigal Maya 1) What is your average weekday and weekend like? – How many hours per day do you go to school? I usually go to school 6-7 hours per day and because it’s a Jewish school we don’t have classes on Saturdays, so we have more hours of school on [...]

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