behind the mirror

hey mnida,

today it was a slow day in the beginning..but after the hours passed, me and my friends had a surprise..we would go to US embassy today..like at 4 pm we were there..this was the first time i have been to embassy for another reason not to get a visa..

and this time i had the chance to see the people behind the mirrors who interviewed me and a lot of people..and i realize that how we thought about them before..they were like a monster and crazy people for us..but when we had the meeting and conference you realize that they are also workers there and maybe they try to do their job in their best way..

i learned interesting things also..the agencies who send students to US are a lot in Turkey and all around the world..USA accept almost 125.000 students just for Work&Travel program and just from Turkey this amount is just 8500..i see how a big industry it is now all around the world..

after the conference we all met with the people who work in consulate here and it was pretty cool..they were so nice to us..some of them are leaving the country and the new ones are exchanging here also..

sometimes i feel this way also..its hard to be behind the desk or mirrors..because people dont know what you are doing and why you do something..its not just for the consulate people its for all of us..always managers need to be nice and be with our opinions..but to be realistic we all need to be professional..

for not just my future we all need to see and think about other people..a little empathy and think about what we are saying and what people are doing..

MNIDA