Zwei Tage bevor Deutschland/Türkiye'den gün yirmi üç gün

Hello!
     Yesterday evening my voice students auditioned for the Musical Theatre department (known as Qualifying), and I was absolutely stunned. All of my students were exceptionally well prepared and presented themselves in such a wonderful and professional manner. I was so proud of them! Today they all had their vocal juries-voice final exams where they sing their repertoire in front of the voice faculty. I was yet again so very proud of them. They have worked so very hard this semester and their hard work paid off with positive feedback from their voice jury grades. I am a very proud voice teacher. I was also very proud of the students in the Vocal Technique (Pedagogy) class that I help teach. They all did exceptionally well too!
     My voice jury was today as well. In my personal opinion, I sang absolutely horribly and was rather upset about the whole thing. However, my voice teacher informed me that it was the most consistent I have ever sung and that it was one of the best times I have performed that repertoire. Who would have though!
     Now that finals are officially over, I am in the process of attempting to finally start packing both my bags for Germany and Turkey and also my things to store them before leaving for the summer. Perhaps it will be nice to actually walk through my room without the threat of being eaten alive by my clothing and belongings.

     Here is an interesting topic for today that I'd like to take into consideration pertaining to Germany and Turkey: 

Stereotypes in both German and Turkish cultures not only that Americans 

may have about the two, but also that the two have with one another. 

In Germany class we ended the semester talking about stereotypes "Stereotypen" and our curriculum addresses the stereotypes that German's have of "Auslanderinnen" foreigners especially Turkish peoples. "Zum Beispiel" (for example), it is a common stereotype by Germans that Auslanderinnen, especially Turkish Auslanderinnen come to Germany for the purpose of taking jobs away from the German people. I have to admit that before the past summer, I had stereotypes about Turkish people that were severely disproved when I got to know the Turkish people that I know lovingly call friends. My German partner and I will be assessing the various stereotypes we see in Turkish people living in Germany and in Turkish people living in Turkey. Here are some of the bullet points we desire to keep in consideration:

• Turkish enterprises in Germany and how they differ from enterprises in Turkey (doner kebab)
• Turkish people living in Germany and the way they interact with one another in Germany vs how they interact with one another in Turkey.
• Turkish family life in Germany vs in Turkey.

Perhaps one of the most intriguing concepts I found with "Stereotypen" is the stereotypes that Turkish people have about themselves being born in Germany but having a heritage in Turkey. Of the two stories we read about Turkish people born in Germany, there exists a blurred line between what is homeland and what is home. It is argued that the Turkish culture has had a difficult time maintaining a unique identity that is primarily Turkish. Perhaps this is the reason for the deep Turkish patriotism often seen and perhaps even a reason that Turkey is argumentative about many of the stipulations in the agreement for Turkey's acceptance into the EU that attempt to take away certain aspects that are a deep part of Turkish culture making them no longer primarily Turkish.

If you have any opinion on these topics, please let me know. 

I would greatly enjoy hearing your comments.