Experiential Blog #8 Some of what I learned

What I have learned in the Gothic class relates heavily to my daily life because as we learned in the class the Gothic is everywhere. It is in many of the things we read and watch on TV, it is in so many modern movies such as Hunger Games and Harry Potter, and it would be nearly impossible to name them all. I have learned that the Gothic is not just about horror and gore it’s about instilling a fear or intimidation into those around it. It is about the repressed desire, emotion, and experience coming out in the form of rebellion. The learning experience here is much more involved and individualized compared to the learning experience back home because we work closely with our professors and our peers. We utilized group projects and gatherings to collaborate ideas and communicate different understandings. One of the important bits of knowledge I acquired during my experience on this study abroad trip is that even though in this culture things are communicated, and for that matter done differently in general, we are all still human which means once the communication barrier is broken, it is not hard to merge with the second culture.