Bergman Video Response

I was surprised by some of the content of the movie. Particularly the conflict between how religious the family appears to be and how they act. Ingeri is pregnant and scorned by her mother and the father seems eager to get revenge, for example. The rape scene was controversial and unexpected, and probably more so in the 1960's. I doubt it would be in many movies today, due to the graphic nature and sensitive subject matter that would offend a majority of audience members. I felt like showing it seemed unnecessarily dramatic.

The character I found most interesting was Ingeri, the other sister, because she appears to be the black sheep of the family and does not seem to follow their religious beliefs or be very popular with the mother. However, when she confesses to her father about willing Karin's death, he seemed supportive and sensitive. Overall, I also really liked the costumes and the scenery and am curious as to what occurs next.

Virgin Summer Reaction - Sam

I thought the movie was pretty good. Since the movie was created in the 1960, I thought a few of the scenes seemed rather modern for its time. I was surprised there was a rape scene shown, I am sure that scene was very controversial when it came out because I am pretty sure movies back then did not show such provocative and scandalous things. I am actually really interested in how the rest of the movie plays out, and whether or not the father seeks revenge and kills the two brothers who are still alive.

I do wish that I spoke/understood Swedish because event with the best translations you can loose some meaning. Regardless, this movie looks like it is going to be pretty good, as long as the rest of it is as good as what we saw in class already.

Internships in Sweden

It is very fascinating to listen to people talk about their experiences abroad, especially since they went to an area that I am also interested in. And just as Nina pointed out and Mackenzie said, it is so much easier to listen to these people talk and learn from then, rather than the usual route of memorizing hard facts with no real knowledge of what these facts mean.

It was great to listen to Collin and Andy talk about all the fun they had in Sweden and it makes me even more excited to study abroad in Sweden this summer. I even have this idea or hope of finding a job dealing with my major (biomedical engineering) that allows me to work out of the country and travel. Overall, I found their presentations on their experiences very insightful and I really enjoyed having them come to our class.

Scand Interns

The internship presentations were fantastic.  It was great hearing from American students about their journey to Scandinavia living there and working.  I thought the coolest thing was the small-world feel of their adventures.  It seemed like at every corner and in every city they were able to find friends that they had met along their journey.  All of these people sounded incredibly kind and open.  I spent the summer in China and understand what it feels like to live in another country for a summer.  Since they had the language proficiency, I believe their experience was totally different than mine.  I would like to live abroad next summer (work at the Olympics) and I will definitely remember their experience.  

Internships in Sweden

I totally agree with Nina. I always learn a lot of interesting things about a country when we have a speaker come in, and it seems more personal. I also was not aware of all of the opportunities open to us for study abroad and internships, both things that I hope to do, either in Sweden or somewhere else in Europe. I was actually worried that Sweden wouldn't have very many internship opportunities because of the size, so it was nice to hear from people who had worked there.

As Nina was saying, I also went on AISEC and it will be a great resource for finding an internship and actually going abroad.

Iceland Videos

As a follow up from the Iceland presentation today, here are 2 videos.

Bjork: All is Full of Love Music Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjAoBKagWQA


2011 Iceland Tourist Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz6GpX3_CQE

Internships in Sweden

I found the presentation on Swedish internships very helpful because I am also looking for internships at this point in my college career. I've been fumbling around with the idea of overseas internships but (obviously), it much harder to put together than one with a company close to home. The speakers gave me a better idea of what a foreign lifestyle might be like (language issues, travel, homestays, apartment prices, work schedules, friends, etc). The last five minutes of class was also helpful because I had never heard of AISEC before ( I actually did google it and read more about it).

I've found that its often the tangent conversations about the Swedish culture that I learn the most from the speakers, not the cold, hard facts about the country. Anyone else feel the same way?