Hi from Group 1!
We are a group of students at Örebro University in Sweden. There are about 130 000 people living there and about 15 000 of them are students. Örebro is a quite big city in Sweden.
This semester is our second at the Rhetoric Program. Our major is rhetoric and this semester we are studying intercultural communication. That’s why we thought it would be a great idea to blog and exchange experiences with you! The Rhetoric program is a brand new kind of program, and we are the first ones to attend.
We are between 20 and 30, with different backgrounds. Some of us have been living in this city for all of our lives, and some of us just recently moved here.
Our program goes over three years, so we’re going to spend a lot of time together. This opportunity is a great chance for us to bond with people with same interests and building networks for the future. We believe that this will help us in becoming creative and open minded communicators.
Like most students in Sweden all of us live in apartments. Our government is paying for our education, and we can lone money from them to pay for our living. It’s not much money; you really have to be economic. But even that, we think it’s a great system, that everyone gets the chance to study at a good university. You don’t have to come from a wealthy family to get a great education.
In our group we are seven people; Emma, Markus, Erik, Sarah, Elin, Ola och Kristin. Here follows a short presentation of all of us.
Emma is a 20 year old girl who loves to sing. She works out and likes to spend time with her friends. She wants to work with developing leadership and to lecture about the subject.
Markus is 29 and he likes sports. He is waiting for the snow to go away so he can start playing golf again. He finds communication between people very interesting and would like to learn more about it.
Erik plays soccer and he likes to make fun of other people. He is from Stockholm and use to be neighbor with Tiger Woods wife Elin. 28 years old and he hopes that in a couple of years he will know what this education will do for his status.
Sarah loves to exercise; she works as an aerobics instructor at a gym here in Örebro. She is 22 and one day she wants to work as a prosecutor and that’s why she is studying communication now.
Ola likes clothes and shoes; he works in a shoe store. He is engaged to a girl named Malin. He wants, in the future, to be a speech writer or a change agent. He is 21.
Elin is 21 and from the west coast. She wants to marry the Swedish prince Carl Philip. Her education, she hopes, will open doors and she wants to work as a communicator.
Kristin is 24 and she has just started playing golf. She wants to work as a controller, combine economics and communication.
Take care!
/ Group 1
Comments
Hello, Emma, Markus, Erik, Sarah, Elin, Ola och Kristin,
Thank you for your interest to exchange blogs with my students, who will return from winter break next week and will join the blogging.
Great that your Government pays for your education, and great you have chosen Intercultural Rhetoric class. I am sure there will be a lot of fun to learn more about each other and the way we percieve the world
Look forward to our exchange!
OLga
Posted by: Olga Kovbasyuk | February 12, 2009 03:30 AM
Hello Emma, Markus, Erik, Sarah, Elin, Ola and Kristin!
My name is Alisa Yushchenko. I`m now doing my 4th year of international accounting at Khabarovsk State Academy of Economics and Law (KSAEL).
A native of Russia I grew up in a sunny and snowy city of Khabarovsk from which Japan is twice closer than Moscow. I have been doing MUN since my first year of studies. I am the president of KSAEL Model United Nations club.
I love traveling, enjoy walking, skiing, cycling and watching movies.
I study French and love this language. I have a cat, he is very cute and charming.
A couple of year ago I did photography. You may see some of my works at
http://alisa-londo.photosight.ru
I am very very glad to have an opportunity to meet you. And I am very interested to know Sweden better.
For me Sweden is famous for ABBA. I love its music and believe that it is one of the best bands ever )
Could you please give the names of some modern Swedish musicians?
I have also heard that Sweden is the best country in Europe to start business because it has the lowest corruption level.
Could you please tell your opinion how Sweden has reached and ensures its low corruption rate?
Alisa Yushchenko
Posted by: Anonymous | February 14, 2009 04:54 AM
Hello everyone! I am glad to see you and I am looking forward to communicating with you in the conference!
My name is Katya. I am a freshman at our Khabarovsk State Academy of economics and law. I major in international accounting. My native town is Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. It is much smaller than Khabarovsk. Its population is about 17000 people. It is located on the small island Sakhalin not far from Khabarovsk. It is also known as the biggest city of the biggest island of the biggest country :)
As Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk is very snowy in winter the most popular sports here are skating, skiing and snowboarding! I personally like snowboarding most of all. Also I like swimming and jogging.
I am into classical music very much! I have finished the music school in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and this really made me love and respect classical music very much. And now playing the piano has become one of my favorite hobbies. Also I am fond of R&B, techno, house music and Russian rock.
On my days off I usually meet with my friend and go to the cinemas as I am a great cinema-goer) Also I like theatre very much, especially new productions and interpretations. And as every teenager I like spending hours in cafes with my friends. And sometimes I invite my friends to my place and having fun at home
As I major in international accounting I’d like to connect my future with this field. This sphere is very interesting for me and I am absolutely convinced that it will give me great opportunities for the career prospect and possibility to move ahead in today’s world. I really would like to become a professional accountant. Some people find accounting and bookkeeping boring but I think it depends on us. If you are a real specialist and a professional who knows everything about your work you can make it different and you will always be able to find an interesting job. Also I’d like to get second higher education. Probably it will be jurisprudence.
Unfortunately I know too little about Sweden and its people. And that is why it is especially interesting for me to participate in our conference and to learn more about this enigmatic country from you.
Posted by: Vlasenko Katya | March 8, 2009 03:07 AM