Room 613 Student Blogs - 2005/2006

My teacher told everyone to pick a place in India, and I picked New Delhi. New Delhi is a city that defies a one-line description as the capital of the world’s largest democacy. Delhi is 32,87,267 sq. km of India’s fantastic variety compressed into 1483 sq. km. Delhi is true cosmopolitan city always on the move. Delhi is also a deram city for visitors looking for items of handicrafts. Many wildlife sancturaies, heritage sites, hill stations, and quaint little towns sorround Delhi.

The History on New Delhi is that the first person to find the city is a British person, and it was in 1911. New Delhi is the first city that had an independence war in 1857. The Delhi’s was [a] thorn in the eyes of the British. New Delhi is one of the oldest cities in the world.

Where I got my information was that I went to Google and typed in New Delhi, and I also typed in History on New Delhi. Then I looked around for good information on New Delhi, then I found this information.

If I could go anywhere I would go to Flordia. The reason why I would go to Flordia is because I would like to see the place also I would love to go to some places like Disney land. The reason why I want to go is because I want to see my old teacher in 5th grade.

Dear Ben,

My dear friend,

I have so much to talk to you about. Since World War (I) ended things have changed in many ways. Turkey is all thats left of the Ottoman Empire. All the rest of the empire was divided up by Britain,France and Italy.

Our president has changed and now it is Mustafa Kemal. He is of the Turkish Republic. Some of his changes are good and some are not. He is known as the “Father of the Turks.” I am not sure how I feel about him. He has told the men they can not waer anymore fezzes. He made it against the law. Fezzes are a flat topped hat with no brim. The fez hat made it easy for men to kneel and touch the ground with their foreheads when they prayed. He has the men wearing a western hat instead. This is hard for some of our men because they feel like they are being pulled from their faith.One man that I know put bandages around his head so he would not have to wear the hat Mustafa wants him too.

Turkish women have so many changes happening. We always wore vails to cover our faces. Now we are not allowed. Mustafa Kemeal thinks woman should be equal. I feel this is a good thing. Now woman get to go to real schools.We no longer have to be home schooled. We also can work in Government and business. He is letting us show we have a mind. Also we can vote, but I think it is pointless because our president is known as the president of the republic, but he is in fact a dictator. So elections are held and women can now vote, but our vote is meaningless because (we have) only one political party.

Not only has our clothing style changed,but also our alphabet has changed. He is changing every thing to a new roman base. Months in(to) (his) rule, he has ordered all newspapers, books and even our street signs to be printed in this new style.

Well my friend that covers alot of our changes. Please write back to me and let me know what your thoughts are on your new leader.

Your Friend,

MaryP