We started the morning with a lecture by Dr. Rolf Wittenbrock about Europe and the concept of a common history. As part of this, he talked about a History textbook which was published by and publishing houses form multiple nations and the content was exactly the same in all languages. Dr. Wittenbrock raised some interesting ideas about the future of Europe and how sharing a common history might influence the stability of that future.
After lunch, we had our Search class. I was part of the presentation group, so we presented Marx and his text "Alientated Labor." I had to do his background, and then contributed to the key passages and the questions.
Then in German class, we had an exercise in which we separated in groups and created utopias. I think the universal conclusion was that there was no way to build a realistic utopia - the only ones which really seemed like they could work in terms of human happiness were completely fantastical and impossible to create in real life (I'm looking at you super-computer and slave-genie robot). Still it was a fun exercise. It was interesting to see who prioritized what part of society, who treated it seriously and who immediately flocked to unrealistic concepts.
Our homework for German class:
- most beautiful thing I've encountered: the organ and ceiling of the Ludwigkirsche
- the ugliest or most annoying thing I've encountered: the College of Charleston
- a novel product: portable hammock with a bottle opener attached
- a novel food item: spaghetti ice-cream
- a facet about German history or culture that surprised me the most: the popularity and stamina associated with hiking
After lunch, we had our Search class. I was part of the presentation group, so we presented Marx and his text "Alientated Labor." I had to do his background, and then contributed to the key passages and the questions.
Then in German class, we had an exercise in which we separated in groups and created utopias. I think the universal conclusion was that there was no way to build a realistic utopia - the only ones which really seemed like they could work in terms of human happiness were completely fantastical and impossible to create in real life (I'm looking at you super-computer and slave-genie robot). Still it was a fun exercise. It was interesting to see who prioritized what part of society, who treated it seriously and who immediately flocked to unrealistic concepts.
Our homework for German class:
- most beautiful thing I've encountered: the organ and ceiling of the Ludwigkirsche
- the ugliest or most annoying thing I've encountered: the College of Charleston
- a novel product: portable hammock with a bottle opener attached
- a novel food item: spaghetti ice-cream
- a facet about German history or culture that surprised me the most: the popularity and stamina associated with hiking