To be honest, the workshop hardly held my attention. I’m sure the woman presenting is intriguing, well-read, and successful, but i really did not care for her presentation. To me, it was just a handful of cliché information thrown at a group of people that were more focused on how hungry they were. However! The BBC video about flying penguins was funny and made me think about Eric Idle’s humor and how the British are intelligent enough to understand that the video was a complete joke (i’m not sure how it would’ve gone over had it been shown in the US). The Insider Edition video concerning Dystonia was just awkward, and i’m not sure whether or not we figured out if it was a fabrication or just a really bizarre publicity stunt. The video of Walter Cronkite’s news coverage of JFK’s assassination was interesting enough- it definitely humanized the event for me. Otherwise, i left the workshop having gained nothing but a new appreciation for being able to eat lunch when you want to.
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