Katie- CP 2

My CP has been applying to different MS programs all over America. Different places like Utah or Wyoming are obviously still in America but probably have a different culture within our culture. When my CP started asking me about the way people lived in those states I was not exactly sure how to answer him. We started googling different terms that were related and looked at pictures and we discussed some differences we saw as well as some we thought we could safely assume to exist. I think that he is more focused on the school and the program , but he was just curious about what his life might be like once he moves. After chatting about that for sometime we returned some of his emails, followed up on a few relationships he has been building with different professors. We ended with an eye opening conversation about recreational drugs and prescription medications in America v. those in Turkey. I challenged him with the reality of our justice system using my background in Criminology and found myself learning the harsher laws regarding drug use/ the sale of drugs in Turkey. Shockingly, what I learned as common and normal is far from that in his country.