We just finished a two month long process, where we had to write an assignment and afterwards make a presentation.
At first, we were divided into groups because of our fields of interest. I was in group with a Danish guy, a French girl and a Spanish girl from Barcelona.
Then we had to sit in the groups and decide what topic we wanted to write about.
The assignments task, was to choose a subject, write about it within the three different countries, then discuss the similarities and differences, and write them down.
We chose the subject "Young Criminals - Legislation, Institution and Programs". Unfortunately, I wrote the exact same assignment last semester, so there wasn't that much new for me to learn, other than the fact that the age of criminal responsibility in Denmark was changed this summer from 15 to 14 years old. But of course I learned how it works in the two other countries, and that was okay exiting. I have to say only okay and not more, because I had hoped to learn something new.. And then, when we chose this subject, I hoped that I at least could learn how it works in Spain, so I know when I leave in February, but the Spanish girl from my group was from Barcelona, so she only knew the Catalan laws, and way of working with young criminals..
But it was okay, and I think it was a good learning experience to work in groups with other cultures and way of working, which was very challenging at some points. We had some difficulties along the way. For an example, we could only write between 8-10 pages, and I thought it was extremely hard to narrow everything down to that amount of pages, because we had to write the most important for each country, plus write down our thoughts and discussions on each subject in the project. But we made it work, and got the second highest score, so I am satisfied.
Now I would just like some feedback on the project, and on our presentation, because I would like to know what to do next time, so I can get the highest score. :)
