Thursday, December 17, 2009
Fareeha from University of Chicago
Fareeha is from Chicago. According to her, she is student in University of Chicago. This picture is capture by her friend Janny in that University. She is Pakistani and here settled with family like thousands of other Pakistani families. Fareeha loves to make hundreds of friends and exactly that’s why she is here.
Fareeha is quite satisfied about the education method of USA and share some lines about her University. She says the University of Chicago is one of the world’s great intellectual communities. University faculty and students are pioneers, discoverers, teachers, scholars, and change agents. And impact on American higher education is legendary. It was here that the four-quarter system was developed and adult extension courses in the liberal arts were first conceived.
At Chicago, campus and community are interconnected in partnerships that serve both to support the community and train future policymakers, social workers, artists, and social and political leaders. The University of Chicago Charter School, run by the Center for Urban School Improvement, serves Chicago public school students with four campuses for students in pre-kindergarten through high school.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Tania Student From Zurich
Tania has sent this photo from Zurich. Tania is a student of technology 
degree. Living in outskirts of Zurich, largest city in Switzerland. and the capital of the canton of Zürich. The city is Switzerland’s main commercial and cultural centre and sometimes called the Cultural Capital of Switzerland, the political capital of Switzerland being Berne.
Tania is very happy with quality of life Zurich offers. Zürich can be counted as one of the world’s pre-eminent global cities. According to several surveys from 2006 to 2008, Zürich was named the city with the best quality of life in the world as well as the wealthiest city in Europe.
Tania takes tram everyday to her university and it takes about 20 minutes to get the university. Within Zürich and throughout the canton of Zürich, the ZVV network of public transport has traffic density ratings among the highest worldwide. If you add frequency, which in Zürich can be as often as 7 minutes, it does become the densest across all dimensions. Three means of mass-transit exist: the S-Bahn (local trains), trams, and buses (both diesel and electric, also called trolley buses).
Tania is studying in The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zürich. Zürich is home to two universities and many colleges (called gymnasiums). Two of Switzerland’s most distinguished universities are located in the city. The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zürich which is controlled by the (federal) state and the University of Zürich that is under direction of the canton of Zürich. Both universities are well-known and have an international reputation. They were listed in the top 50 world universities rated in 2007.
degree. Living in outskirts of Zurich, largest city in Switzerland. and the capital of the canton of Zürich. The city is Switzerland’s main commercial and cultural centre and sometimes called the Cultural Capital of Switzerland, the political capital of Switzerland being Berne. Tania is very happy with quality of life Zurich offers. Zürich can be counted as one of the world’s pre-eminent global cities. According to several surveys from 2006 to 2008, Zürich was named the city with the best quality of life in the world as well as the wealthiest city in Europe.
Tania takes tram everyday to her university and it takes about 20 minutes to get the university. Within Zürich and throughout the canton of Zürich, the ZVV network of public transport has traffic density ratings among the highest worldwide. If you add frequency, which in Zürich can be as often as 7 minutes, it does become the densest across all dimensions. Three means of mass-transit exist: the S-Bahn (local trains), trams, and buses (both diesel and electric, also called trolley buses).
Tania is studying in The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zürich. Zürich is home to two universities and many colleges (called gymnasiums). Two of Switzerland’s most distinguished universities are located in the city. The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zürich which is controlled by the (federal) state and the University of Zürich that is under direction of the canton of Zürich. Both universities are well-known and have an international reputation. They were listed in the top 50 world universities rated in 2007.
