Almost feeling famous...

My trustee, Rob Kellner introduced me and GRSP

My host parents Jim Bone and Theresa Lamie

I går var turen kommet til den anden Valdosta Rotary klub, hvor jeg fik chance nr. 2 til at fortælle lidt om mig selv, og rigtig meget om Danmark :-) 

Jeg må indrømme at jeg har været rimeligt overvældet af al den opmærksomhed jeg har fået efter artiklen i Valdosta Daily Times (læs historien her), og det var nok med til at gøre at fremmødet på dagen var omkring 70. 

Siden sidste præsentation havde jeg valgt at tilføje et par ting. Eftersom onsdags-klubben også bliver omtalt som "gammel-mands-klubben", er skemaet ikke helt ligeså stramt, så jeg tænkte at jeg ville inkludere et par ting som jeg ikke synes der var plads til i min første præsentation. 

Jeg endte med at tilføje et par minutter til at gennemgå det danske skolesystem og hvilken vej jeg er på vej igennem det, og i samme forbindelse tale lidt om hvad sabbat-år er, og hvordan det kan være at jeg (stadig) er en "college-student" i en alder af 24.

Her i det sydlige Georgia plejer man nemlig at være færdig med college inden man fylder 22, og når man er 24 er man typisk gift, har børn, hus og fast arbejde, hvilket ikke helt er ligesom den danske kultur hvor gennemsnitsalderen for førstefødende er 29. 

Eftersom der var en del andre ting på programmet, var der ikke så meget tid til spørgsmål og hyggesnak efter præsentationen, men jeg fik heldigvis tid til at overrække Ry Rotary's banner til Valdosta Rotarys klubpræsident, Bob Moon, og i øvrigt udtrykke min taknemmelighed overfor medlemmerne for at sponsorere mig i år. 

Jeg er i øvrigt blevet inviteret til også at præsentere i Nashville-Berrien Rotary club, som jeg naturligvis takkede ja til - en forside artikel er åbenbart rimeligt effektiv ;-)

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Yesterday it was time for my 2nd presentation at the other Valdosta Rotary club, and it was a 2nd chance for me to tell a little bit about myself, and a whole lot about Denmark :-) 

I must admit that I have been quite overwhelmed with all the attention I have received after the article in the Valdosta Daily Times (check the story here), and it probably had something to do with the fact that around 70 people showed up for the meeting. 

Since the last presentation I had decided to add a few things. Since the Wednesday club is also known as the "Ole man's club", the schedule isn't quite as tight, so I thought I would include a few things that I didn't really feel like would fit in my first presentation. 

I ended up adding a couple of minutes to go through the Danish school system and the way I am going through it, and in that relation also talk about what a "gap year" is in Denmark and what it is like to be a college-student at the age of 24. 

Here in the Southern Georgia it is common to be done with college by the time you turn 22, and when you are 24 you are typically married, have kids, house and a full-time job, which is not quite like the Danish culture, where first time mothers average the age of 29. 

Since there was quite a few other things on the program, there wasn't a lot of time for questions and chit-chat after the presentation, but luckily I did have time to present Ry Rotary's banner to Valdosta Rotary club president, Bob Moon, and also express my gratefulness to the members for sponsoring me this year. 

By the way, I have also been invited to speak at the Nashville-Berrien Rotary club, which I of course will be happy to do - I guess a front page article is quite effective ;-)