Photos/guest speaker day

About Željka

Name: Željka Baniček
Gender: Female
Age: 24
Hometown: Varaždin, Croatia
Faculty: Faculty of Organization and Informatics
Year of study: graduate

Up with Peple web page

Why UWP? traveling, helping people, making friends

Contact me: upwithzeljka@gmail.com

Some Links:
Video: VTV interview in show "Koktel"
Article: Studentsli Lider Klub
Article: FOI web page

Visit my tour friends blog:
Marianna Alfa Fernando-Pacua (Philippines)
Rafael Cardoso (Brazil)
Callie Amweg (USA)

About UpWithPeople

Program I'll attend: July 7 - December 10 2007

Five Aspects of UpWithPeople program:
1) International Participants
2) World Travel & Host Family Living
3) Community Partnerships
4) Global Education
5) The Show

Visit UpWithPeople web page

Cast C tour:
USA:
7 July - 6 August
Denver, Colorado
6 August - 13 August
Tucson, Arizona

AZIJA:
13 August - 3 September
Thailand

EUROPA:
3 - 10 September
Espoo, Finland
10 - 17 September
Sodertaije, Sweden
17 - 24 September
Vimmerby, Sweden
24 September - 1 October
Uelzen, Germany
1 - 8 October
Erfurt, Germany
8 - 15 October
Hasselt, Belgium

USA:
15 - 22 October
Gwinnett County, Georgia
22 - 29 October
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
29 October - 5 November
Easton, Maryland
5 - 12 November
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
12 - 19 November
Hartford, Connecticut
19 - 26 November
Suffern, New York - Mecy's thanksgiving parade
26 November - 3 December
Somerset Hills, New Jersey
3 - 10 December
Bangor, Maine

23.07.2007., ponedjeljak

Today we didn’t have any kind of dancing or singing practice. First we had “Cultural shock” lessons. It was interesting to hear how to recognize cultural shock and how to handle when it happens to us. We talked about different stages of cultural shock and we got really interesting assignment to brainstorm on and it was really interesting. Different cultural stages are:
1. Honeymoon,
2. Crisis,
3. Adjustment
4. Adaptation

When we discussed about that, we had to put a little dot on U-diagram so we could all express ourselves where we are at the moment. So, I put my dot somewhere between adjustment and adaptation as this it how I really feel at the moment. I had my honeymoon stage at the beginning. I didn’t feel crises as I’m kind of used to rough schedule and I kind of get to know American way of life through TV shows so there were no major surprises for me. I kind of know what to expect.

After cultural shock lessons we had photo shooting and some of us were wearing international costumes which was great as we were different than others.

From left to right presenting countries: South Korea, China, Cambodia, Croatia, Japan, Hawai

After lunch we had guest speaker, Mark Gerzon, one of the greatest people who helps leaders and other organizations learn skills that are critical for dealing with conflict and leading across difficult social divides. We were discussing about different subjects, but I think that ignorance interested people the most as many people don’t know everything about every each country presented here with Up with People. What we learned is that we are in great position to learn so much from our cast members about their country and culture from the first hand and that is what makes Up with People really great program to become global leader.

Here you can find more photos from my 3rd week.

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