IB Busy! June 2013

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09 June 2013

AISE’S OFFICIAL IB NEWSLETTER

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this issue The Person: A Farewell P.1 The Peter Pan Problem P.2 One Final Reflection.... For Now P.3

/RRN IRU XQLYHUVLWLHV 7KH GHDGlines are sadly soon approachLQJ 2QH YHU\ XVHIXO ZHEVLWH WKDW LV YHU\ KHOSIXO ZKHQ UHVHDUFKLQJ XQLYHUVLWLHV LQ WKH 86 LV KWWSV ELJIXWXUH FROOHJHERDUG RUJ Juniors: study for your mocks – they’re only a month after school resumes. 7UDYHO $Q\ZKHUH ZLWK DQ\RQH -XVW WUDYHO VRPHZKHUH ZH DOO need a break and new experiences are indescribable. Volunteer in Summer School: you can get CAS credit and it’s a fun experience. Mr. Roy, who is a middle school teacher, is in charge of it this year. Join the literature course. It is two weeks long at two different GDWHV RQH DW WKH HQG RI -XQH EHginning of July and the other in August. Ask Mr. Ernest for more information. *R RQ D ELNH ULGH ,W LV GH¿QLWHO\ worth it to buy a bike and no, the fact that most streets are crowded is no excuse. Get a tan tattoo. It might sound lame, but how interesting would it be if you tanned and applied sunscreen in the shape of a tattoo you want? Make a time capsule to open when you graduate from college. If you’re a junior, this is your last summer, so making a time capsule is a great way to remember high school. Go to summer camp. There are many in Egypt and outside of Egypt also, it just needs a little UHVHDUFK EXW LWœV ZRUWK LW

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Tipping Over the Hamster Tarek Roshdy Wheel :HÂśYH DOO IHOW WKH VDPH DQ[LHW\ ZKHQ DVNHG WKH TXHVWLRQ Âł:KDW GR \RX ZDQW WR EH ZKHQ \RX JURZ XS"´ , WKLQN we feel uneasy because we’re expected to say something ‘ambitious’, like a doctor, or a chemical engineer, or something. We’re met with indifference or sometimes HYHQ DOLHQDWLRQ ZKHQ ZH VD\ WKLQJV OLNH D ZULWHU RU D musician, because these are not deemed to be stable, high-paying jobs. Especially in Egypt, we are not expected to do ZKDW ZH ORYH EXW ZHÂśUH expected to do what will pay the bills. We’re forced into a hamster wheel. Why do I say this? I say this because we are all nearing graduation and then admission into college and ZH KDYH WR GHFLGH RQ our majors at some point. And, if you’re like me, you might not be 100% sure about what you’re going to do with your future and it might not be that great of a thought to KDYH 7KLQNLQJ DERXW WKH YHU\ QHDU IXWXUH OLNH WKDW WHQGV WR VWUHVV XV DOO RXW HYHQ PRUH EHFDXVH ZH UHDOL]H WKDW ZHÂśYH GRQH QRWKLQJ WR SUHSDUH LQ WHUPV RI KDYLQJ D FDUHHU 5Hmember that when I say this, I speak generally and mostly for myself and those who might relate to me. The reason the word hamster wheel is used is that ZKHQHYHU SHRSOH WKLQN DERXW WKH JHQHULF MREV WKH\ ZDQW WR KDYH WKH\ DUH IRUFLQJ WKHPVHOYHV LQWR DQ HQGless cycle, a job that they GRQÂśW ZDQW WR KDYH EXW KDYH WR KDYH LQ RUGHU WR SD\ WKH bills and maybe sustain their families if they’re into that whole thing. The quote that pushed me to write this is by English philosopher Alan Watts, who said: “If you say that money is the most important thing, you’ll spend your life completely wasting your time: You’ll be doing things you don’t like doing in order to go on living, that is, in order to go on doing things you don’t like doing — which is stupid!´ So tip the metaphorical hamster wheel and do what you ORYH EHFDXVH LI \RXÂśUH JRRG DW ZKDW \RX ORYH VXFFHVV ZLOO IROORZ , NQRZ LWÂśV KDUG QRW WR OLVWHQ WR HYHU\RQH WHOOLQJ \RX KRZ WR EH VXFFHVVIXO LQ OLIH DV LI WKH\ÂśYH ÂżJXUHG LW RXW EXW QR RQH KDV , KDYHQÂśW HLWKHU 0D\EH \RXÂśOO IROORZ P\ DGYLFH DQG PD\EH \RX ZRQÂśW 7KHUHÂśV QRWKLQJ VWRSSLQJ me from falling into the same hamster wheel Alan Watts warns us of, but that’s the way it is. It’s up to us.

7KH 3HUVRQ $ )DUHZHOO There comes a time where all things come to an end. :H ZLOO DOO HYHQWXDOO\ JR RXU VHSDUDWH ZD\V WR XQLYHUVLW\ WR KDYH NLGV DQG MREV WR IXOILOO RXU OLIH SODQV $OWKRXJK ZH PLJKW QRW ZDQW WR ZH ILQG RXUVHOYHV OHDYing important things behind, all for a fresh start. The PRVW LPSRUWDQW WKLQJ ZH GR OHDYH WKRXJK LV RXU ODVWLQJ impact on people. 5HFHQWO\ ,% %XV\ ZDV LQIRUPHG RI WKH GHSDUWXUH RI RQH RI RXU IDYRULWHV 0V 1RUD (O 0DU]RXN\ $IWHU four years of being both a teacher and a CAS coordinator at AISE, the AISE IB alumni has definitely left a great impact on not only her students or the high school, but on the school as whole. From school-wide FKDULW\ HYHQWV VXFK DV WKH &KULVWPDV %D]DDU DQG the Workers’ Funday to CAS Retreats, Ms. Nora’s SUHVHQFH KDV DIIHFWHG WKH OLYHV RI VWXGHQWV ZRUNers, teachers, and more. In fact, her loss is different than any other because she is not just a teacher or an organizer, but the role of Ms. Nora is a special position at AISE that cannot easily be filled. It takes SHUVLVWHQFH SDWLHQFH FUHDWLYLW\ DQG VWUHQJWK WR KDYH her position.

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Out of all the things Ms. Nora has organized and taught XV ZH DV ,% %XV\ EHOLHYH WKDW ZH OHDUQHG RQH NH\ DVSHFW IURP KHU ZH OHDUQHG KRZ WR OHDUQ )RU HYHU\ pre-reflection and reflection we were forced to do, we VXGGHQO\ OHDUQHG KRZ WR UHIOHFW RQ HYHQWV RQ RXU RZQ Now, we do not look at things as they seem, but we analyze them and look back to see what we learned. Ms. Nora has not taught us a skill or a lesson, instead, she has changed our way of thinking. In fact, we as a JURXS EHOLHYH WKDW SDUW RI WKH UHDVRQ ,% KDV FKDQJHG us so much is because of not only CAS, but how Ms. Nora runs CAS. Ms. Nora’s accomplishments are too great to be left to GLH 7KHUHIRUH ZH QHHG WR HQVXUH WKDW HYHU\ DQQXDO HYHQW SURFHHGV ZLWK WKH VDPH SDVVLRQ DQG FRPPLWment. With her departure comes a great responsibility that rests on our shoulders; we must continue to put a smile on the faces of orphans, workers and students as she did. We must also use our new gift of learning to GR HYHU\WKLQJ DV LI VKH ZDV KHUH QRW EHFDXVH DQ\RQH is watching, but because that is who she changed us to. And so Ms. Nora Elmarzouky, we, as an IB class, would like to thank you for changing our mentality and our way of life so early down the road. Thank you for challenging us and shaping us into a whole new mature DQG UHIOHFWLYH JURXS RI VWXGHQWV $V ,% %XV\ ZH ZRXOG like to thank you for your encouragement and trust in XV (YHU\ FRPPHQW DQG FRPSOLPHQW PDWWHUHG LQ DQ LQGHVFULEDEOH ZD\ DQG ZLWKRXW \RX ,% %XV\ ZRXOG KDYH QHYHU EHHQ WKH VDPH :H DOO ZLVK \RX WKH EHVW RI OXFN LQ ZKDWHYHU WKH IXWXUH PD\ KROG

&ODVV RI June 8: Graduation

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The Peter Pan Problem

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you make now is life-altering. That’s when you realize WKDW \RX QHYHU ZDQW WR JURZ XS But after pain and tears you see that the Peter Pan Syndrome is its own medication. It is this fear and anxiety and worry that turns you into someone who is ready WR OHDYH WKH VFKRRO \RX ZHUH UDLVHG LQ ,Q IDFW XV ,% students are the lucky ones. It’s these phone calls you KDYH WR PDNH WR VWUDQJHUV IRU &$6 RU PD\EH LWœV WKH fact that your teachers trust you a bit too much and you’re kind of on your own, or maybe just the nights that the Internet doesn’t work and you can’t hand LQ \RXU ,$ WKDW EXLOG XV (YHQWXDOO\ \RX JURZ IURP someone who used to daydream on bus rides to someone who now spends them worrying about the future because it is so close. You cry... a lot. And most importantly you might feel this unexplainable fear of what the future holds. But that’s what shapes you. :KDWHYHU KDSSHQV WLPH SURYHV WKDW OLIH LV KDUPRQLous. Life, as if by magic, carries you, or sometimes VKRYHV \RX LQWR QHZ WHUULWRULHV <HV WKLV KDUPRQ\ does not mean that life is always beautiful. But in harmony there is serenity, and in serenity there is security and there is safety; enough security DQG VDIHW\ WR SURYH WKDW \RXU \RXQJ VHOI FDQ VXUYLYH WKURXJK H[DPV PRYLQJ RU FROOHJH <RX DQG ZKDW \RX KDYH OHDUQHG RYHU WKH \HDUV FDQ PDNH LW WKURXJK ¿QDOV RU LQWHUYLHZV RU SODFHPHQWV WHVW You are okay. You’re better than okay; you are well HTXLSSHG DQG VWURQJ DQG \RX KDYH HYHU\WKLQJ \RX QHHG to know. You are immune to the Peter Pan Syndrome. You don’t need to fear what lies ahead because your past has made you exactly who you need to be to face your future. Matteo Ferraro

As the school year approaches its conclusion, perhaps it has dawned on all of us that it’s almost the end of our high school careers. For juniors, we’ll be applying to colleges in a few months and for the sophomores, they are soon starting on their own tiring IB journey. But it is also at this time that we realize that we are atWDFKHG LQ DQ XQH[SODLQDEOH ZD\ WR WKH VFKRRO ZH KDYH FRPSODLQHG DERXW IRU DV ORQJ DV ZH KDYH DWWHQGHG :KHWKHU LWœV \RXU WK \HDU KHUH RU \RXU ¿UVW \RX DUH an AIS student.

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Earlier this school year, (J\SW ZDV EXV\ YRWLQJ for its constitution and harshly criticizing it’s notso-new president – yes, it has been a year since President Morsi was GHPRFUDWLFDOO\ HOHFWHG Following the passing of WKH FRQVWLWXWLRQ WKH FRXQWU\ ZDV UHODWLYHO\ FDOP DVLGH IURP WKH XVXDO SURWHVW HYHU\ QRZ DQG WKHQ 6DGO\ KRZHYHU WKH QXPEHU RI \RXQJ OLYHV ORVW KDV LQFUHDVHG as more and more people we know pass away in car accidents, mostly on their way to places like Ein el 6RNKQD RU WKH 1RUWK &RDVW $V ZH KDYH EHHQ IRU WKH SDVW WZR \HDUV ZH DUH RIWHQ XQLWHG WHDU\ H\HG RYHU WKH GHDWK RI D ORYHG RQH 0HDQZKLOH %DVVHP <RXVVHI has hypnotized Egypt with his wit and his charm. Although tried in March for his mockery of Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s Jon Stewart’s proJUDP (O %DUQDPHJ VWLOO DLUV HYHU\ )ULGD\ ,Q IDFW 7LPH Magazine recently named him one of the 100 most influential people of 2013. As for school life, the past school year has been, as stated by Mr. Lentz in a recent assembly, one of the EHVW VR IDU 7KH $,6 +LJK 6FKRRO KDV KHOG PDQ\ HYHQWV

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such as the Family Fun Day, the Christmas Bazaar, Ted ; D FDUQLYDO D VWXGHQW WDOHQW VKRZ D WHDFKHU WDOHQW show, Candles of my Country and much more. There KDYH DOVR EHHQ PDQ\ UHFHQW WULSV LQ DQG RXW RI (J\SW including the annul CAS retreats, one for the juniors in October and another for the seniors in February, the 10th grade trip to France, the IB Junior trip to Germany DQG 3RODQG DQG PDQ\ 081 FRQIHUHQFHV DOO RYHU WKH world, including, for the first time, Russia. AISE has SURYLGHG PRUH RSSRUWXQLWLHV WKDQ HYHU E\ RIIHULQJ student exchange programs, a new conference held E\ $8& ,*&( DQG HYHQ DQ 6$7 FRXUVH 6\PSR6$7 KHOG RQ FDPSXV 6FKRRO RUJDQL]DWLRQV KDYH H[FHOOHG E\ KROGLQJ PDQ\ HYHQWV LQFOXGLQJ WKH ED]DDUV E\ $,6 (J\SW WKH 7HDFKHU 7DOHQW 6KRZ E\ 1+6 DQG WKH auction by Carpe Diem. 2I FRXUVH QRQH RI WKLV ZRXOG KDYH been possible if it wasn’t for the JUHDW WHDFKHUV WKDW $,6( SURYLGHV )LUVWO\ ,% %XV\ ZRXOG OLNH WR WKDQN the leadership team for the efforts WKLV \HDU HVSHFLDOO\ LQ HYHQWV VXFK DV WKH )HEUXDU\ )XQ 'D\ DFWLYLWLHV which were not only one of a kind DQG D JUHDW HQGLQJ WR HYHU\ ZHHN LQ February, but also a great promoter of student spirit. Secondly, we cannot H[SUHVV RXU VRUURZ RYHU WKH WHDFKHUV WKDW DUH OHDYLQJ XV $V PXFK DV ,% %XV\ ZLVKHV WKHP JRRG IRUWXQH we wish we could keep them to ourVHOYHV 6RPH RI WKHVH WHDFKHUV DV IDU DV ,% %XV\ KDV been informed, include Ms. Nadine Ibrahim, Mr. Loay 0DOHN 0U 7KRPDV +XHEQHU 0V 1RUD HO 0DU]RXN\ Ms. Tonya Paul and Mr. Mohamed Khalifa. These drastic changes are topped off by Dr. Dina Taher becoming RQH RI WKH YLFH SULQFLSDOV DQG 0DGDPH 3DVFDO ,JRXQHW WKH QHZ ,% &RRUGLQDWRU ,% %XV\ ZRXOG OLNH WR WKDQN HDFK RQH RI WKHVH WHDFKHUV IRU DOO ZKDW WKH\ KDYH GRQH and wish them great luck ahead. Bern Altman

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Would you look at that – we made it. Nine months of long nights, new experiences, new assignments and many great fears. But today, we stand on the other side of the fence, where we can look back and proudly say WKDW ZH WKH MXQLRUV KDYH PDGH LW WKURXJK RXU ORQJHVW year of IB, and the seniors are now IB Diploma graduDWHV 1RZ LWœV RQO\ D VWUHWFK DZD\ DQG WKLV \HDU SURYHV that we can do it again next year.

Wasting Summer

But I won’t judge. After all, summer is about the only time when we not RQO\ GR QRW KDYH WR DGKHUH WR ULJLG school schedules but the time when we can take pleasure in exploring our RZQ LQWHUHVWV $OWKRXJK ZH PD\ KDYH some study obligations to deal with ZHœOO KDYH VRPH WLPH WR RXU RZQ KRSHIXOO\ Time to just sleep through midday and later time to write the greatest English written task and if you’re the science type you can get a head start on design IAs next year, just like the biology students except they won’t H[DFWO\ EH JHWWLQJ D KHDG VWDUW RQ DQ\WKLQJ +LVWRU\ VWXdents, it would be fun to reread all the books we read

In the tumultuous times we are currently experiencing in Egypt, it has now become more important WKDQ HYHU IRU XV WR EHFRPH PRUH aware of our culture. The Modern Egyptian Culture course’s annual cultural and educational lecture is one way that enables us AIS students to learn more about the culture that we belong to, and that surrounds us. On Monday the 13th of May, the MEC course had their 4th annual Candles of my Country lecture, with the presence of two inspiring speakers: Ms. Lina Attalah and Mr. Ilhami Naguib. This lecture was focused on the meaning of being Egyptian, how being an Egyptian LPSDFWHG WKH VSHDNHUVœ OLYHV REVWDFOHV WKH\œYH IDFHG DQG WKH H[SHULHQFHV WKDW KDYH VKDSHG WKHP LQWR who they are now. The two speakers helped the audience learn more about Egyptian FXOWXUH DQG KRZ WKH\ WKHPVHOYHV were shaped by it. They were then entertained with performances by Zap Tharwat, Mohamed El Beih and Ameer Youssef. For us, we should take this opportunity to learn more about our culture. (YHQWV VXFK DV WKHVH DUH DLPHG WR connect us more to the culture that surrounds us and to bring us out of RXU SURWHFWLYH EXEEOH Special thanks to Ms. Nora El Marzouky and the students of the Modern Egyptian Culture Class (Ali Sherra, Nadine Yacoub, Yasmine Saad, Nourhan Salah El Din).

Yasmine Dessouky WKLV \HDU DQG PD\EH HYHQ WDNH QRWHV RQ WKHP 6SDQLVK DQG )UHQFK VWXGHQWV FDQ UHYLHZ WKHLU V\OODEXVHV so that when its time next year to start speaking that funny language and write that written task it can be just OLNH PDJLF $UDELF VWXGHQWV FDQ GR OLNH WKH +LVWRU\ NLGV DQG UHUHDG DOO WKHLU SOD\V DQG QRYHOV ,Q P\ YLHZ DOO PDWK VWXGHQWV VKRXOG FRPSOHWH DOO UHYLHZ VHWV LQ WKHLU UHVSHFWLYH WH[WERRNV WR UHIUHVK WKHLU PLQGV RQ WKH FKDSters learned. 1R , ¿JXUHG DV PXFK Really though, do some studying in the summer and with it something HOVH WKDWœV RI YDOXH WR \RX ZKHWKHU WKDW EH JRLQJ IRU DQ HDUO\ UXQ RU ¿QDOO\ ZULWLQJ WKH JUHDW (J\SWLDQ QRYHO LWœV XS to you. Make the effort to do something for yourself not for your parents nor your siblings nor your grades, but \RX 1RW WKDW ZH DUHQœW VHO¿VK HQRXJK as it is during the school year yet still, it’s fair to say we GHVHUYH SDUW RI WKRVH WZR PRQWKV HQWLUHO\ WR RXUVHOYHV Andreas Krappweis

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Candles of My Country

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The Fault in Our Stars John Greene A painstakingly beautiful mix of ecstasy and melancholy packed LQWR RQH WKRXJKW JULSSLQJ QRYHO DERXW ORYH IDPLO\ DQG VWUHQJWK Looking for Alaska John Green $ VLPSOH \HW LQVLJKWIXO QRYHO WKDW XQFRYHUV WKH WUXH H[WHQW RI ORYH and friendship. House of the Spirits Isabel Allende $ FODVVLF KLVWRULFDO QRYHO WKDW VKRZV WKH WUXH H[WHQW RI IDPLO\ SHUVHYHUDQFH DQG ORYH Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky In order to cope his bestfriend’s death and his own anxiety entering school, 15 year old Charlie starts writing letters to an anonymous stranger. Simply a tear-jerker. Princess Diaries Meg Cabot 2QH ZRUG WULYLDO

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