silav

[Parzin]

Silav Hevalan.
I have been reading a lot of posts recently and have decided to actually become a member. My membership is purely selfish, because I want to learn more about Kurds and their history. I am a Kurd, from central Kurdistan;however, I have not seen much of Kurdistan. I believe this is a very good place to start and I look forward to talking to each and everyone of you.
Kurdiya min... teq u leqe, as they say. Bash e, bes ne bashe. lol
ok Roj bash to all of you and cheers!
Parzin

[Diri]

Roj baş, Parzîn!


Xoş hatî! Welcome...

When you say "Central Kurdistan" - do you mean Badînan/Colemêrg? Because that is what would be "central" in Kurdistan - from Koçgirî in North-West to Dehloran in South-East...

Most of us here don't go to Kurdistan so often either... Sorry to say! But we have some members here who live in Kurdistan!

Parzîn - xûşka min - what do you do on a daily basis?

I'm a student based in Norway...

[Parzin]

silav Diri bira.
By Central Kurdistan, I meant the Badinan area( excuse my lack of Latini use), or Culemerg...I am just across the border from Culemerg.
You are a student? that is wonderful. What do you study?

[Diri]

silav Diri bira.
By Central Kurdistan, I meant the Badinan area( excuse my lack of Latini use), or Culemerg...I am just across the border from Culemerg.
You are a student? that is wonderful. What do you study?

Yes, that's what I thought... I am from Colemêrg...

I've studied Middle East Studies for two years - and currently study British/American Studies/English Language...


How about yourself?

[Parzin]

My studies are not as fun, but good. I have a year and a half left on my accounting degree.
Do you study only the mechanics of the English language or Literature as well? your path seems very interesting.

[Diri]

My studies are not as fun, but good. I have a year and a half left on my accounting degree.
Do you study only the mechanics of the English language or Literature as well? your path seems very interesting.

Both - and even more... We do parallel courses - one in grammar, one in phonetics, one in proficiency and one in literary, cultural, political and social history...

Studying isn't just about "fun" - in fact one is forced to endure a lot of pain and agony, writing essays, term papers, doing exams, reading curriculum etc... It can all be too much at times, in my oppinion... So I don't really call studying "fun"...

For me it's more about building a platform for my future career... That's how I see it, anyway...

And I think Accounting/Economy is a very clever choice... You are BOUND to get a well paid job later - and making a career in the field is like walking in the park: "there will always be interest from people walking by"

So I assume you're working on a Bachlor degree, then?

[nuray]

silav û bi xêr hatî, parzin!

[Parzin]

Hi Nuray sipas heja. tu ji herwe bi xer u xoshi hati.
Diri, bira I am working on my graduate degree. I studied world political policies in undergrad, that stage was agony as you call it, a lot of reading and writing...but it is a nice platform to set up for oneself.

[Laszlo]

Welcome to Roj Bash Kurdistan.

[Diri]

Hi Nuray sipas heja. tu ji herwe bi xer u xoshi hati.
Diri, bira I am working on my graduate degree. I studied world political policies in undergrad, that stage was agony as you call it, a lot of reading and writing...but it is a nice platform to set up for oneself.

Some things come more easily...

I'm thankful to God for the opurtunities I have... Not everybody can study etc... Sadly!

Nuray is a Zaza Turk, by the way... She speaks some Kurdish - but not much...

[proudkurd]

Bi xer hati, xushka min

Welcome to Roj Bash

Just curious, where are you based?

&@Diri- I can't imagine how hard your English studies must be... I have spent my whole life speaking & learning English, and my English class is still one of the most difficult for me.. I'm always learning something new

[Parzin]

@ Diri... Thank you for the clarification regarding Nuray. sipas. Unfortunately I do not speak the Zaza language, but I hope to learn a few things. I agree with you than we should all be thankful for the opportunity we have been given to pursue our education abroad. I am sure you are a 4.0 GPA, you seem very analytical and detail oriented, which exactly what your area of studies requires.

@ proudkurd, I am in USA. thank you for the greeting.

@ laszlo... thank you and welcome to the conversation.

[Diri]

@ Diri... Thank you for the clarification regarding Nuray. sipas. Unfortunately I do not speak the Zaza language, but I hope to learn a few things. I agree with you than we should all be thankful for the opportunity we have been given to pursue our education abroad. I am sure you are a 4.0 GPA, you seem very analytical and detail oriented, which exactly what your area of studies requires.

No problem But neither does she... I think... Let's ask her! @Nuray - do you speak Zazakî? I mean apart from listening to Mikael Aslan?

@Parzîn - Nuray is a clever girl...

4.0 GPA? That depends - what's the top notch in the US? The top notch in Norway is 6.0 ---- I had a 5.2...

I do pay a lot of attention to details and as Raman (member here) also has said - I have a textbok style of writing: Question + Thought process + Conclusion!

But guessy wussy... I suck at maths! Hahaha Which of course, you must be the grand master wizard of...
When you did your political policies - was that on a national level or international?

[Parzin]

Indeed Ms Nuray is a clever girl.


@ Diri...you were stuck in math? ha ha ha wellahi I do not believe it! um I am not the grand master of it, but I made sure I surrounded myself with people who were. Like I explained to one of my friends last night, if you can do simple equations, then you can do accounting, but for the sake of education they make us take calculus and statistics. lol its a joke.

4.0 is the highest scale of grades in USA, so a 5.2 in Norway is roughly 3.4 in US. 4.0/6.0=.666*5.2=3.46. you would almost graduate with "cum laude" here.

I had actually done International Political Policies, way back when I was in school. That was many years ago, and I think the politician in me is rusty from lack of practice.

Graduate School must be coming up for you. No? Most people who study politics and policies here, have to get atleast a masters' degree to attain a job in their respective field.

[Diri]

Indeed Ms Nuray is a clever girl.
@ Diri...you were stuck in math? ha ha ha wellahi I do not believe it! um I am not the grand master of it, but I made sure I surrounded myself with people who were. Like I explained to one of my friends last night, if you can do simple equations, then you can do accounting, but for the sake of education they make us take calculus and statistics. lol its a joke.

4.0 is the highest scale of grades in USA, so a 5.2 in Norway is roughly 3.4 in US. 4.0/6.0=.666*5.2=3.46. you would almost graduate with "cum laude" here.

I had actually done International Political Policies, way back when I was in school. That was many years ago, and I think the politician in me is rusty from lack of practice.

Graduate School must be coming up for you. No? Most people who study politics and policies here, have to get atleast a masters' degree to attain a job in their respective field.

No - I passed maths... But just barely - I couldn't be bothered to look any more into it... I had absolutely no interest in the field although if I had tried, I'm sure I would do better... And it was after all that grade which brought down my average point... So I am considering taking up that again... The average in Norwegian classes, by the way, is somewhere between 3 and 4... So I'm more than happy with my results...

What is a "cum laude"? Sounds.... Uuummm.... Dirty...?


Sorry - Bibexşe...


Well done on your calculations - you're very good at what you "do"... Let me add that there is a difference in "standard" between Norway/Scandinavia and the US... If you get a B in Norway/Scandinavia, that equals an A in the US...

Graduate School? What's that? :O
You obviously have a very different system over there, on the "wrong side of the Atlantic" (Sorry - I just had to )!
It doesn't work that way here in Europe... Here, we can do pretty much whatever we like - and combine fields and studies as we see fit. Except if you want to study for a certain profession - which normally have pretty rigid structures... With a lot of obligatory courses etc. - only few free choice courses... But for people who want to do research and teaching and publish their work - then you're pretty much free to choose what to study... And even in the profession studies - there is no "Graduate School" - what is that anyway? It sounds like graduating from Highschool...?

Here we have Bachlor degrees running 3 years - is that what you meant with Graduating School, perhaps? And one can aquire Masters through 2 years of fieldwork/research in addition to the BA... So Bachlor = 3 years and Masters = 2 years... And then if you go on another 2 years, you'll be eligable for Cand. Mag. status here