1. Poet, musician, and inspirational speaker Talon Duchenaux will be appearing in the Wolves' Den on Wednesday, November 18, at 7:30 p.m. I've watched Talon's "Ted Talks" presentation. Useful ideas, and quite entertaining.
2. Author Suki Kim will be speaking at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at the Aberdeen Civic Theater. While I won't be talking about North Korea specifically in class, the material you pick up from her talk will help you in preparing for exam questions 3, 4, and 5.
3. NSU professor Anne Holmquest will discuss the book she recently published, “Visual Talk: How to Speak Anywhere with Graphics and Rhythm” at the Noon Forum on Wednesday, November 18, in the Williams Library Rotunda. Those of you who are going to be teachers, glorious professors, or enter any profession that require public presentations will find this a very useful session.
To get your extra credit points, just note here which presentation you want to and comment on what the presentation added to your college experience that you might not have gotten from your regular classes.
I attended Anne Holmquest Visual Talk on 11/18 and enjoyed it very much. I feel like I learned a lot and that I would enjoy to hear her speak more.
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DeleteI attended Ann Holmquest visual talk on November 18th. I thought that her talk was very great and taught me a lot about how to give a good speech. I would love to hear her speak more.
ReplyDeleteI attended Ann Holmquest's visual talk about her book. I immensely enjoyed her perspectives on the speech giving process. I also enjoyed her bagels she had.
ReplyDeleteI attended Suki Kim's speaking about her book "Without you, there is no us". I found it extremely enlightening and interesting to learn about her personal experiences to the inclusive North Korean country.
ReplyDeleteI attended Suki Kim's presentation about her stay in North Korea. It was super interesting to listen to what she had experienced because I know very little about North Korea. What I found most interesting is that she is now under death threat for what she did with the book. I would not have the guts to do what she did and go behind the Leader's back to document the things she did.
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DeleteI attended Suki Kim's presentation at the Civic Theatre downtown. I learned about North Korea and how the people there don't know that the rest of the world exists, and all they know is their great leader, Kim Jong Il. This made everyone sad when Kim Jong Il died in 2011, because everyone there had lost their great leader. The only newspaper in North Korea was about their great leader, and Kim Jong Il always made the front page. The only American book they knew was "Gone with the Wind," because it was about the North winning the war against the South. The only channel they got on TV was Great Leader Network, in which everything they heard about was how great Kim Jong Il was. This means that people in North Korea don't ever get to watch TV shows like "The Brady Bunch," "Seinfeld," or any other TV show that Americans get to watch. The students in North Korea didn't even know what the internet was, despite the fact that some were computer majors. I learned quite a bit about North Korea during this lecture, and I was sure glad I attended to learn about the author's experiences. At the end, the author said that she couldn't go back to North Korea, because she would be on the North Korea equivalent of the FBI's Most Wanted list.
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I went to Suki Kim's presentation and found it very interesting to listen to. One of the things she talked about was how limited they are on what books they can read, so they picked up little things easily so when a textbook had Harry Potter in it they were all very interested and wanted to watch it, but she could only show one class.
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I went to Suki Kim's presentation about the common read. I found the pictures in her presentation very interesting, and helped develop imagery for the setting of the book. This was a good book to read for my curiosity about North Korea and the history relation to totalitarian regimes, as there is definitely still a presence of these governments.
ReplyDeleteI went to Suki Kim's presentation. I found it very interesting to learn about her trips to North Korea. I enjoyed listening to what she said about North Korea and how she taught in her classroom because I didn't know much about North Korea until I read "Without you, there is no us" which was very good.
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I went to Suki Kim's presentation. I found it very interesting to learn about her trips to North Korea. I enjoyed listening to what she said about North Korea and how she taught in her classroom because I didn't know much about North Korea until I read "Without you, there is no us" which was very good.
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I attended Suki Kim's presentation at the Civic Theater. Overall it was a good presentation and I took away a lot of new information. One thing I found particularly interesting was that at the school she taught at, every wall of every room had something to do with the "great leader" because he had to be everywhere they looked as a reminder. I can't imagine growing up in a culture like the one she described.
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I attended Talon Duchenaux. It was surprisingly entertaining! I liked how he rapped about his culture and his past. A story he told I found particularly funny was when a guy called him and accused him of not knowing anything about the Indian culture. However, at the time he was in Eagle Butte with many of his family members. Ironic and funny!
ReplyDeleteI also attended Suki Kim's lecture at the Civic Arena. I also thoroughly enjoyed that! I couldn't believe how strict everything about North Korea was. She had to do journalism undercover. It was actually a very dangerous job. If they found out, I think she said the punishment would be death. At the end of the lecture, one person asked if she would ever go back to North Korea. She answered no, because she may not come out alive. That's so scary! My favorite part of the lecture was her kids reaction to watching Harry Potter. But I'm glad she made North Korea known to the rest of the world. What an accomplishment!
ReplyDeleteI attended the Suki Kim presentation. I enjoyed it because it showed me what life was like for students my age in North Korea. It was scary to imagine that our school and our society could turn out like how it is in North Korea.
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I also attended the Suki Kim Common Read event. Although I have never read her book, she provided several great examples of what life is like in North Korea. Her insight and stories were nearly unbelievable. The fact that she was able to successfully write undercover in North Korea and make it back to the US safely is beyond incredible.
ReplyDeleteI went to Talon's presentation and have an understanding of where he has come from and what he has achieved is a powerful example of determination that has reaped benefits beyond expectations. I think that what it added was yet another way to diverge from what we might tell ourselves we need to do and rather look at what we want to do. I think that Talon's uses his voice in a way that he was told he couldn't and I believe that is was made his will spike. I think that it gave another reason to look at the options that are before me as a college student and also what I might not have considered. I think that having Talon speak about the path that he followed is a message that I can and will use to go confidently in the direction of my dreams, and live the life I imagine.
ReplyDeleteI also went to Suki Kim's presentation, first I would like to note that she has aged beautifully. But that is not the reason I will remember her, because what she embodies is the will to do what most do not dare to do. Her life's commitment to showing the true face of North Korea is one that has ultimately endangered her life. Her commitment to her work as her life made her willing to go to the place that separated her and millions of other families as a result of the war. Her message is one that I am thankful to have hear and to have also read her book to see how well she has created for me an imagined community. I will say that her visit and her work have made my freshman year of college more willing to see the neglected details of the world. With knowledge that North Korea and the world it is shut off from I am grateful for what I understand as a gift in receiving an education.
I attended Suki Kim's presentation at the Civic Theatre downtown. I learned many things about North Korea and the differences between them and America. She began her presentation with talking about the isolation between North Korea and the rest of the world. Things that we take for granted like newspapers, internet, freedom and many more they don't even have option. For example, the newspaper that they are allowed to read always has Kim Jong on it. All they understand or warship is their great leader, Kim Jong Il. To go along with freedom, we have the freedom of literature, where they do not. For example the only American book they knew was "Gone with the Wind," because it was about the North winning the war against the South. Television wise the only channel they are allowed to watch is the Great Leader Network. This means that people in North Korea don't ever get to watch normal television shows. I learned a lot about North Korea during this Seminar and was fun to attend!
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I also attended "The Christmas Story" performance. This performance was put on by the Northern theatre. It was preformed downtown at Capitol Theatre, Aberdeen. Ralphie is dying to get a BB gun but his mom says that he will pock his eye out. Ralphie is played by the actor Drew Comstock. The father was played by Eli Corbett and mom was Katie Wegleitner. I enjoyed the play as well as the journey Ralphie took in order to get his BB gun. It was very nicely directed by my theatre teacher!
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I attended Suki Kim's presentation. I didn't read her book but I really enjoyed her presentation. Her story and pictures from North Korea were really amazing. It is crazy to listen to her story on how she basically risked her in writing this book. It is really weird to think on how everything is different there and in how they have to think that they are the only country.
ReplyDeleteI also went to the Christmas Story musical. It was fantastic! I love going to musicals and plays and this was one of the best ones that I have seen. It was great to see some framiliar faces through out the performance such as; Eli Corbett, Katie Wegleitner, and other music students. I love the story line in how Ralphie really wants a BB gun for Christmas. It was an overall great performance that put people in the Christmas spirit.
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I attended NSU's choir concert on Thursday, December 3rd. My favorite piece they performed was the Native American piece. The church acoustics gave it such a surreal feeling and if I closed my eyes I actually felt I was outside taking in the nature around me. The groups sang beautifully. I could definitely tell they put their hearts into it. I also enjoyed the jazz group as they put a twist on the normal Christmas songs. Overall, everyone did a fantastic job. It sounded so beautiful, I even teared up at parts. Outstanding.
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I attended NSU's choir concert on Thursday, December 3rd. My favorite piece they performed was the Native American piece. The church acoustics gave it such a surreal feeling and if I closed my eyes I actually felt I was outside taking in the nature around me. The groups sang beautifully. I could definitely tell they put their hearts into it. I also enjoyed the jazz group as they put a twist on the normal Christmas songs. Overall, everyone did a fantastic job. It sounded so beautiful, I even teared up at parts. Outstanding.
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I went to Suki Kim's presentation. It taught me a lot about how different our world is from North Korea. Listening to her talk about how limited they are in technology and what they can do was interesting. After reading her book, her presentation summed it up perfectly. It helped me understand North Korean society even more than I did before.
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I performed in the choir concert on Thursday, December 3rd. I also was one of the soloists for our version of "Oh, Holy Night." Our Christmas songs are usually some of our best work and some of our biggest audiences. One of our songs, "A Spotless Rose" was very difficult to learn because of all the mixed meter changes.
ReplyDeleteI performed in the choir concert on Thursday, December 3rd. I also was one of the soloists for our version of "Oh, Holy Night." Our Christmas songs are usually some of our best work and some of our biggest audiences. One of our songs, "A Spotless Rose" was very difficult to learn because of all the mixed meter changes.
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