The Case Of: Reflection (The Entry That Had To Be Done)

So, it's all over with the children. All good things have to end, but this ending could have been better.

Kids were very bored at times, and even though these were just moments, it was still sad to see them this way. When we got our feedback, there were jabs thrown towards the games we played last week (on 7th).

Then again, I think they are better prepared for their first play with a love of theatre, and that was our goal throughout the project. I'm glad we made it this far, and I'm happy about the work we've done.

I thank Duyarlı OzU for organizing such a wonderful task, and I thank the mentors of this project for keeping everyone in check.

The main challenge of the project was the long road I had to go through, but I solved this problem by staying at my dorm room for one more day. Other than that, the school was very supportive of our act, so we didn't have a problem there, and I believe this support helped me to connect with the children and to teach them, which was the responsibility of all participants, and I think we've all did what we were entitled to do.

The project is still new (began at the start of this term) as far as I know, so I'd love to come back to this project as a mentor and I'd love to help developing this project further and to expand the problem of these wonderful kids not growing up with a love of theatre.

I think that this activity will have a long-lasting effect on those children's lives, and even though the project does not look so big, I believe it will provide a positive change for the community with an increased love of art in the kids.

This project led me back to my childhood for so many times that I've stopped counting. And it was beautiful. I've reflected on so many things throughout these last weeks, and this project was one of the main reasons for it.

The three adjectives I'd use to describe this project would be fun, inspiring and thought provoking. And if I've worked for this NGO one more time, (hopefully as a mentor) I'd probably try to make the games less repetitive.

And it was absolutely worth it.

See you again.

The Case Of: Flashbacks

So... I forgot to write on 30th of April. I did not expected that to happen.

As a result, this entry will summarize my experience for today and last saturday. I specifically used the word "experience", and you are about to figure out why.

The games were not exactly non-repetitive, and I'll leave it at that. They were still fun though, thanks to the children.

And yes, the kids are awesome. There is one kid in particular that I admire, and his name is Taha. He is incredibly straight-forward, respectful and clever. Basically my classmates when I was 12, minus the adjective 'respectful'. Seriously, I hope he won't get wasted in this environment and he'll make use of his high intelligence. He reminds me of myself 8 years ago.

I think the games are both fun, and teaching for the kids, so far. Hopefully the final week will be fun, too, even though I observed that many kids almost left bored today, and if we didn't play dodgeball with them, they would probably leave bored.

See you on 14th. Or 15th. Since it will be the finals week, I can't guarantee I'll write that day.

It'll be the last entry for this blog, probably.