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CampusISSUE: 1 October-November 2017 “The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” Aristotle FREE PUBLICATION YKC bimonthly educational magazineYKC TOHARWARD The first Macedonian Harward alumni STANISHA VELKOVIKJ 05 06 13 Brilliant scientist, terrible American author Harper Lee The German world’s great-businessman. Nikola Tesla was won a Pulitzer Prize for To est creations in both arts andborn in 1856 in a town called Kill A Mockingbird. It has sold sciences makes the ideal study more than 40 million copies. destination center in the world. Smiljan, in Croatia. DRAMA CLUB IS A TRADITION IN YKC STRUMICAHARVARD UNIVERSITY NOTE TAKING STRATEGIES FOR STUDENTS

 contents 03 Obstacles in education 04 Purpose of education Ltehteteerdfirtoomr 05 Famous Scientists – Nicola Tesla 06 Famous Books-“Killing Mocking Bird”Hello to the first edition of Campus. When 07 Tips for how to studyyou hear the word “Campus” it always 08 Cover Story - Mr. Stanisha Velkovikjreminds us about education and re- 09 Cover Story - Mr.Stanisha Velkovikjsearch center, learning site and building 10 Harward Universitywhere you can have education. Students 11 Drama Club in Strumicagather and discuss on educational issues, 12 Recommended Moviesstudy academically on subjects, prepare 13 Why Germany?projects and help to the society. This is 14 University Counselorthe mission which Yahya Kemal Colleges 15 Storieshave been doing in Macedonia. YKC Karposh isPrivate Yahya Kemal College is the first a huge educationprivately founded high school in Mace- campus.donia, accredited by the MacedonianMinistry of Educationin in 1996. For about 2021 years Yahya Kemal colleges havegained a lot of achievements and it has 16 Smart Questionsbecome a trademark in Macedonia. It 17 Animal Kingdomhas established in five cities; 6 colleges 18 Science World “ Innovations”and 3 Junior Schools in Macedonia. 19 Note-Taking Strategies for StudentsThey are located in Macedonia in thosecities; Skopje-Karposh ,Skopje- Butel,  CAMPUS MANAGEMENT  ISSUE 1  OCTOBER-NOVEMBERTetovo,Gostivar,Struga, Strumica as highschools and additional Primary-Junior Founder: İsmail Erdilschools are in Skopje, Tetova and Struga Editor in Chief: Ertan AlkınIt has gained a lot of knowledge andexperience for 21 years. Yahya Kemal Col- Social Network: Sefer Aydoğdulege has issues to contribute education inMacedonia with Olympiad teams, projects Public Relations: Suriya Taukgroups, clubs, seminars. Not only bystudying but also organizing school trips Coordinator: Yılmaz Deliktaşabroad which is widen their vision. Everyyear many students participate interna- Contributed Media Club Memberstional competitions and compete withtheir international peers therefore they Milka Mukaetova Valerija Ilievskatest their knowledge with future inter-national peers. They gain self-esteem to Matej Tanaskovski Jakov Ognenovskistudy abroad and represent Macedonia.A lot of students has continued university Marija Brajkosvkastudy abroad with good rate of scholar-ship and brought new technologies backto Macedonia.“Campus” has issued the students,teachers, educators, alumnus, parentsand fancy to improve education qual-ity. It supports and elaborates educationtriangle and extends establishment. Itfancies to become a voice of educationin YKC schools in Macedonia. I think thismagazine might be one of the missingpuzzle pieces in education.ERTAN ALKIN 02

EDUCATIONObstaclesin education hat have been your greatest ing to school, though.” education? obstacles in school? Alexis: They’re supportive, as When you were in elementary long as it doesn’t take nothingW Matthew: My biggest obstacle school, do you remember lik- out of their pockets or affect was staying focused. The work ing school, hating it, or feeling them in any way. they give me is easy, but I indifferent? You encourage someone by catch myself dozing off, look- Alexis: I used to actually like showing them that you’ll be ing out the window, or being on school, but everyone around there. My big brother was the computer and just wasting me hated it. My brother: “I hate my father figure and if I really time. going to school.” My sister: “I needed something, he was the Alexis: My biggest obstacle hate going to school.” Even my only person who would take was people. People laugh at mom. Eventually, I’m like, you time out of his life and give it you for studying. You do good know what? I don’t want to be to me. and it’s considered bad. the only outcast. So I’d say, “I Matthew: My mother is the Rafiat: Sometimes I would don’t like school, either!” Even- biggest supportive influence have a book in my hand and tually, if you say something on my education. It surprised my friends would be like, “Why often enough, you believe it. me when I learned two years are you reading? What is this? That’s why it’s important to ago that she had her GED and What’s wrong with you?” I’d tell have a positive mindset. not a high school diploma. She them, “I love to read, because told me that she had to leave it’s more interesting than star- How has your family influ- high school after getting into ing at a flat-screen TV. Some- enced your feelings about a fight. times I like to imagine things.” 03 How much do you think your friends have influenced your commitment to education? Rafiat: My friends were the ones who got me started ditching. In 5th or 6th grade they were like, “You should come over,” and I was like, “I got school,” and they were like, “Don’t worry about that; you know you don’t gotta go.” It became like an addiction. Now, of those five or six friends, I only hang out with two of them. Alexis: A lot of my friends dropped out, but even so they’re like, “Nah, nah, you go-

EDUCATIONWhat isEducation?What do we Ghazali said that education is a positive respects and minimizeexpect from process which enable an individual negative aspects of their personal-education? to distinguish between the true and ity, society . false, the good and bad, the right he answer is; it is the ability to see the conduct and the evil doing. 3. Character is a value of both unseen, to understand the subtle, Aristotle said the education is individual, collective importance,T to hear the untold, to comprehend process of creation of sound mind which is necessary for peaceful the sublime. Education prepares our in a sound body. society. minds for a new kind of perception. It distinguishes human being from 4. Beauty, enjoyment, apprecia- Why do some people find abstract other creations. form of art uninteligable, while oth- tion, promotion, creation of beauty ers make myriads of meanings out Purpose of Education in nature and art is necessary for of it? Doesn’t this insight stem from successful life. knowledge of the field? 1. Intellectual development of  Well-educated, well-trained eyes cultivation of mental facilities is the can see so much. As the saying important purpose of education. “The object of goes, “The eye sees only what the educationis to prepare mind is prepared to comprehend. “ 2. Self-understanding and self- the young to educate themselves throughout explorations are core purpose of their lives.”Robert M. this theory in order to maximize Hutchins” Robert M. Hutchins 04

FAMOUS SCIENTISTS “The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken up. His work is like that of the planter — for the future. His duty is to lay the foundation for those who are to come, and point the way. He lives and labors and hopes.” “The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.” NIKOLA TESLATHE GENIUS WHO LIT THE WORLD rilliant scientist, terrible business- groundbreaking engineering fac- Alternating current tory, Edison Machine Works. Perhaps Tesla’s most famous andB man. Nikola Tesla was born in It is often said that as brilliant a important idea, alternating current 1856 in a town called Smiljan, in scientist as Tesla was, he was an (AC), was an answer to his old boss Croatia. His father was a priest equally terrible businessman, un- Edison’s inefficient — as Tesla put it and his mother, despite not having able (or possibly unwilling) to see — use of direct current (DC) in the any formal education, tinkered the commercial value behind his new electric age. in machinery and was known for ideas. having a spectacular memory. The Tesla Coil Tesla’s career as an inventor Through it all, the compulsive, Tesla Coils had very practical began early; while working at eccentric and often sensational applications in wireless radio tech- the Central Telegraph Office in Tesla provided terrific sound bites nology and some medical devices. Budapest, at the age of just 26. for reporters, speaking frequently This major achievement laid the to the press about new, futuristic The true father of radio groundwork for many of his future ideas up to a few years before his Tesla and completed the first inventions, including the alternat- death, when he became a recluse. transatlantic radio on the back of ing current motor and ultimately Tesla died in 1943, in a New York Tesla’s science lab before Italian led him to New York City in 1884, City hotel room. inventor Guglielmo Marconi. lured by Thomas Edison and his 05

FAMOUS BOOKSTo Kill a Mockingbird “You never really understand a person until you consider thingsfrom his point of view … until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” Atticus Finch in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird WHO IS HARPER LEE o Kill a Mockingbird has been so influential Born in Monroeville, Alabama, in T because it bridges the divisions we create1926, daughter of a lawyer amongst ourselves—religion, age, and race. Harper Lee’s story helped a generation deal Studied for a law degree, in- with a time that was filled with fear and uncertainty,cluding a year at Oxford University and it continues to impart important lessons about prejudice and empathy today. To Kill A Mockingbird published American author Harper Lee won a Pulitzer Prizein 1960, an instant hit for To Kill A Mockingbird. It has sold more than 40 million copies and it continues to sell more than one Awarded the Presidential Medal million copies a year, and has been translated intoof Freedom of the US in 2007 more than 40 languages. The book was an instant classic when Lee published it at age 34. Oscar suc- cess for film adaptation. Drama To Kill a Mockingbird demonstrates the power of fearing the unknown, along with childhood inno- cence and love. Racial tensions are high in Maycomb, Alabama in the summer of 1935. Nevertheless, young Jean Louise Finch, or Scout - as she is called - man- ages to live a rather carefree, privileged existence, insulated from the issues of race. All of that changes when Scout watches her father, Atticus Finch, defend an innocent man, Tom Robinson, against a potential death sentence, which looms threaten- ingly against him because of racial prejudices. Scout begins to realize that just because society portrays something as being true, doesn’t mean that it is actually fact. With the help of Atticus, and her older brother Jem, Scout learns that growing up often means doing what is right, even when it comes at a great cost. “Two of Lee’s characters, Scout and Atticus, each provide the reader with an embodiment of hope. As the narrator, the reader sees Scout both as an innocent young girl that has not learned that she is supposed to hate or be afraid of certain types of people, and also as her older, reflective self who has been able to retain the humanity and compassion present in her youth. “To Kill a Mockingbird” endures because we can all benefit from more compassion, more empathy, more understanding.” 06

SMART STUDYTips forhow tostudyL 1. First of all, get organized. I recommend hav- dates and another page of important peo- ple? One of the best ways to get informationet’s face it, most students ing a separate folder for each school subject. into your head is to organize it and write itdon’t know how to study. Our Keep everything—at least until the end of the down. Rewrite your notes neatly.poor children either don’t semester! You will see why it is important to bestudy at all or spend hours able to put your hands on these papers. 4. Review/organize/rewrite handouts fromtrying to studying every night.Neither choice is good. The 2. for science tests: Redo any homework the teacher. Take a look at all of the handoutswhole thing ends up being a the teacher gave you. Do you understandwaste of time and effort. problems you missed. Make certain that you them? Please don’t recreate all the handouts! understand where you went wrong the first Think about creating one page with the most Students might need time. Ask the teacher to explain any prob- important information from all of them.to do some extra studying lems you still cannot do. Answer the end-of-before a test, but there are chapter and/or end-of-unit questions. 5. Know the definition of all vocabulary words,ways to stay on top of theinformation without having to 3. Review/organize/rewrite your notes. concepts, ideas, people, etc. that have beenput in hours of hours of work introduced since the last test. These are theor burning out. Think quality Take a look at your notes since the last test. highlighted words found in a chapter. Some-more than quantity. Would it make sense to have one page of times, there will be a list of “important words” or “people to know.” Write down all of these words and be sure to include any word that your teacher takes the time to define for you, as well. 07

YKC ALUMNUSA Stanisha VeljkovikjCurious mInd o Mr.Stanisha Veljkovikj, special high school. Be- When you stepped in the cause students come from first time on Harvard, what you are both an alumni and different academic prepa- made you go WOW? rations, they are not all as faculty member in YKC. How hardworking, as at least the Well, the greenery, the students I saw in Harvard. It trees, the foliage. They haveS does it feel you have stud- was different in short, chal- their very own squirrels, ied at a prestigious univer- lenging, but also provided that are not afraid of tour- sity such as Harvard? me more opportunities, that ists and students. It was, it It was very different from we are familiar with here [in looked very beautiful, es- Macedonia]. thetically well maintained. the education in Mace- Wow, Clean, old buildings Apart from this, what left a and trees, some of them donia. In the sense that big impression on you from older than a century. It has Harvard? its own atmosphere. many more opportunities Well, it is an old institution, What really motivated you were given to students, for the buildings are old, some to go there? Why did you of them are new, but it is choose Harvard, out of studying, for expressing the oldest institution for hundreds of Universities in higher education in Amer- the world? themselves outside of the ica. The library has tradi- tion, many famous people Well, it was an issues of classroom. It was also very studied there. I don’t know, money and financial aid. it has different aspects. Most of the universities, for difficult, because the men- Macedonian students, are tality of the students there is very very competitive. Students want to compete against each other, be that in sports or in academic pursuits. So, it was in thatMilka Mukaetova sense very challenging forMatej Tanaskovski me. Not in a regular high school, at least, not in a 08

YKC ALUMNUS idol for most of the students. How can we follow Your steps in order to You should achieve the same thing, study in a be hard qualified university? working, do what you First of all, you should be hard want to do working, do what you want to do instead of instead of what friends of yours or what friends family wants to. Secondly, the thing of yours or you are doing must be done with family love, you must love what you do, wants to. to do it good. And last but not least is the intelligence, which is not a constant quantity. The thing you What did You learn at Harvard that are doing you could apply to your teaching in must be done YKC? with love, you must love After I finished my studies, I have what you do, taken courses about cognition in to do it good. young people, in children particu- larly. It was about how we process information, how we memorize something we have already learned And last and how should we learn in order but not for something to stay in our minds. least is the intelligence, What did you study at Harvard, which is not was it quantum physics, theoretical a constant physics? quantity. I studied astronomy and physics,too expensive to study there. So, shortly called astrophysics. Duringwhen I was choosing, I was looking my studies, I studied about stars,at whether they were offering fi- stellar evolution of galaxies andnancial aid to international students also some processes which happenand how much. on Earth like lightings, electricityYou are the only professor who etc. We mostly have studied thestudied abroad, and went to a pres- theoretical parts although we havetige university, and having in mind performed some experiments.the quality of Harvard, You are an What is the most important thing you have learned during your stay? I think it was to be independent, even though I was somehow inde- pendent on my own. The experi- ence teaches you to learn your abilities, what you can achieve in a given period of time, and similar things. What would be the final advice for YKC students? I think that they should all “go with the flow”. Also I was not sure if I wanted to study abroad. At that time it wasn’t so popular to study in a different country. The only thing I knew was that I wanted to study astronomy, which was not offered here, in the Republic of Macedonia. But the place you are studying in is not important, all it takes for you to learn something is a curious mind and a book. 09

UNIVERSITY INTRODUCTIONHarvard Name: Harvard UniversityUniversity Established in 1636w endeavor, Harvard College is Admissions Rate: 6% orld-class faculty, a dedication to proud to deliver an education affordability, and groundbreaking focused on both knowing and SAT Requirements: research opportunities, commit- doing, on individual achievement (Old 2250 out of 2400) New: 1540 ted scholars have all the re- and on meaningful collaboration out if 1600 sources they need to fulfill their in a supportive environment that academic and personal potential. fosters intellectual risk-taking. Tuition: $44,990 Teaching and research are inter- twined at Harvard College—stu- Broad Extra Curricular Activity Total cost: $69,600 -$73,600 dents contribute to research in Harvard offers such a breadth labs and libraries and learn from of academic and extracurricular Excellence University Rank: faculty of the highest caliber. The opportunities; you will be able 1 in the world breadth and depth of Harvard’s to immerse yourself in whatever resources, from library and mu- interests you. With extracur- Early Admission Deadline: seum collections to engagement ricular activities, Harvard has a 1st November, usual in the arts and athletics, remain ridiculous amount of clubs and unparalleled in higher education. organizations. Regular Admission Deadline: 1st With a 375-year tradition of January educating leaders in every Financial Aid Harvard offers a very generous SOME OF FAMOUS financial program, and the finan- HARWARD ALUMNI cial aid officers here will make Barack Obama: sure that finances will not be the reason you would not choose 1st African-American in the Harvard College. United States to become the President of US. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Bill Gates: William Henry Bill Gates III is the co-founder, chairman, president and CEO of the computer industry, Microsoft Corporation. Mark Zuckerberg He is best known as one of five co-founders of the social networking website Facebook. Conan O’Brien He is an American television host, comedian, writer, producer, musician, and voice actor. John F. Kennedy John Kennedy or Jack Kennedy, was the 35th President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt He is an author, naturalist, soldier, explorer, and historian who served as the 26th President of the United States. 10

THEATER STRUMICA t is a privilege to ary language, but also on Drama Club the Strumica dialect which it is a traditionI take part in the makes it especially interest- in Yahya Kemal Drama club at ing. We are pleased that the Strumica Yahya Kemal- audience accepted it well Strumica. It has been the and went well. The students 11 most active and the most were dedicated and had a attractive club for four desire to work. years. Students join the club Kostadinov attended the very impatiently and learn premiere of the comedy how to act in the plays and “Auditor” performances. Nowadays The Municipality of Strumi- it has become a tradition ca continuously and through to perform plays in the City various forms supports the Hall. primary and secondary The drama club works like schools and encourages a factory that improves their educational process, students’ social talents, as well as the extracurricular self-esteem and working activities. As a sign of sup- together to their best. These port and respect, the acting improvements have been Mayor of the Municipal- widening students’ horizon ity of Strumica, Kostadin and have effected their Kostadinov and represen- education. They contribute tatives of the education the social society to make department, attended the it colorful life. These chain premiere performance of actions return them as quali- the comedy “Auditor” from fied university in and on out Gogol in the performance of Macedonia. They become of the members of the dra- a representative and a flag matic studio of the private for Macedonia. high school “Yahya Kemal The performance cheered “from Strumica under the and laughed the audience, leadership of young Katerina and for its preparation it Beninova. The premiere was took about a year, as the performed in the large hall students say. “The play of the ARM’s home. speaks in Macedonian liter-

RECOMMENDED MOVIES Outstanding friendshipFinding Forrester Passengers Film Name: Passengers Year: 2016 Director: Morten Tyldum Stars: J. Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen The starship Avalon is transporting 5,000 colonists and 258 crew members, in hibernation pods, to the planet Homestead II, a journey taking 120 years. Thirty years into its journey, the ship passes through an asteroid field, which causes a malfunc- tion. The malfunction awakens one passenger, mechanical engineer Jim Preston, 90 years early.Film name: Finding Forrester Year: 2000Director: Gus Van Sant Stars: S. Connery, Rob Brown, F. M. AbrahamHe was a vibrant personal- Known as the neighbourhood Now you see me-2 ity who wrote a Pulitzer recluse, silver-haired Forrester is Prize-winning classic novel four a man whose mystery and ec- Film Name: Now you see me-2 decades ago. And that is the last centricity border on the mythical. Year: 2016 Director: Jon M. Chu word heard of William Forrester When he discovers that Jamal - a Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, M. Ruffalo, W. Harrelson (Sean Connery). That is until Ja- talented African-American schol- mal Wallace (Rob Brown), a brash ar-athlete who is recruited by an Now you see me pits an elite FBI squad in a sixteen-year-old with writing elite Manhattan school for his bril- game of cat and mouse against “The Four aspirations of his own, cracks the liance on and off the basketball Horsemen”, a super-team of the world’s great- veneer of Forrester’s sheltered court - has sneaked into his apart- est illusionists. “The Four Horsemen” pull off a existence and re-ignites the ment and left his backpack full series of daring heists against corrupt business dreams of this literary legend in of writings behind, they both get leaders during their performances, showering the winter of his life. something unexpected in return. the stolen profits on their audiences while stay- ing one step ahead of the law. 12

STUDY ABROAD Top 10 German Universities to study Medicine • Heidelberg University. • Rwth Aachen University. • Lübeck University. • Witten/Herdecke University. • Magdeburg University. • Mnϋ ster University. • Würzburg University.WHY GERMANY,GERMAN UNIVERSITYGERMAN LANGUAGE? he German-speaking population domestic and international students to meet the living costs. Therefore has been an inseparable part of the alike. The German higher education many international students tend to system consists of around 400 insti- look for a job to support themselvesT world’s greatest creations in both arts tutions, divided into public “tuition while studying. and sciences; thus almost every aca- free” institutions that host over 2.4 demic discipline has a long and out- million students across Germany. 4. Staying in Germany standing tradition of success stories, in Germany and beyond. Add this to 2. Study programs after your studies that the fact that as of October this Finally, after studying in Germany, year Germany abolished all tuition taught in English you’ll have the chance to stay on and fees for national and international Studying in Germany not only comes seek work after you graduate. The students alike, offering free interna- for free, but you can also do it in Eng- law allows international graduates to tionally recognized degrees for every lish if your German language skills stay for an additional 18 months to prospective student. There you have are not so good. English is an interna- seek work, and you may even end it: the ideal study abroad destination. tional and widely spoken language, up staying longer, if that is what you 4 Perks of Studying in Germany taught as a second language in the wish. majority of schools around the world. German is the Most Spoken Native 1. No tuition fees at Language in the European Union 3. Great job opportunities With an estimated 175-200 million public universities in Germany speakers worldwide, German is the Higher education in Germany is Regardless of the free tuition fee eleventh most widely spoken lan- mainly funded by the state and as policy, studying in Germany doesn’t guage in the world. such it is literally free of charge for come entirely for free – you still need 13

CAREER PLANINGUNIVERSITYCOUNSELOR hat is a high school? What is high to enter again. You are given the through their high school life, like school’s mission? What kind of chance once to collect flowers family, teachers, alumnus, internet free of charge when you enter. resources, social network, mediaW qualities, achievements, contribu- When you leave the garden you etc. Lots of things influence young tions do you want to have when can have those flowers when you people’s career decisions, and you leave the school? What is your pay its price. But inside the garden, according to a recent survey, over career plan for your future? These it is free of charge. half find themselves unhappy in are crucial questions to answer for the job they end up. But, one main high school students. Answers to Students at high school stay source of information that can these questions determines their for limited then they start univer- be most beneficial for students future career, show the outline of sity life. We advise our students to is making use of their school/ the sketch. According to answers enter qualified universities in order university counselor. That’s why students draw or paint future to have better future. Qualified it’s so important to talk to the right pictures, design their career plans university may bring the better person before making your deci- for life. life conditions and less struggle sions. Before many years high to find job leads a happy life. school students used to choose Therefore, university counselor Counseling and Admission: their university when they finish encourages students to design Your Ticket to College Success high school then they used to career plan to have required asked their parents. But the world qualifications, improves skills and High school counselors has been changed since then, talents in order to enter qualified play an integral role in shaping nowadays the world has become university. During study at college, students’ futures by assisting them a village. You can study in the students ought to grab many making college-related decisions world wherever you want if you achievements, certificates, high that are suited to them. University are prepared and fulfilled quali- level of knowledge on subjects or counselor encouraging students fications. Choosing the university a lot of money to study at a quali- to achieve their academic goals at the 4th grade look like walking fied university. as well as personal, by helping through rose garden but collecting students believe in themselves, by no roses when you leave but ask Today’s world students have understanding their strengths and numerous resources to guide weaknesses and their interests. 14

ENTERTAINMENTLandlord’s Present Horses Father: ‘Peter, how do you like school?’A wealthy village landlord is dead. The Peter: ‘I like school okay, but not the teacher.’will is opened. He divided his property. Father: ‘Don’t like the teacher? Why not, son?’He left half of his goods (1/2) to his eldest Peter: ‘Because she told me to sit in the frontson, one quart (1/4) to his middle son and seat for the present, and then she didn’t giveone (1/5) to a young son. All the goods are me the present!’shared, but the problem is; there are 19“horses” to share. It is impossible to divide19 into two, not four, or five. They go to thewise man in the village and ask for advice.The guy says he can help them. He says:“I have a horse too. Here I give you this.You have 20 horses now, right? Let’s takethe half-time (10). Take one of the four (5)median sisters. (4) Let’s give the small-est one the smallest one. Ten, five morefifteen. Four more nineteen. Give me myhorse back now! Which  “The difference between school and life? Tyre/Tire In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a testFour university students were late to the that teaches you a lesson.”mathematics final examination because Tom Bodettthey woke up late so they arrived universityafterward the examination. They told that Punishmentthe tire of their car had a puncture. Theprofessor would not believe the first bas- Pupil: “Would you punish me fortion but he could not stand the begging something I didn’t do?”of his students and he told the students Teacher: “Of course not.”that he would test them 3 days later. There Pupil: “Good, because I haven’twere 4 simple mathematical questions on done my homework.”the front page for 10 points each on thefront page, they solved easily them. On the 15back page there was 1 question with 60points: “Which tyre had the puncture?

YOUR CATEGORY HERE Simple PARADOXICAL JOKESarithmetic: A paradox is when two things seem to contradict each ?+1=X other - the comedian was so bad, he was almost good! All these jokes contain a paradox.Add one or more letters before the word oneto get the word defined. a stamp, 1- What gets wet as it dries?1- ? + one = something that holds ice cream a bottle, 2- What has a bed but does not sleep? It2- ? + one = part of a skeleton also has a mouth but does not speak.3- ? + one = no longer here a tap,4- ? + one = accomplished; finished a towel, 3- What can you look through but not see5- ? + one = without anyone else present a blackboard, through?6- ? + one = a musical sound a comb,7- ? + one = a rock your word, 4- What has teeth hut can’t bite?8- ? + one = a geographical region or area a book, 5- What can you give somebody and still9- ? + one = an identical copy keep?10- ? + one = a chair for a king or queen a river11- ? + one = a windstorm; tornado 6- What has a neck but no head?12- ? + one = an instrument for talking to Answers 7- What runs but has no legs?someone far away. 8- What can travel round the world yet13- ? + one = nobody stay in one corner?14- ? + one = not any15- ? + one = two 9- What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty? GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONSAnswers: 1- Black, 2- Hydrogen, 3- The Sun, 4- Gold, 5- Alaska 1-a towel 2-a river 3-a book 4-a comb 5-your word 6-a bottle 7-a tap 8-a stamp 9-a blackboard1) 1. In snooker, what is the colour of the last  There are 5 Sisters in a House.ball potted? All five Sisters are busy.2) What is the most common Element on Ann is reading a Book in the living room,Earth ? Rose is Cooking food in the kitchen,3) Which is the nearest star? Katy is playing Chess,4) Which is heavier, gold or silver? and Mary is doing the Laundary work.5) What is the biggest state in the U.S.A.? What is the fifth sister doing? 16

ANIMALS Animals kINGDOM The world of animals is wide and vast. Many have abilities and characteristics that sometimes define common knowledge. Here we will be looking at some of nature’s greatest creations. Smart animals: We will not be looking at the human brain but rather those of other creatures. Such as the crow. A distant relative of ravens, crows have been found to display remarkable intelligence. Do you think the Ants know mathematics?Toddler or Crow? Ants ‘Use Math’ to Find Fastest RouteNo Birdbrain anymore. Crows arethe Einsteins of the bird world, by Imagine a lifeguard rush- to leave a scent trail. Andmaking tools and solving complex ing to save someone in the also featureless landscapepuzzles. ocean some distance down doesn’t help much in the the beach. The quickest way of visual landmarks,Their impressive mental capacity way for her to get to the other than perhaps the oddwas even apparent to the ancient victim would be to run rock or weed. So desert antGreeks. Researchers tested crows along the beach first, to solves the problem with awith a series of trials inspired by minimize the time, swim- secret weapon: geometry.Aesop’s fable “The Crow and the ming takes longer time These desert ants calcu-Pitcher”. In one of Aesop’s fables, than running. late the distance walked bya thirsty crow is presented with a counting their steps. Thedilemma when he cannot reach When a desert ant leaves ants calculate the direc-the water at the bottom of a its nest in search of food, tion they walk by calculat-pitcher. He finds out that the water it has an important task: ing the angle of their pathlevel rises when he drops pebbles find its way back home. In relative to the position ofinto the pitcher, and many pebbles almost any other part of the sun, using the rules oflater he is rewarded with a drink. the world, the ant can use trigonometry that is taughtThe crows, it turned out, are as one of two tricks for find- in the tenth grade highgood at some of the tasks as 5-7 ing its way home, visual school. And more, the antsyear-old children. landmarks or scent trails. constantly update their cal- The windswept saltpans of culations to correct for the desert make it impossible sun’s march across the sky. Marija Brajkovska

TECHNOLOGYTechnology is developing so fast; we canhardly be in touch with it. There are loadsof new things coming out every day.  Valerija Ilievska1-WirelessElectricitySo we picked some of the charging. 1latest and useful gadgetsyou can find. It’s convenient and reliable 3 way of charging things withEvery teenager’s dream is no cables needed. And it isto have a lifelong battery not just for smartphones butwith no need of charging for every electronic deviceand the solution is here, we you can imagine. Withouthave not reached that per- the cables it is providing usfection, but we are close a new, safer, cheaper andto achieving it: wireless better way of charging. 22-DronePhotographyThe most popular the people or private 3-TeslaModelSthing, everyone is talk- usage. It is a success-ing about now, is the ful way odd gaining P100DAutopilotdrone photography. knowledge, but also a good way of invading Come back to the future accelerates from 0 to 60A remotely-operated somebody’s privacy. is now real. Electric cars mph in 2.5 seconds. Mod-system, also called As a result, some of are coming back with the el S comes with Autopilotas a drone, which can the governments have new model of ‘Tesla S capabilities designed totake photos and vid- banned the drone P100D. The company has make highway driving noteos that might be not photography from designed from the ground only safe, but also stressable to be captured private properties, but up to be the safest, the free. You can drive Teslaby human. that doesn’t mean most exhilarating electric Model S P100D 315 miles they are not used car on the road. Model S on a single charge.There are sev- for the purpose of aeral uses of drone government againstphotography, such the people.as surveillance of 18

TIPS TO STUDY Note Taking Strategies forSTUDENTS121 One of the best ways to maximize Use highlighters to pinpoint the effectiveness of your note- important information.2 taking is to split up your paper While you look over your notes, into sections. Carve out a margin use a highlighter to highlight parts to the right or left for listing out that you need to study again in main points, as well as a section more depth. The trick is to use it at the bottom of the page to sparingly to not overwhelm the write a succinct summary. That page with fluorescent ink. You can way, it’s easier to remember the use three styles of highlighting: main points when you’re studying a fine line, a thick line, and two later. Simply place a ruler along parallel lines, depending on your the dots and draw in lines to preference. designate these spaces.MANAGE INFORMATIONON MEMO NOTES343 Use memo notes to create Use pocket memo notes toa summary or page of keep miscellaneous items.highlights. We always keep a pocket memoFor every chapter or section of book on us to jot down homeworknotes, we recommend using memo assignments or other housekeepingnotes to create a summary or list information that is class-related,of highlights. That way, you can but not necessarily relevant to thehave a quick refresher before each content of our notes. These “Keeper”class to remind yourself what memo notes are great for safekeep-4 happened the last class. It’s also a ing those miscellaneous items. You good way to study for a midterm- can tear out a page and stick it into-you can look through each memo the pocket to look back at later!note and decide which chapters It’s a good idea to keep everythingyou need to focus on. Then you can written down and in one place sogo through that specific section in you’re not scrambling around tomore detail later. find what you need.5 5 Sticky Notes: Sticky notes are also convenient to have on hand especially around the house or office. Scribble down important notes and reminders and stick them in easy-to-see places.19

PHOTO: JAKOV OGNENOSVKIYahya Kemal KarposhKarposh Yahya junior school with friends and Ismail Erdil, doctoratingKemal College is pupils, Steam other nationalities. on molecular biology anda huge education Academy profes- genetics’ at the CC Cycrilcampus. Not only sional hobbies High school stu- Methodius University.by size but also for high school dents profession-its achievements and teenagers, ally participate  Marija Brajkovskait leads the Yahya olypiad teams on the OlympiadKemal Colleges subjects, project teams and project How would you de- it is a good example ofwith technology groups. groups to obtain scribe YKC Karposh cultural co-existence inand innovations. medals, achieve- Campus’mission to Macedonia.Having kinder- Smart junior ments. They visit Macedonia?garten, junior and school with inno- other countries to What advice do youhigh school; it is a vated classrooms have broad vision Yahya Kemal colleges have for your college tohuge educational and clubs encour- and witness other are issued to educate pupils?campus. It has age the pupils cultures. They well qualified studentsbeen perform- learning, person- represent suc- to contribute their fam- Novadays technol-ing outstand- ality and self-es- cessfully Macedo- ily, neighbourhood and ogy and social life areingly active with teem. Pupil learn nia on internation- society. developing very fast. Imany clubs for to help nature and al competitions. encourage our students society, cooperate Pupils represent the to prepare themselves their best at the school for the upcoming world,Here some examples of 2016-2017 Golden Silver Bronze with good level of lan- they will need people Competition Type/ Achievements 3 9 16 guage, and especially who are able to use so- Internationals Project Competitions 6 8 11 English as it is official cial, technical, self-reliant National Subject Competitions 12 language of school and, teamwork and technol- Internationals Subject Competitions 9 18 29 working on with project ogy in the future world. Total or olympiads groups to For this reason, I wish cooperate with other them to learn foreign students to achieve languages well in order goals. Besides as they to cultivate themselves, study in a multiethnic to determine the tal- structure like ours, ented field well, to raise they grown up in a rich themselves in that field, cultural environment, and to have vital life.