JOURNAL SET 3 ( REFLECTION ENTRY )

                         INFERIORITY COMPLEX TOWARDS WESTERN COUNTRIES

As everbody knows, in our country there is an inferiority complex towards Western Countries. We imitate them, but they just have a more highly developed economy than ours, and owing to this, they can achieve what they want in every field, like technology. Because of this, we exaggerate Europeans. One solution to this problem is to work hard and to get educated. In other words, instead of praising and imitating them, we must work without being daunted to achieve what they did because it is a fact that some engineers who have created wonderful machines in European countries are from Turkey; that is, we can make the same with our engineers in our country if we work with discipline. Another solution to the problem is not to believe in everthing in the newspapers, magazines and on the Tv. Owing to the fact that in the newspapers and magazines, the life of Europeans is depicted as if it is so entertaining and vivid, everbody assumes that it is better than ours and starts to envy them or admire their culture and life style. However, there are lots of things which are not mentioned in the magazines or on the Tv and generally they are nasty aspects of European life. To sum up, the problem is not difficult to overcome if both of these solutions are applied.