Today was a day full of contrasts and trying new things.
This morning, we had two communication meetings. The first was with this cool news host from Politic Tonight called Paul Lisnek. Have you heard of him? I think he works in Chicago. I would like to say that I learnt a lot from his presentation, but I was very tired and therefore do not remember most of it I'm afraid! But he seemed very professional and told us a ton of stories of his adventures on the air, which was fun and would have been even better if it hadn't been so early! (www.paullisnek.tv)
Then I had a communications class about ethics and journalism, which was really really cool. We talked about boundaries that you set as being a reporter and the difference between ethics and morality. You can be ethically right as a journalist, but morally wrong as a person and vice versa and that is something to think about.
After that we did this cool exercise which sounds kind of ridiculous. Everyone at camp had to walk their "walk" down a runway of sorts made of people. It was a leadership test, to see if we could throw everything into an activity. I ended up walking down as a queen, waving my right hand stiffly - but boy was it a nervous five minutes before hand figuring out what I would do! Other people did cartwheels, struts, etc..but the trick is, you couldn't repeat a walk! Everyone clapped and cheered the whole way. We are a very supportive group, which is really nice after such a competitive and stressful school year. Then we had a dance party and went to lunch.
Late afternoon, we journeyed to the Holocaust Museum which is probably the saddest thing I have ever done and the most depressing place I have ever been to.
The hardest part for me was walking through a real train car that took prisoners to death camps. Another part that terrified me was a simple clay model of Auschwitz, which detailed the path to death in a sign next to it. The room with a collection of shoes, piles upon piles, was also terrible to witness. It was all so terrible and awful, but so overwhelmingly powerful. I couldn't cry, my eyes just welled up with water but nothing would come out. It was as though it was too sad to cry and that my crying doesn't do it justice. You all have to go and it will be awful but you still have to. I'm glad I went, even though sleeping will be difficult for the next week!
Then, as part of the study of contrast, we hit Georgetown! Marni and Skye and I went to Clyde's, a cute american restaurant and I got a yummy turkey burger, which was SO good!
And that's all for today! Have a safe flight home mum and pen
xox
Phoebe
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