A Syrian Refugee Story by Rebecca Giacopelli https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va en-us 2018-10-29 01:33:46 UTC 2019-02-21 19:36:39 UTC hello@padlet.com Our Purpose ddacosta1 https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/298697648 We would like to use this space to curate questions for a Syrian family from students around the world reading "Refugee".

This Sunday, 11/4 at 3:15 PM EST we will be interviewing the Karakoche Family from Canada. We plan to live stream and archive this event for future use.

Please post your questions and include your name, school, and location in the title.  We hope to be able to ask as many questions as possible.

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]]> 2018-10-30 18:46:51 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/298697648 Join us live on 11/4 (time TBD) using the following link rgiacopelli https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/298704820 2018-10-30 18:58:27 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/298704820 Olivia R. NJ Gregory School https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/298993603 How did you feel leaving your home country behind]]> 2018-10-31 14:23:33 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/298993603 Jacob D NJ Hazel school https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/298993676 did you feel like you had nothing to lose when you left Syria?]]> 2018-10-31 14:23:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/298993676 Rebecca, St.Cloud, West Orange, NJ https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/298993694 How did you travel to Canada?]]> 2018-10-31 14:23:42 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/298993694 Pablo https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/298994801 What was your best and worst experience in leaving Syria?
Did you leave any loved ones behind?]]> 2018-10-31 14:25:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/298994801 How was it coming from Syria? https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/298997352 Lyric]]> 2018-10-31 14:29:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/298997352 NJ sjohnson262 https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299352895 Was the United States what you expected it it to be? Was it better? Was it worse?]]> 2018-11-01 13:34:22 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299352895 Ava NJ Kelly Elementary School https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299352956 Do you think that Syria, especially is Allepo, will be restored and replenished to its fomer glory?]]> 2018-11-01 13:34:28 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299352956 Maya, Redwood, West Orange https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299352966 Was it hard adapting to a new country? Example- Learning a new language.]]> 2018-11-01 13:34:29 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299352966 Ayla https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299353025 Was the area that you lived in almost destroyed?]]> 2018-11-01 13:34:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299353025 Carl H Redwood Elementary School https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299353448 When you were leaving Syria were there any problems making the move from Syria to Canada more comlicated then it already most likely is.]]> 2018-11-01 13:35:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299353448 Natalie, Kelly Elementary School, West Orange, NJ https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299353669 Do you have any hope for Syria in the future? Do you have any intentions to ever return home? How long ago did you move to Canada? What is the biggest difference between Canada and Syria?]]> 2018-11-01 13:35:47 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299353669 Kelly Elementary School overlordmako https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299354036 What did you think Canada was like? Did it meet your expectations? What is Canada like? What province are you in? In Syria, did you still go to school or work?]]> 2018-11-01 13:36:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299354036 Caleb Bahn https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299354556 How are you feeling about the events unfolding currently?]]> 2018-11-01 13:37:13 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299354556 NJ redwards26 https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299355239 If you could go back in time would you change anything? What would you change.]]> 2018-11-01 13:38:26 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299355239 Kerrod Redwood,West Orange ,New Jersey https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299355280 Did you leave your family or a pet or personal things behind

]]> 2018-11-01 13:38:30 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299355280 Antonious Khalil Kelly Elementary School, NJ akhalil26 https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299358091 What did you go through?]]> 2018-11-01 13:42:54 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299358091 https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299363426 2018-11-01 13:51:33 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299363426 Refugee Family Question https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299579355 2018-11-01 20:17:18 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299579355 Collin https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299580063 The Fletcher School, North Carolina 

How do you think you got the inner strength to keep fighting through all the life threatening situations you and your family were in. It really takes courage and bravery to keep fighting.

You were very mature in the dangerous situations, how do you think you were able to become so mature so fast at such a young age?]]> 2018-11-01 20:19:47 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299580063 Collin The Fletcher School, North Carolina How do you think you got the inner strength to keep fighting through all the life threatening situations you and your family were in. It really takes courage and bravery to keep fighting.You were very mature in dangerous situations, how do you think you were able to become so mature so fast at such a young age? https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299585130 2018-11-01 20:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299585130 Hansford Curran- The Fletcher School https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299600424 What type of things did you see? Did you see people dying and stuff like that? Also do you think that you have become a more mature person after your experience? It must have been very humbling.]]> 2018-11-01 21:22:17 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299600424 Question for Refugees https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299618687 What did you take with you when you left Syria 

and what did you leave]]> 2018-11-01 23:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299618687 Davis C. The Fletcher School https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299626943 Did you ever think that it was going to be the end?

Also what happened that made you and maybe your family to think that what is happening in our country is too awful to stay that you left??]]> 2018-11-01 23:50:40 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299626943 How did you leave Syria https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299855884 2018-11-02 15:52:28 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299855884 Cole and Aaron The Fletcher School. Charlotte, NC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299856422 Did you ever feel like breaking down when you know you had to push forward?

]]> 2018-11-02 15:53:18 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299856422 Aiden, Gray, Charlotte, Charlotte, NC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299857176 1.Whats was the harshest part of you trip?

2.Where you scared when you left you country to be safe?]]> 2018-11-02 15:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299857176 Sarah, Riley, and Sam Fletcher https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299857562 What was it like to be a refugee?

What made you realize you had to leave?]]> 2018-11-02 15:54:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299857562 Bella, Mary Rose, and Luke Fletcher Schoo- Charlotte, NC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299857608 Did you leave any loved ones or pets behind?

What did it take to get there and how was it?]]> 2018-11-02 15:55:01 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299857608 Anna Bryan, Sara, Gray glarson3 https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299857821 Have you ever fled before?

did you have to use a boat to go to Seria to Canada ]]> 2018-11-02 15:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299857821 Hansford and Zach- TFS, Charlotte https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299858616
Did the experience make you a more mature person?

Did it happen instantly or did it happen over a period of time?

]]> 2018-11-02 15:56:29 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299858616 Zane and Dylan Fletcher School - Charlotte, North Carolina https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299858823 What made you decide to move to Canada?]]> 2018-11-02 15:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299858823 Katherine and Kaden Fletcher, Charlotte, NC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299859246 What were some of the greatest sacrifices you had made along your journey if you had made any? 


]]> 2018-11-02 15:57:32 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299859246 Shane, Sage, Derek - Fletcher - Charlotte, NC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299859654 What was it like arriving in a new country you have never been to before?

]]> 2018-11-02 15:58:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299859654 Gaven and Ethan The Fletcher School Charlotte N.C https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299859693 How did you leave Syria]]> 2018-11-02 15:58:18 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299859693 Eliza - Meritt - Lemly / The Fletcher School / Charlotte, N.C https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299859744 Did you have children at the time of travel? Did it make your journey more difficult or more enjoyable?

]]> 2018-11-02 15:58:24 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299859744 Grainger, Max, Wes - Charlotte, North Carolina https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299860037 Do you still have something of your that represents your journey? Would you still go back to Syria if you had the chance?

]]> 2018-11-02 15:58:57 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299860037 Collin, and Charlie Fletcher Charlotte, NC How do you think you got the inner strength to keep fighting through all the life-threatening situations you and your family were in. https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299860197

]]> 2018-11-02 15:59:14 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299860197 Brooklyn Audrey NC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299860380 What was the biggest challenge you faced on your Journey? 

]]> 2018-11-02 15:59:29 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299860380 Ella, Peggy, Carly The Fletcher School NC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299860957 What are some aspects of your culture that you had to leave behind when you left Syria? Along though your journey, what were your feelings about leaving your home?]]> 2018-11-02 16:00:28 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299860957 Stone, Corrina, Lily sthomas99 https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299861198 The Fletcher School NC
1. What were your first reactions when you and your family had left Syria? 
2. How long did it take you to get to your destination? 


]]> 2018-11-02 16:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299861198 Benjy and Mary Ruth Fletcher, Charlotte, NC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299862049 When did you recognize you were a refugee?

]]> 2018-11-02 16:02:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299862049 Fletcher NC Sarah,Anna,Gray glarson3 https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299865018 What was the cause Of why you left? Like for example economics, government or just environment. 



Did you have to use a dinghy to go to Canada or did you walk? 

]]> 2018-11-02 16:07:30 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299865018 When and why did you leave syria? https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299886383 Ethan San Diego]]> 2018-11-02 16:44:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299886383 Milan (San Diego) https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299886415 Did you leave any family behind?

What did you think of Canada when you first arrived]]> 2018-11-02 16:44:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299886415 Cannon https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299886553 Now that you live outside of your home country how does it feel? Does it feel different from where you were from? What was it like to live in the middle of a war?]]> 2018-11-02 16:44:59 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299886553 Brandon (San Diego) https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299886703 2018-11-02 16:45:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299886703 Zev, San Diego https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299886812 How far did you travel in total?]]> 2018-11-02 16:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299886812 Julian, San Diegp https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299886825 Was your journey very difficult or strenuous? How far did you travel?

]]> 2018-11-02 16:45:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299886825 Ava, San Diego https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299886831 Do you feel you have been treated differently after moving to Canada?

]]> 2018-11-02 16:45:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299886831 Cecilia https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299886849 2018-11-02 16:45:39 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299886849 Morgan, San Diego https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299886877 Where else did you go before you reached Canada?]]> 2018-11-02 16:45:42 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299886877 Mia, San Diego https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299886941 What was it like to leave your only home and go to a completely new country?


]]> 2018-11-02 16:45:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299886941 Jack, San Diego https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299887007 What your journey like and how far did you travel?

]]> 2018-11-02 16:45:59 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299887007 Melanie, San Diego https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299887050 How was your experience traveling to Canada]]> 2018-11-02 16:46:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299887050 Stephanie, San Diego https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299888415 What was your reaction to having to leave your home?]]> 2018-11-02 16:49:01 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299888415 Adella, San Diego https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299896256 Did you face danger? And if you did, how did you react to it?]]> 2018-11-02 17:02:58 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299896256 Ethan,San Diego https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299896263 Do you miss Syria? Also how are you doing now?]]> 2018-11-02 17:02:59 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299896263 Kyle, San https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299896458 Were you sad when you had to leave Syria or were you happy that you would be safe in Canada? Were you at all homesick at any point in your journey?]]> 2018-11-02 17:03:22 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299896458 Luka,San Diego https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299896561 Is this the first time you had to flee your country]]> 2018-11-02 17:03:38 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299896561 Arthon, San Diego https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299896571 What is the key to surviving the journey of a refugee]]> 2018-11-02 17:03:38 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299896571 Kian, San Diego https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299896607 1. What was the hardest thing, person, or pet to leave behind in Syria.
2. Do you want to return to Syria]]> 2018-11-02 17:03:43 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299896607 Will, San Diego https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299896717 Did you face any hardships along the way?]]> 2018-11-02 17:04:00 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299896717 Ben, San Diego https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299896773 What other places did you travel on your way to Canada]]> 2018-11-02 17:04:07 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299896773 Colin, San Diego https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299897431 what other places did you go on your way to Canada ]]> 2018-11-02 17:05:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299897431 Darsire, San Diego https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299897739 What helped you push through difficulties? Did you ever feel angry at the people who started war?]]> 2018-11-02 17:05:54 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/299897739 Emil, Redwood School, New Jersey https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/300114488 How did it feel when you left Syria?
What mode(s) of transportation did you use?]]> 2018-11-03 21:55:05 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/300114488 https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/300120139 What were the hardest parts of your journey?]]> 2018-11-03 23:09:09 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/300120139 Michael B. West Orange, New Jersey https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/300124436 If you were not to choose Canada what country would you refuge to?]]> 2018-11-04 00:26:28 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/300124436 Shelley B., Dr. J Edgar Davey Elementary, Hamilton, ON. https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/300187779 1. Do you have any intentions of returning to Syria one day in the future? 
2. Did you have to stay in a refugee camp somewhere along your journey? If so, what was it like?]]> 2018-11-04 14:55:33 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/300187779 Mikaela,Redwood School,New Jersey https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/300221268  Was it hard to leave youre home?Was that scary for you has a mother?Was there any challenges leaving Syria?When you got kidnapped were you sacred for you and youre children?Was leaving Syria with children hard for you?What type of family did you leave and miss the most?Were you happy to come to Canada safe with youre family?How much food did you eat when you were leaving Syria? Do you hope that any of youre family memebers or friend safe in Syria?thank you for shareing your story with us today :)]]> 2018-11-04 18:14:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/300221268 James D. Bermudian Springs School District https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/300231356 What was the hardest part of your journey to Canada]]> 2018-11-04 19:21:47 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/300231356 Kevin Redwood School, NJ https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/300238371 How long did your journey take you?
If you could do it over would you change anything?
  Did you ever second guess your self?
Were you scared?
Witch of your family did you leave?
If you could go back would you?
Thank you for sharing your story with us.]]> 2018-11-04 20:04:51 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/300238371 Aashir https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/300284736 2018-11-05 01:31:42 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/300284736 Aashii https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/300284741 2018-11-05 01:31:44 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/300284741 Aashir Redwood schoo https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/300285266 2018-11-05 01:36:16 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/300285266 Aash https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/300285271 2018-11-05 01:36:18 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/300285271 Aas https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/300285875 2018-11-05 01:40:42 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/300285875 Aas https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/300285877 2018-11-05 01:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/300285877 Aashir Redwood School https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/300286456 Were any of your family members upset when you decided that you were moving to Canada?]]> 2018-11-05 01:44:51 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/300286456 fabricio redwood https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/304041183 ola amigo]]> 2018-11-13 21:21:07 UTC https://padlet.com/rgiacopelli/1007lm78u0va/wish/304041183