On the first day I went to see all of the Irish
presentations that took place in the afternoon, because I was one of the last
one's to conduct their presentations. I can't remember in which order they
performed, so I will start with the ones I liked.
“Abortion Law in Ireland – A Pro-Choice View” was one of the
most compelling topics. It was really interesting to learn, that Ireland has
one of the strictest abortion laws in Europe and the experiences of the three
women which suffered great consequences because they were not allowed to get an
abortion, were just shocking. “How the World sees Bobby Sands” was a topic that
was new to me because I had never heard of Bobby Sands and his hunger strike
before but now I am definitely going to watch the recent movie about his life,
which is called “Hunger”.
Those interesting presentations were followed by a few
really boring ones, not because they were not well made but because of the fact
that the topics just did not arouse my interest like “The Gaelic Athletic
Association outside Ireland”, although it was funny to hear that Fiona played
in a Gaelic football match. “The Dublin Horse Show” neither evoked my interest
simply because I don’t like horses. However Birgit made an excellent powerpoint
presentation. Blandine told us something about the Cliffs of Moher – a topic
that I liked because I definitely want to go there one day, but she seemed a
bit bored by her own topic, so it wasn’t the ideal presentation. Quite at the
end Natalie invited us into a lovely story – the story of Willie Daly, a
matchmaker who is introducing lonely and old farmers to one another so that they
don’t have to be alone anymore. He does it for free and so for me this man is a
hero.
After my presentation Jenny was next, sadly I had to catch
my train, so I could not listen to her but she presented it to me a few times
before, so I know that it was a really good presentation, perfectly summarized,
maybe a little bit too long but in general very interesting.
The next day I went to see three more presentations and one
of them was my favourite one from all. The presentation I definitely liked most
was from the USA group. The guy who conducted the presentation, I think his
name was Max, was very funny and you could really see that he enjoys telling
people about this topic. It was about the history of Mickey Mouse and the
Disney World in the USA. He started his presentation with a short video and
ended it with one, that was what I like most, but I also appreciated that he
spoke 100% free and that he interacted with the audience.
The next day I went to two more USA-presentations, the first
one was, to be honest, really boring, although it was actually a topic that I
am interested in. It was called "Comic books and Superheroes", which
sounded very interesting but sadly I could hardly understand a thing because
she was speaking in such a low voice and inarticulate. I decided to stay for
the next presentation, which was called "Two Heroines of American
Aviation: Amelia Earhart and Bessie Coleman". The girl who presented this
topic created the most amazing Prezi I had ever seen before, which perfectly
supported her speech and the content. It was really fun to look at it and to
listen to her.
My personal statement to the Culture Days is that it is a
nice event but it should definitely not take place during the end of the exam,
where I should definitely spend my time studying and not sitting in a hot and
sweaty room. And I am definitely not the only one who really was stressed
because of two exams on the next day.
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