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I dread those 1st class “introduce yourself/what brought you here” pointless monologues... students talk like playing a recorded message while the professor is making a shopping list in mind...I’d love to skip those, but they drop you from class for absence...So, as if this wasn’t annoying enough, from across the room “Hi, my name is Gozde and I’m from Istanbul, Turkey working on my 2nd masters...”...I realized that she is the 1st Turk I’m actually looking at...Felt so weird. In mind, I seriously started debating dropping the class. It’s childish, I know.

After the class, I stayed back to chat with the professor for a few minutes but Gozde took her time gathering her things, slowly left and held the elevator for me. I avoided eye contact, keeping busy with my phone, texting “there is a real Turk in my class!”...Gozde started talking, casual questions about the program, classes, etc. She was extremely nice considering that I was giving short scarce answers. Then she extended her hand and asked for my name, and my name is very telling, so I said it slowly - with a prominent Armenian accent. She said “oh” and gave me her european name to which I answered that I have no problem pronouncing Gozde...

So, what is my impression. I felt STUPID because of the way I felt. And I look Armenian, (with my sidebraid and all) so she felt the need to make that much effort to be nice to me, compliment and chit-chat while everyone else catapulted toward their cars after late class.

I felt sorry for both of us and still feel stupid.

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I dread those 1st class “introduce yourself/what brought you here” pointless monologues... students talk like playing a recorded message while the professor is making a shopping list in mind...I’d love to skip those, but they drop you from class for absence...So, as if this wasn’t annoying enough, from across the room “Hi, my name is Gozde and I’m from Istanbul, Turkey working on my 2nd masters...”...I realized that she is the 1st Turk I’m actually looking at...Felt so weird. In mind, I seriously started debating dropping the class. It’s childish, I know.

After the class, I stayed back to chat with the professor for a few minutes but Gozde took her time gathering her things, slowly left and held the elevator for me. I avoided eye contact, keeping busy with my phone, texting “there is a real Turk in my class!”...Gozde started talking, casual questions about the program, classes, etc. She was extremely nice considering that I was giving short scarce answers. Then she extended her hand and asked for my name, and my name is very telling, so I said it slowly - with a prominent Armenian accent. She said “oh” and gave me her european name to which I answered that I have no problem pronouncing Gozde...

So, what is my impression. I felt STUPID because of the way I felt. And I look Armenian, (with my sidebraid and all) so she felt the need to make that much effort to be nice to me, compliment and chit-chat while everyone else catapulted toward their cars after late class.

I felt sorry for both of us and still feel stupid.

 

No need to feel stupid ... It's an assumed 1st reaction in our case. That is how I felt the first time I met a full-blooded Turk in a dance class. Then he expressed his acceptance of certain historic events and we moved on.

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Everyone has to belive the AMERICAN dream, but you have to be sleeping first.

 

message from wall street voulchers and big corporations!

the real owners of this country.

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mos jan, du asa... du chkas, ches galis forumum ban man ches grum...

 

es @ntrutyunneri verj@ inch a linelu?

 

 

Aper :) or asem lav em suta :)

esor yerku votqist em kaghum :)

 

Arpa papikin asa - it isn't me, it's the colcrys + Indometacin + dark cherry juice + alll this unbearable pain that this kings / rich mans disses has giving me :( but i'm ok ..

 

be careful what you wish for .. it might just happen.. you wish to be a king / rich man.. will guess what all the joy also has attached problems and pain

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Aper :) or asem lav em suta :)

esor yerku votqist em kaghum :)

 

Arpa papikin asa - it isn't me, it's the colcrys + Indometacin + dark cherry juice + alll this unbearable pain that this kings / rich mans disses has giving me :( but i'm ok ..

 

be careful what you wish for .. it might just happen.. you wish to be a king / rich man.. will guess what all the joy also has attached problems and pain

 

Movses, if it's gout-like pain, there's a remedy wiht apple-cider vinegar, baking soda and dried cherry capsules I think. Have you tried that? Colcrys is bad, don't take it.

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Ah MosJan Jan, he wakes up every 3 hours to eat. But it's all good :) Shat hamov a :)

 

Du vonse es?

 

 

Shnorhakal Extra jan lav asenq, te espes el mnal eli Astsotsme goh pit linem..

 

3 jam mek ?? vat chi .. mek 2-1/2 tarekan@ jam@ mek ardnanuma :) r tegherum chi qnum. amboghj gisher taparuma tan mej. mer mez mota, mek qroj mot, mek yeghpor mot, mek el shan het hyurasenyakum... enpe sor vor asum eyi 40unq pahi mi togh mardiq xaghan heta lsy te che mer orin es @enknelu shat shutov.. voch qun unenq voch datar

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I really like the new forum! Great job Garo!!!

Yes dear extra, we love it too?

Do you read Armenian? Can you write in Armenian?

Try it sometime and see what you get.

Does it look like #$%^&*(^%$#%&&**?

Էսպէս երեւի

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