Presentations

Hello ladies and gentlemen!

After the amazing presentations on Friday, here comes my post.
For the KGP, I chose the Black Sites, Spanglish, Affirmative Action, Forrest Gump and Donald Trump. I find those are interesting topics and are also easily linked to the CLI's. Two of the topics I actually did not plan on chosing, but their presentations blew my mind and I had to change it.

I'll start off with my favorite presentations.

3. Forrest Gump: Juliane did a really great job! She was confident, spoke fluently and was well prepared. At first she seemed a little nervous, but that was fine. She spoke freely and in an slightly motivating way, since she opened her presentation with a little quiz. The prezi itself was well structured and she chose suitable pictures for the headings.

2. Spanglish: Before Antonija stood out there and told us what Spanglish is, I had no idea how fascinating it is! Her prezi was well structured and the exapmles she gave were excellent. I had no hard time following her at all and really liked listening to her. She sometimes had problems with pronunciation, but nothing too serious. She was one of those who made me change my topic because of her presentation. I loved how she arranged it and how she presented.

1. Donald Trump: Since the probable presidency of Trump is freaking us all out, Justus found a witty way to inform us about Donald Trump's plans for the US. The outcome was, they are all bullshit. However, Justus spoke freely all of the time, had an open body language, involved the audience and most importantly he knew what he was talking about. At first, I didn't want to chose this topic, but since Justus made it seem so easy and interesting, I had to.

And now, let's rock the KGP!

Why you want to come and see my presentation...

Hello everyone, I hope you all got through your PC's alive! ;-)
The semester has come to an end and we are now approaching the culture days. For this reason, I would like to present you my topic:

The Navy Seals are divided into several teams, eleven in total, and those teams have different fields of action. They were established by John F. Kennedy to eliminate terrorists and to maintain peace in Third World Countries. The soldiers receive special training in order to to able to conduct missions in Sea, Air and Land. They should master in martial arts, demolition, parachuting and many more.

If you want to find out about why the Navy Seals were criticized for executing the most dangerous terrorist and other important stuff, you'll definitely need to go to my presentation! :-P
Also, it is a topic which stays in mind very easily and is probably worth including in the KGP. (just sayin')

The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday

Thomas Insel

Hello there!

Ever thought of the idea that 30% of all disability from all medical causes can be traced back to mental disorders or neuropsychiatric syndromes? Thomas Insel talks about a fact that was viewed as ‘just’ a theory for many many years. Mental disorders can lead to a higher mortality rate than heart diseases or cancer. That is not because mental disorders are diseases, but because they are disabilities. What causes a high morbidity rate and also high mortality rate is the fact that these start very early in life. Over 50% will have onset by the age of 14.

Thomas Insel - toward a new understanding of mental illnesses

Thomas Insel is working on making a progress on these illnesses by studying them and finding a way to fight them. The brain is a complex organ, which we have just begun to understand. In fact, the brain does not even understand itself. With people who have sicknesses like schizophrenia, depression or bipolar disorder, experts still can’t explain how these influence or change brain functions.

For brain disorders, behavior is the last thing to change. Why is that important to know? Well, with diseases like Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s for example,  the changes of the brain appear decades before the first behavioral changes come to surface. With early detection doctors might be able to cure mental disorders rather than just treating them. This would be a fundamental breakthrough, however, technology is not yet advanced enough.