The ŞAL Times April 2021

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Monthly Newspaper from Ş şl Anatol an H gh School APRIL 2021

End of an We are
ERA On The Move

Bu ld ngs Gone A Letter to
Memor es Rema n Lov ng Memor es

NEWS FROM US

END O F !

AN ER A

Th s month we had to say goodbye to a very old fr end. The walls are
tumbl ng down at S sl Anatol an H gh School n a few months but
teachers and students who attended classes there w ll always have
good memor es.

The h story of S sl Anatol an H gh School dates back 1972 when t
was f rst bu lt as Fer köy Secondary school. In the 50th ann versary of
Turk sh Republ c the bu ld ng was g ven to a h gh school. In the t me

the bu ld ng was g ven to d fferent schools d fferent years.

When the years became 1997 the school was g ven ts present name.
S nce then S sl Anatol an H gh School became a spec al school w th ts

teachers, students and staff.

The th ng people have to remember s that these bu ld ngs are only

br cks and mortar. The memor es l e w th n us and n p ctures to hand

down to future generat ons. 2

NEWS FROM US

Ş şl Anatol an H gh School
s

on the move

Ş şl Anatol an H gh
School s mov ng to ts
temporary bu ld ng.
It's or g nal bu ld ng s
under reconstract on
and plann ng to be
f n shed n 2023.

We opened the doors to the pup ls n
our temporary bu ld ng for the start of
the hybr d educat on on 22th March.

The temporary school bu ld ng And, we w ll use the move as
an opportun ty to cont nue to
w ll be located at Ş şl Yunus mprove Ş şl Anatol an H gh
School. The new sett ng w ll
Emre Rel g ous Vocat onal herald a reaff rmat on of our
comm tment to cont nued
H gh mprovement and progress at
every level.
School. The bu ld ng has great We w ll lose noth ng of the
fam ly feel, of wh ch we are so
access to the ent re c ty and proud. Indeed, w th all two
schools together, but w th
publ c transports nclud ng careful preservat on of the
nd v dual character of each
subway, metrobus and school, there w ll be even
more scope for commun ty
d fferent bus l nes. act v t es of all k nds.

You can also watch a v deo of

how to get to school on our

webs tes

(s sl anadolu.meb.k12.tr) and

ourschool's soc al med a

accounts.

Two schools are together

under one roof. The

countdown has begun. We are

now n full preparat on for th s

exc t ng new chapter n the 3

story of our school.

INTERVIEW OF THE MONTH

Ş şl Anatol an H gh School Deputy Pr nc pal

Sem h GENÇ

We nterv ewed w th Ş şl Anatol an H gh School old graduate student and new Ass stant D rector Sem h
Genç. He told us h s feel ng about the renovat on and how s t l ke to work for h s old school.

By: Aslı Güngör - Lena Koyuncu

Could you tell us a l ttle about yourself? After work ng n Igd r for 3 years I was
appo nted to Istanbul Gaz osmanpasa
I was born n Erz ncan n 1989. We moved Vocat onal and Techn cal Anatol an H gh
to Istanbul when I was 6. I f n shed my School. And after work ng n that school for
pr mary and secondary educat on at S sl a year, I took the exams aga n and
Kuvay M ll ye pr mary school. I completed appo nted to Kurtulus Anatol an H gh School
my h gh school educat on n S sl Anatol an as an adm n strator. After work ng as an
H gh School, where I am currently an adm n strator at Kurtulus Anatol an H gh
adm n strator. I stud ed at M mar S nan School for 1 year, I was appo nted as the
Un vers ty n Istanbul. After graduat ng from deputy pr nc pal of S sl Anatol an H gh
un vers ty, I started my bus ness l fe n the School, where I am currently work ng. I have
software and nformat cs sector. Th nk ng been work ng for about a year.
that my ma n profess on was teach ng, I
took the exams and was appo nted to Igd r 4
Karakoyunlu Ahmet Al Donmez Anatol an
H gh School n 2015 and started my f rst
teach ng pos t on.

INTERVIEW OF THE MONTH

How s t l ke to be an Deputy Pr nc pal n
your old school?

Kurtulus Anatol an H gh School was the f rst

school where I worked as an adm n strator. I

was also very happy w th my school, but the

deputy pr nc pal was offered from my school

where I once wandered as a student n the

garden, where I sat the r desks, took me

back to past, and the dea of work ng as an

adm n strator at that school exc ted me.

When you’re both a student and an

adm n strator n a school, you can

understand the student’s expectat ons

better, what they feel wh le s tt ng at the r

desks, and what they th nk. Th s

s gn f cantly ncreases the empathy What do you th nk about demol sh ng of
the old bu ld ng?
between you and the student.
Because of our bu ld ng s f fty years old, t
conta ns lots of memor es and beaut es. As
you would apprec ate n f fty years our
bu ld ng had worn out. Phys cal cond t ons
weren't meet ng the needs of today's
cond t ons anymore. In th s sense, ts
renewal was nev table. Therefore, I bel eve
that the qual ty of educat on w ll ncrease
w th a new bu ld ng.

What do you l ke do ng n your free t me?

I l ke travel ng n my long-term free t me.
See ng new places and meet ng new people
change the people’s po nt of v ew to the
world. It makes them th nk n a w der
perspect ve. In my short-term free t me, I am
nterested n f tness, cycl ng and e-sports.

I bel eve that the What do you suggest to students for the r
qual ty of future?

educat on w ll Of course f rst of all I suggest my students to
ncrease w th a research the bus ness sectors that they th nk
new bu ld ng. they w ll be happy w th, to set a goal to
have the jobs that they th nk wh ch are
su table for the r nterests and ab l t es and
to carry out all the r stud es by focus ng on
that goal.

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Buildings gone

MEMORIES REMAINS

WHILE WE WERE SAYING GOODBYE TO SCHOOL, WE WERE
SINGING THE SONG MÜSLÜM GÜRSES - UNUTAMADIM.
EVEN IF THE WALLS OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL LIFE WERE

COLLAPSED, WE DID NOT AND WILL NOT EVER FORGET OUR
SCHOOL.

YAŞAR EFE SALDIRICI
CLASS OF 2019

class of

2017!

I WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PUZZLE OF “THE LAST
SUPPER” THAT WE TRIED TO COMPLETE IN OUR 10 MINUTE BREAKS

LEGEND SAYS THAT THE LAST PIECE OF PUZZLE IS STILL ROAMING THE
DARK AND EMPTY STAIRCASE OF THE SCHOOL.

ASYA COŞKUN
CLASS OF 2017

7

class of

2017!

We grew up together, had fun, laughed and made the best fr endsh p
here.

We knew we would be upset when we left school. We were leav ng our house. Our
home ownersh p had ended. We would come aga n, but th s t me as guests.

most s ncere fr endsh ps...

Nükhet Erdem r
Class of 2017

class of

2018! O N E O F A K I N D
The language class I studied in was one of the most
entertaining class of all. My classmates and I loved
attending every activity at our school. We went to
theater plays with our teachers and collected
wonderful memories. I have different memories in every
corner of our school that I will never forget. I miss
playing volleyball in the school yard and sitting on
the benches. My friends and I are sorry to hear that the
building, which had hosted us for 4 years, has been
demolished, but I hope the new building will bring joy
to its new students.

PELİNSU GÜNEYOĞLU

9C L A S S O F : 2 0 1 8

class of

2019!

NOT ONLY DID WE LEARN MATH & SCIENCE,
BUT WE ALSO LEARNED TO BE ONE BIG

FAMILY

"It's where I made my friends, I have a lot of MUHAMMED ARSLAN
memories. It is so sad that the building is
gone because it was a great school, but we CLASS OF: 2019

have the memories to keep," 10

class of

2020!

SOME OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES THAT WILL
NEVER BE ERASED FROM OUR MINDS HAVE BEEN

SPILLED ON PHOTOS

BUSE AYDEMİR
CLASS OF: 2020

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UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES

A LETTER
TO LOVING
MEMORIES

By Buse AYSAL At that moment, I realized he
was that kind of teacher who
I remember the first time I had everyone's respect. And I
came to this high-school. wasn't wrong. He's an
Truth be told, just like every unforgettable teacher.
student I was disappointed
with the fact that it was I don't quite remember what
located in such a distant, our first lesson was, but I do
rural area, surrounded by remember our very first
old-looking houses. I was English class. Burcu teacher
stressed out and couldn't even gave me the vibe of a woman
imagine how I'd make my way that I should be getting on well
up to here every day, and with. I was kinda nervous, not
more specifically, last 4 huge gonna lie. But later, she
years. I was having second turned out to be such a warm-
thoughts, questioning my hearted teacher who literally
decisions. That summer was cares about her students. You
tough for me. What's more, could sense it by the way she
due to my negative way of acted in class, how she tried to
thinking, I was kind of contact with each of us. 
anxious about not getting on
well with my future It's not a
classmates. I was constantly goodbye letter,
asking myself "Would I make but still feels like
friends, be able to fit in, argue a goodbye to our
with anyone, be happy memories at the
there?" I was waiting forward old building.
to meeting them and starting
off my high school journey as 12
soon as possible. 
When the day came, I
remember our Physics
teacher making a welcome
speech in front of the whole
audience.

On the very first day, there was a girl sitting besides
me, questioning why she was chosen for class D, which
we were in. We were basically divided into classes based
on our English levels, and she was complaining about
being in D, and not A. I said "Oh God, how annoying is
she?" inside. But guess what, she's become a person
with whom I shared a lot of things throughout these
past years. We had great talks on TV shows, movies...
We were in love with analyzing characters
psychologically like crazy, as if they're real people.
Before Covid, in the early semestre, we had countless of
theories for a tv show called Elite, I bet even the
scenarists would just be amazed by our imagination and
talent of considering thousands of possibilites based on
characters' probable personal growth. Hahaha. Shout
outs to Lara x She's a great actress, and I just love the
way she looks at art. Although I didn't like her at first,
time showed that our paths should've crossed each other
somewhere.

And going back to our first English class, while I was In English classes, we used to talk about every kind of topic,
speaking, with a bit of joy, there was this girl who'd laugh everything about life. Now I realize that, those days had
at my tiny jokes! And I just wanted to get to know her, such a precious place in my heart. I still remember that
and she turned out to be such a cute girl, I wanted to vibe. I just can't get into the fact that it's been 3 years...
make friends with her, and we became really close ever We were all trying to get to know each other, we were
since. We literally had our best moments at school, strangers. Now we do know each other. If nothing, each of
outside, anywhere. We shared countless of memories us, have shared a lot. Our joyful Geography classes...
together, we went to J Balvin concert! Oh God, how I
wish I could turn back time to those days. I bet a bunch of
people were disturbed by the echo of our limitless
laughters, at school. But who cares. I even remember,
some day it took us literally more than 4 minutes to get
calm while laughing, I wasn't even feeling my stomach, so
was she. Damn. We were happy. She taught me a lot.
Keep up with music, girl!

Breath taking Most importantly, I grew up. My
J Balvin concert thoughts grew up. Maybe the
building itself is gonna collapse, but
It's not a goodbye letter, but still feels what we lived, shared, will stay at
like a goodbye to our memories at the those corridors, and the tiny yard.
old building. I just want to say that, Now I believe that, a part of me is
everything happens for a reason. You always going to be somewhere in our
can never know what life's gonna old class, most probably looking
bring you. I had precious and through the window, thinking about
unforgettable moments here which are the future and how complicated the
gonna stay with me till the end. I don't life is. And she's peaceful.
regret anything. I'm pretty happy,
that by chance, I ended up in this
school, with the nicest people.

book of the month

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W mbledon Tenn s The balls are replaced after every seven to n ne
Tournament games to make sure they’re n perfect shape
through out the match. Those not n use are stored
The Champ onsh ps, W mbledon, n a refr gerated conta ner to keep them n t p-top
commonly knowns as W mbledon or The cond t on. 54,250 tenn s balls are used dur ng a
Champ onsh ps, s the oldest ten s tournament.
tournament n the world and s w dely
regarded as the most prest g ous. It has About 54,250 tenn s
been held at the All England Club n balls are used dur ng a
W mbledon, London, s nce 1877 and s tournament
played on outdoor grass courts.

W mbledon s one of the four Grand Slam
ten s tournaments, the others are the
Austral an Open, the French Open and the
US Open. S nce the Austral an Open
sh fted to hard court n 1988, W mbledon
s the only major st l played on grass,
wh ch s the trad t onal ten s play ng
surface.

The f rst W mbledon champ onsh p took
place n 1877. Men’s S ngles was the only
event played that year. Lad es’ S ngles
and Men’sDoubles events were
ntroduced n 1884. The Lad es’ Doubles
and M xed Doubles events were added to
the tournament n 1913
The two-week tournament attracts
39,000 spectators everyday, nclud ng
royalty and celebr t es. Everyone s keen
to watch the world’s best ten s players
compete for the coveted s lver trophy.

the longest At the 2010 W mbledon
game ever Champ onsh ps, John Isner and
played took 3 N cholas Mahut competed n a
days f rst-round match that would
go on to become the longest
W mbledon s the only Grand match ever played n a Tenn s
Slam to enforce a dresscode on Open. The match took place
ts players. It s requ red that over 3 days and took 183
any player enter ng the games to complete. Both
tournament must dress “almost players surpassed theprev ous
ent rely n wh te,” w th record for number of aces n a
d squal f cat on a poss b l ty for s ngle game dur ng the match,
players who do not adhere to wh ch Isner eventually won.
the rule.
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By: Oğuz YILDIZ

NBA top 5 players

01 Michael Jordan of all time

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Larry B rd M chael Jordan s w dely known as the game's greatest player—and
for a good reason.
6 NBA t tles, 2 F nals MVPs, : 3 NBA t tles, 2 F nals "MJ" accompl shed everyth ng poss ble n the game, p l ng up on the
stats and awards. On the game's b ggest stage—the NBA F nals—
6 reg. season MVPs MVPs, 3 reg. season MVPs Jordan went a perfect 6-for-6, also sweep ng F nals MVP n h s
appearances.
There s plenty of ev dence to support M chael Jordan's GOAT status,
however, h s greatest feat of all m ght have come before he even won
an NBA t tle. In the 1988 season, he won MVP, Defens ve Player of
the Year and the NBA's scor ng t tle. H s nsane 1988 season went
l ke th s: 35 po nts on 53% shoot ng, 5.5 rebounds, 5.9 ass sts, 3.2
steals, 1.6 blocks.

02 Bill Russell

The greatest defender n the game's h story led the Boston Celt cs to
a record 11 NBA Champ onsh ps.

B ll Russell s an nterest ng case, as h s offens ve stats don't jump
out at you, but h s mpact went far beyond numbers. Russell could
flat-out dom nate the game defens vely. St ll, h s career averages
are noth ng to sn ff at, and f blocks and F nals MVPs were
counted/awarded throughout h s career, he would've won plenty of
those.

M chael Jordan Russell s the greatest w nner n all of sports. H s 11-champ onsh p
6 NBA t tles, 6 F nals MVPs, 5 reg. count may be the safest record n the NBA game.

season MVPs 03 Magic Jhonson

Mag c Johnson began h s career w th greatness and never looked
back. He won F nals MVP as a rook e when he famously started
center n place of the njured Kareem Abdul-Jabbar n Game 6 of the
1980 NBA F nals. The F nals were l ke a second home to Mag c and
the Showt me Los Angeles Lakers, as they made n ne tr ps dur ng h s
llustr ous career.

The 6'9" po nt guard used h s large frame to shred defenses w th
prec s on. Mag c's 12.3 ass sts ranks f rst all-t me n the playoffs. In
h s 14-year career, he amassed 10 All-NBA select ons.

04 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Before Duncan, there was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, n terms of
cons stency. H s ab l ty to ma nta n such averages wh le compet ng
for 20 seasons s s mply a testament to h s greatness.

B ll russel Mag c Jhonson Here's a rundown of Kareem's b ggest feats: all-t me lead ng scorer
11 NBA t tles, 5 reg. 5 NBA t tles, 3 F nals MVPs, n NBA h story, most regular season MVP awards (s x), 15 All-NBA
select ons, 11 All-Defense select ons, 19 All-Star appearances.
season MVPs 3 reg. season MVPs

05 Larry Bird

Derr ck Rose gave a rather f tt ng assessment of Larry B rd n an
nterv ew w th Rappler Sports recently. B rd was never the most
athlet c player on the court, but he was always dom nant.
Whatever he lacked n athlet c sm, he made up for w th h s
basketball IQ, great sk lls— nclud ng that deadly jump shot—and
f erce compet t veness.

B rd led the Boston Celt cs to three NBA Champ onsh ps, comp l ng

three regular season MVPs and 2 F nals MVPs along the way.

"Larry Legend" was selected to 10 All-NBA and three All-Defense

By: Bulut Güngör Teams n h s 13-year career. 17

LEGEND OF 18

GALATA TOWER

AND

MAIDEN TOWER

By: Neh r Önderoğlu

Galata Tower and Ma den Tower are sa d to
be n love. The nterven ng Bosphorus makes
th s love mposs ble. One day Hezarfen
Ahmet Çeleb cl mbed the Galata Tower. H s
a m was to fly from the European s de to the
Anatol an s de. He couldn’t stand the
ns stence of the Galata Tower and dec ded
to take the letters w th h m that Galata had
accumulated for centur es and flew. He left
the letters n the Ma den Tower as he
approached the Salacak beach. Letters
caught n the w nd and waves reached
Ma den Tower. Ma den's Tower understood
that her love was not unrequ ted and t
would be better. So Galata Tower real zed
that Ma den Tower was n love w th
h m.They created the best v ew n İstanbul
w th each other and the r love def es
centur es. For th s reason, Galata Tower
un tes lovers.
If a man and a woman go to Galata Tower
together for the f rst t me, they w ll def n tely
get marr ed. But f the couples who w ll go to
the tower are dest ned not to meet, Galata
Tower w ll somehow prevent them from
go ng to the tower. If one of the couples has
dated before, th s tal sman w ll break down.

To trust or

to believe

By: Nazar Çatma 11-E
Let’s cons der the concept of trust wh ch means bel ev ng w thout

doubt or fear. What should people trust or how much? Should they
trust? Let’s look for answers for these quest ons. But f rst we shall

exam ne the def n t on of the word n more deta l. Bel ev ng,
connect ng...

Everyone has bel efs and connect ons. When t comes to trust th s
bel ef needs to be pur f ed of doubt. As we see n the def n t on, th s

s tough because hav ng no doubts at all may be not for our best
nterest because a person who nterrogate also doubts.I generally
th nk the answer s balance. But t does not appear to be poss ble

to have balance n such matters.

Is a restra ned trust towards someone poss ble? I would say that
hav ng doubts and also trust ng those people at the same t me s
not actual trust. I th nk people should not trust. Bel ev ng s more
log cal. Choos ng to bel eve and be able to doubt about t when t

comes to that.

Bel ev ng to people and deas w thout destroy ng our susp c ons s
far more reasonable than just s mply trust ng. People should have

bel ef rather than trust. And th nk these words answer our
quest ons. We don’t have to restra n our bel efs f we are not

bl nded by t

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"In each loss there is a gain,
As in every gain there is a loss,

And with each ending
comes a new beginning."

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