The last week of my internship was completed by the Summer Camp. I would say it was an excellent conclusion to my internship. This event was organized by the whole ASSET team. We worked really hard last month in order to make this event very productive and enjoyable for the students. The total number of participants was 65. Basically, they were teachers and students from … Continue reading Shkolla Verore 2018 (Summer Camp)

Sentiments are important to me. I never realized how emotional I was until I spent a few months surrounded by the art of Paris – the beauty of the humanity I met face-to-face. My most vivid memories are the ones that I wouldn’t have expected, and I feel so much coming back to me full circle. I experienced much of the past and the present … Continue reading Community Thinking

I feel like I haven’t spent much time over the past 5 years of my education to really reflect on what I’ve learned or who I was becoming. The close of my Parisian experience is quickly approaching, and I feel like I understand myself better now than I ever have before, and it feels really great to say that. At the beginning of this experience, … Continue reading “To be with those I like is enough” -Walt Whitman

It’s almost the final stage of my internship, only 2 weeks left. I’m already used to many things here. The only thing I cannot get used to so far is the ubiquitous smoke and smell of the cigarettes. In Kosovo, almost everyone is smoking: from young to elderly people. Perhaps this is due in some way to the traditions or just because cigarettes are very … Continue reading One year wiser

I try to live my life without much expectation.  I do this to avoid disappointment. Most of the time, it works. I came to Paris not expecting too much from it. I’m not disappointed at all right now – far from it actually. I feel like I’m getting a lot out of this experience internally. Most of this experience has been a real push-and-pull for … Continue reading A brief blog about my brief