Visit to the Senior Citizens Home in Adana
Grade 10 and 11
On October 15, 2016 TAC students (Bertil Örtlek, Egemen Ünlüsoy, Deniz Hakgüden, Melis Andrea Demirel and Zeynep Erdoğan) visited the Senior Citizens Home in Adana with their science teachers Handan Duran Şahin and Duygu Şimşek. This was a quite a different visit than the Bookmobile and support to the neighboring school projects which I was previously a part of. When we were there, we were very warmly welcomed by the senior residents. When we were serving them the cookies and drinks we had brought along for them, we were also a part of their conversations. We also visited those residents who were not able to leave their rooms. My coming across “an auntie” from Kadirli, Osmaniye – my hometown – was very special too, as well as some of my friends. After the visit, we had a debrief and shared some valuable feedback. It proved to be memorable for us to spend some time with the seniors and to listen to their memories – even for what seemed to be a short amount of time. It was a great experience for all. Thank you to all who has contributed J
Bertil Örtlek from 10B