Louis: > One can only add that given Turkey’s headlong rush to spend an > inordinate amount of money on the military, adopt neoliberal > institutions, and substitute Islamic charity for traditionally > state-sponsored institutions such as the public schools, things > are likely to get worse before they get better.
Greetings from Mumbai. I guess, I happen to be one of these connections also. You are very right, things will only get worse and I don't think I will be able to see the days when they start to get better. I spent a year at a Turkish university last year and that was more than enough. Actually, I was out in 10 months and this time it was my own choosing. Last time, in 2007, I got kicked out of another Turkish university in about 1.5 months. These things are universities only in name in these days. I wanted to cover 12 chapters of a book in one of my classes, one chapter per week, and could cover only 4 chapters in that class in that semester. The students just could not take in more. They are not dumb, but their K12 education must be so bad that they did not know how to learn. Back in those days when I was an undergrad, things were much better. Somebody must have screwed somethings bad! Best, Sabri _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
