Prepception March 2014 | Page 9

And there is the third airport, which is not necessarily needed... Its construction is now suspended. However the goverment is trying to get permission by preparing new environment reports (which is illegal). These things are a threat to the world which gets worse every day, we’re walking on thin ice(literally if you think about the animals in the south pole). Even this city itself tumbeling down the cliff. We must put a end to this and save the city which most of us live and the city some of our kids will live. Hurriyet Daily News. Dogan Yayin Holding, n.d. Web. 26 Mar. 2014. . Hurriyet Daily News. Dogus Yayin Holding, n.d. Web. 26 Mar. 2014. . “What for?” We all sacrificed a lot to enter the Robert College. Some of us had to give up their hobbies such as playing piano or playing basketball etc., and some had to give their social life up for a year and all of us had to spend all of our energy on studying for an exam, that actually doesn’t evaluate how smart you are and just measures how good you are at memorizing knowledge. This corrupted system wipes out the intelligent minds that can be used in our society and exalts the rigid ones. Robert College is one of the best high schools in the world and getting in the Robert College wasn’t easy for any of us. However, one question comes up to minds when we talk about Robert College and the effort we spent to get in the Robert College. Was it worth it? By Serkan Yılmaz stopped going to squash and ice-skating. She even started studying on pauses she had during school time. However, all of these students think that it was well worth it. There are some people who think otherwise. According to Simay Dilek, a RC student from LP2, “I quitted my piano and swimming courses that I’ve been taking for almost 6 years, due to SBS. I believe that it wasn’t worth it. The hobbies I had were the things, which defined me and would probably affect my future job. Yes, surely being in Robert College brings some advantages with it, bu Ё