This week I am finding myself extremely happy with where I happen to be at this point in this course. Having had a few "issues" last year I am now beyond the point where last year I had to leave the course due to the "issues". I foresee absolutely no reason whatsoever for history to repeat itself.
Since my last blog entry I have changed jobs and now am with an employer who is far far more accommodating to my studies and gives me shifts which are perfect to fit in with the course and give me plenty of time in which to concentrate on my studies.
I was very pleased to complete my history essay without any problems. I discovered though I only handed half the essay in as I put the second half underneath a folder on my table, I must have been reading over it and been distracted but I am pleased to have completed it without real difficulty.
Again I have been reviewing my Spanish notes and am concentrating on building my vocabulary at the moment. I am finding our recent topic on reflexive verbs fairly easy to comprehend, although I need to concentrate a little more on endings to regular verbs to make sure one is not confused with the other.
I believe I have gathered now all the neccessary material for my Investigating Europe topic - Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. I spent the October week in Turkey and tried to find out some extra details being in the country he managed to liberate, however I could not find any museum or historical place to help further my knowledge where I was staying, however I could come to the conclusion of just how much he was and still is adored by the Turkish poeple through his appearance on money, people placing posters of him on there window outward for others to see, plus one very large statue in the town centre of Marmaris where I was staying. I have the foundations to start writing out my project, though I will spend this week breaking down the material I have into the appropriate subtopics with a view to starting to put pen to paper writing the first draft by the end of this week. I will still try to get a personal opinion of someone based in Turkey, either through some of my Turkish friends, or perhaps try to contact a Turkish parliamentarian figure, similar to our MPs.
