Speaking on immigration
By Kalgi Amin, Outbound Youth Exchange Student, Austria
I was asked to speak at a University conference along with two of my other classmates. This conference happens once a year and different themes are chosen.
This year, the theme was about the future. Random but prominent people were selected to create a speech, maximum three minutes, about what the ideal Carinthia (One of the states in Austria) should look like in the year 2020. My classmates and I decided (based on the fact that I come from Canada) it was crucial to speak about immigration polices and international acceptance. Here is the catch and this is what made our speech very different and unique from everyone else's....between the three of us, we spoke in seven different languages. I spoke English, French, Gujarathi and German; Mariam spoke Armenian, Russian and German; Katarina spoke German and Slovenish.
I also thought it was necessary to wear a sari. We were featured in the daily newspaper today with a photo and we were filmed too. My professor has filmed the whole entire speech but I don't have access to it as of yet but when I do I will send the link. Below is a picture of us.
Always proud to be a Canadian and hope that we made an impact yesterday.
I was asked to speak at a University conference along with two of my other classmates. This conference happens once a year and different themes are chosen.
This year, the theme was about the future. Random but prominent people were selected to create a speech, maximum three minutes, about what the ideal Carinthia (One of the states in Austria) should look like in the year 2020. My classmates and I decided (based on the fact that I come from Canada) it was crucial to speak about immigration polices and international acceptance. Here is the catch and this is what made our speech very different and unique from everyone else's....between the three of us, we spoke in seven different languages. I spoke English, French, Gujarathi and German; Mariam spoke Armenian, Russian and German; Katarina spoke German and Slovenish.
I also thought it was necessary to wear a sari. We were featured in the daily newspaper today with a photo and we were filmed too. My professor has filmed the whole entire speech but I don't have access to it as of yet but when I do I will send the link. Below is a picture of us.
Always proud to be a Canadian and hope that we made an impact yesterday.