This is a picture I did not take of Erkin, me and Mr. Lail in the genuine fake watches shop. We had wanted to buy a fake watch at the beginning of the trip, but we couldn't because of time. We found that time at the bottom city of Efes. Erkin and I bought a fake Omega watch for 50 TL each. They seemed very nice and we had the erg to buy one at the first, but the more I looked at it the more ugly, cheap it seemed (it was way too expensive for a stupid fake watch as well). I wanted to give it back, but he didn't take it. Then Mr.Lail came and said we had to go. I wasn't giving up. I put the watch on the table and right as I was leaving he returned the money. Everyone except the clerk was happy.
Welcome to our visual blog for the BUPS/BIS 2009 8th grade Ephesus trip. These photographs, captions and "unphotographs" represent a joint venture in English and art class capturing the experience of the students' final middle school trip at BUPS/BIS. Many still remember and speak fondly of the games at Patalya in 6th grade and the adventures in Cappadocia last year in 7th. This year's experience held the same kind of wonder and memories, all the more poignant since in just a little time they will graduate from the 8th grade. The students have chosen their best landscape, portrait and detail photograph, writing a concise and descriptive caption for one. Using Michael David Murphy's "Unphotographable" as an inspiration, the students also wrought an image in words when its meaning went beyond the pixel.
Even though they will be in the same building next year and have many of the same teachers, high school is a different world. Every assignment and class trip of middle school has been constructed to help the students succeed in this new realm. But, as you will see from the photos of Ephesus and its surrounding areas and as the students realized, the past is never far away, and it's always the foundation for the future.
Even though they will be in the same building next year and have many of the same teachers, high school is a different world. Every assignment and class trip of middle school has been constructed to help the students succeed in this new realm. But, as you will see from the photos of Ephesus and its surrounding areas and as the students realized, the past is never far away, and it's always the foundation for the future.
