Culture Presenation Days

Hey guys!

As you all know we had our “Culture Presentation Days” last week and are now supposed to write a post about which presentations we saw – so let’s get started!

Here is a list of all the presentations I saw:

• Things you might not know about San Francisco and the Bay area (by Marina Margeta)
• Two More for Mount Rushmore (by Katharina Pelich)
• Danger of Society Threat Groups in American Prisons (by Livia Perschy)
• Monty Roberts: An extraordinary communicator (by Melanie Wimmer)
• America as a Nation of Narcissism (by Maria Dorner)
• Does Race Still Matter in the US? (by Lisa Ziermann)
• Ellen DeGeneres – a Modern Woman and her Influence on America (by Joey Schreilechner)
• Sacagawea: Her Claim to Fame (by Bianca Stadler)

• Newgrange – a treasure of Art (by Anita Bhatti)
• Psychiatry in Ireland in the 1950s and 1960s (by Diana Skof)
• Beyond Riverdance – A glimpse inside the World of Irish Dance (by Katharina Luttenberger)

I saw eight presentations about the USA and three about Ireland and have to say that all of them were great – congratulations guys!

It was a really interesting day and I learned a lot. Anyway, the bigger the choice, the harder it is to choose – and in the end I chose these presentations for my KGP for the following reasons:

1. Things you might not know about San Francisco and the Bay area
I have been to the West coast before and visited San Francisco for three days – and absolutely loved it. While studying the facts about this area I'll be able to think back to my own trip – what more can I wish for?

2. Danger of Society Threat Groups in American Prisons
I’ve never really thought about this issue before but Livia really whetted my appetite and I’d like to get to know this topic better.

3. America as a Nation of Narcissism
I absolutely agreed with pretty much everything Maria said and am really interested in this topic.

4. Does Race Still Matter in the US?
Since I lived with an American black family for a year this topic is especially important to me. We are in the 21st Century and in my opinion racism should not exist anymore (or actually should never have existed at all!!). We are all the same, no matter what skin color we have, which religion we believe in or where we come from. Sadly not everybody thinks like that.

5. Ellen DeGeneres – a Modern Woman and her Influence on America
I absolutely LOVE Ellen DeGeneres. I’ve been watching her show for quite some time now and just can’t get enough. For that reason I’m really looking forward to learning more about her life and how she influences not only America, but the whole world.