Well, I knew the time was going to come eventually...my school is in the middle of exams. A bunch of students (including me) had their English exam last week, and everybody wanted my help. I was invited to two other classes, because the students were hoping that I would take their exams, and then they could copy me. I went to their classes, but I wouldn't let them copy me, so they just copied each other instead. The teacher watched them do this, and when I asked her why she didn't stop them, she just replied that none of them had the correct answers anyway, so their copying didn't matter. It was really funny. I am happy to report that I got a 100% on my English exam, which makes up for the abysmal grade I got on my math exam. Seriously, math combined with a foreign language is just evil.

I have also already taken my Biyoloji (Biology), Edebiyat (Literature), Coğrafya (Geography), Tarih (History), Din (Religion), Sağlık (Health), and Psikoloji (Psychology) exams. I was staring at my Biyoloji exam, willing the words to start making sense (and wondering what I was going to do, because it wasn't working), when Arzu, who sits behind me, saw that I couldn't understand the exam. She said something to the teacher, and the next thing I knew, she had given me her exam to copy. So, with Arzu's help, I think that I might actually pass my exams, even if I don't know what I am writing about. I still have yet to take my Fizik (Physics), Geometri (Geometry), and Kimya (Chemistry) exams, so wish me luck with those.

Last weekend, my friend Gökçe had a fencing match and she invited me to come see it. It was really fun; fencing is a very interesting sport. Semra's cousins Veys and İknur and their daughter Güneş (her name means sun, we call her Güneş bebek, or sun baby), also visited. Güneş is only 6 months old and she is so sweet.

Today marks the 3 month anniversary of me being in Turkey; the year is going by way to quickly. I wish Thanksgiving food existed here; I am really craving cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie right now.

I hope that everyone has a good holiday and a great weekend!