Hi: D
This is the last post in the English blog (wiiiiiiiiiiiiiii :B)
I know I WON'T miss it
The subject is Learning English at the University. Well I think this experience was great, but it's difficult for me to decide if I like the most to get to know some other classmates or the classes itself.
First of all, I started the English course in the University at level 3 last semester. In that opportunity we had Miss María Paz Zúñiga as a teacher. That semester the atmosphere in the class room was not the best because she had some problems with certain students. She usually left us out of the classroom when we arrived 5 or 10 minutes late. And if you dare to come in late with a Kine mate, you were DEAD XD.
Those are the only things I remember about that class. And that's really bad because we forgot the good things we've learned and only pointed our attention in hers bad reactions.
This semester everything is different. We have the world’s best teacher, Mister Carroza jajajaja. No, serious. The relationship between the students and the teacher has improved. It’s easier to go and talk to our current teacher. The atmosphere in the class room feels different.
In my opinion the problem with the English program in the university has nothing to do with our teachers. I honestly think there are major problems in the programming content. There are a lot of topics to develop in the course, and they try to board them all. The problem is that the planning does not agree with the time we have for English. So in the end we passed all the topics very fast without the necessary deepness it was required.
Those are things the English department has to change in order to provide the tools we need.
Thank you teacher for your dedication and kidness.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Sunday, November 14, 2010
last free post :D
This week I got to write another “Free post”. Every time is harder to decide the topic. Lucky me this is the last one.
I’m going to write about my room. It is very special to me because I painted myself and it is full of memories.
First, this is a room my father had to design, because I live with my two parents, my sister and my brother, and the house originally had 3 rooms. So he pretended he was an architect and drew himself the design to build a third room in the second floor. Thank God he stopped there and didn’t try to build it himself too. He called two builders to do it, and they were the laziest workers I have ever seen.
When it was finally done, my sister tried to stole my room, but I won because I’m the oldest and my parents love me more than her jajajajaja.
I painted it yellow, but a year and a half later I changed into a purple that looked like a pink. I started to buy things to decorate it. I bought some paintings, a new bed cover, some cute frames for my friend’s pictures, a vase that stayed empty for a long time, new pillows, and a lot of things more.
A year ago I painted my room again. And it stayed like that until now. It is difficult to describe the color, because it is not like green, is not a blue; I would name it “color fish”. I don’t know if I’m crazy, but I think I should paint my room again jajajjaja, but this time I have a good reason. Every time it rains one of my walls gets wet. So the painting is coming down. So in the summer I’ll ask my parents to fix the roof so the rain don’t get into my room, and of course I’ll paint it all over again.
One of the things I love about my room is that my boyfriend always writes something and hides it. I have found little messages under the bed, in my notebook’s screen, in my closet, everywhere! So everyday he has a new surprise for me and that’s the first thought that comes to my mind when I think about my room. I will never know what new things I’ll discover there.
I’m going to write about my room. It is very special to me because I painted myself and it is full of memories.
First, this is a room my father had to design, because I live with my two parents, my sister and my brother, and the house originally had 3 rooms. So he pretended he was an architect and drew himself the design to build a third room in the second floor. Thank God he stopped there and didn’t try to build it himself too. He called two builders to do it, and they were the laziest workers I have ever seen.
When it was finally done, my sister tried to stole my room, but I won because I’m the oldest and my parents love me more than her jajajajaja.
I painted it yellow, but a year and a half later I changed into a purple that looked like a pink. I started to buy things to decorate it. I bought some paintings, a new bed cover, some cute frames for my friend’s pictures, a vase that stayed empty for a long time, new pillows, and a lot of things more.
A year ago I painted my room again. And it stayed like that until now. It is difficult to describe the color, because it is not like green, is not a blue; I would name it “color fish”. I don’t know if I’m crazy, but I think I should paint my room again jajajjaja, but this time I have a good reason. Every time it rains one of my walls gets wet. So the painting is coming down. So in the summer I’ll ask my parents to fix the roof so the rain don’t get into my room, and of course I’ll paint it all over again.
One of the things I love about my room is that my boyfriend always writes something and hides it. I have found little messages under the bed, in my notebook’s screen, in my closet, everywhere! So everyday he has a new surprise for me and that’s the first thought that comes to my mind when I think about my room. I will never know what new things I’ll discover there.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Free post: Do we feel safe in our own city?
Hi everyone! Thank God this week is over! ALMOST! I'm writing from the library while I'm waiting for my Investiture Ceremony. I didn't want to come back home because I have just two hours for that. The ceremony starts at 6 so I have a long time to finish this.
The title I chose was: Do we feel safe in our own city? I am going to write about this topic because is something that I've always thought about. Since I was a child I've been scared of everything. If I'm walking in a dark street I get a little paranoid and start looking everywhere. I don't like to be alone in my house. I always try to get home with my boyfriend and most of the times he has to deviate from is way home just to left me safety at mine. I hate taking the bus when is already dark. I prefer leave the party early if my parents can't go pick me up, etc, etc, etc. I'm afraid all the time D:
And the main reason is that I have been assaulted two times. Recently my sister was assaulted too, and the guy threatened her with a gun.
All those events made me a control freak. I always want to know where my sister and my brother are, when are they gonna get home, at what hour my parents are going to pick me up, etc. And I hate it! I hate to be worried all the time. It is not normal.
But everything would be different if I could feel safe walking everywhere, anytime in my own city. Sometimes we don't realize that we live almost behind bars trying to protect our stuff and most important the people we love.
Political campaigns always talk about the importance of defeat crime, but I've never seen a big change in that area. The only thing that has change is the way criminals attack people, and the way the people try to defend from them.
Good news! We can always be worse than now. And the main thing, we can always make things better. But until that doesn't change, I'll be forced to keep being a control freak xD.
The title I chose was: Do we feel safe in our own city? I am going to write about this topic because is something that I've always thought about. Since I was a child I've been scared of everything. If I'm walking in a dark street I get a little paranoid and start looking everywhere. I don't like to be alone in my house. I always try to get home with my boyfriend and most of the times he has to deviate from is way home just to left me safety at mine. I hate taking the bus when is already dark. I prefer leave the party early if my parents can't go pick me up, etc, etc, etc. I'm afraid all the time D:
And the main reason is that I have been assaulted two times. Recently my sister was assaulted too, and the guy threatened her with a gun.
All those events made me a control freak. I always want to know where my sister and my brother are, when are they gonna get home, at what hour my parents are going to pick me up, etc. And I hate it! I hate to be worried all the time. It is not normal.
But everything would be different if I could feel safe walking everywhere, anytime in my own city. Sometimes we don't realize that we live almost behind bars trying to protect our stuff and most important the people we love.
Political campaigns always talk about the importance of defeat crime, but I've never seen a big change in that area. The only thing that has change is the way criminals attack people, and the way the people try to defend from them.
Good news! We can always be worse than now. And the main thing, we can always make things better. But until that doesn't change, I'll be forced to keep being a control freak xD.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Dealing with stress at University
This week I'm supposed to write about stress and how is possible to deal with it while you're at University.
I have to say that before PSU I didn’t know what "stress" was. When you are in School you're used to say "I'm so stress because of this test", bla, bla, bla, but NOTHING, I mean N O T H I N G compares to the tension the PSU brings to your poor life.
For me PSU was horrible, I felt very pressure. Those months weren't happy months for me and my family because I was irritated all the time. We agreed not to talks about the PSU until the results were ready, and that helped me a lot trying to deal with the stress.
But in University is different. You cannot stay quiet all year long just because you feel stress about it. So I had to take this year in a different way and try to be more emphatic with my family, understanding that they only wanted the best for me. In my case, the fact that they just ask how was I doing, bother me.
So I change my chip this year or I’ll be mad all the time. I started to take things little by little. Being organized is the most important thing, and I had to learn how to be organized in the first month I got here.
When you’re in school they tell you that University is great, that you’ll have a lot of time to yourself and to get to know new people, but one thing is for sure, it is nothing like you have ever imagine. Every one lives it his own way, some people party all they long the first month straight and then remembers that they were here to study. For others, it is not as difficult to get used to the rhythm. So it depends on every one.
For me, dealing with stress at university has been hard, sometimes I don’t know how to manage it, but it most of the cases I succeed. Some of the things I try to do to deal with stress is leave some time in the week to do whatever I wanted to. I don’t know, going to a party with my boyfriend, riding my bike, go for a walk, anything that helps me come clear my mind and keep me away from killing someone.
I have to say that before PSU I didn’t know what "stress" was. When you are in School you're used to say "I'm so stress because of this test", bla, bla, bla, but NOTHING, I mean N O T H I N G compares to the tension the PSU brings to your poor life.
For me PSU was horrible, I felt very pressure. Those months weren't happy months for me and my family because I was irritated all the time. We agreed not to talks about the PSU until the results were ready, and that helped me a lot trying to deal with the stress.
But in University is different. You cannot stay quiet all year long just because you feel stress about it. So I had to take this year in a different way and try to be more emphatic with my family, understanding that they only wanted the best for me. In my case, the fact that they just ask how was I doing, bother me.
So I change my chip this year or I’ll be mad all the time. I started to take things little by little. Being organized is the most important thing, and I had to learn how to be organized in the first month I got here.
When you’re in school they tell you that University is great, that you’ll have a lot of time to yourself and to get to know new people, but one thing is for sure, it is nothing like you have ever imagine. Every one lives it his own way, some people party all they long the first month straight and then remembers that they were here to study. For others, it is not as difficult to get used to the rhythm. So it depends on every one.
For me, dealing with stress at university has been hard, sometimes I don’t know how to manage it, but it most of the cases I succeed. Some of the things I try to do to deal with stress is leave some time in the week to do whatever I wanted to. I don’t know, going to a party with my boyfriend, riding my bike, go for a walk, anything that helps me come clear my mind and keep me away from killing someone.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Dispelling "Neuromyths": Learn while you sleep
The article we read about dispelling neuromyths said that the idea of learn something while you're sleeping was born during World War II. People imagined that spies would learn the dialects, accents, habits, etc while they were sleeping, but this statement is only a science fiction idea from Hugo Gernsback who wrote a book about it in 1911. This idea began to spread into the real world, after that people thought that they could actually do it.
Some experiments tried to confirm or refute this idea. One of them was made in Russia. This research was based on narrating a story for children to subjects sleeping normally. They checked that one of the twelve subjects was able to remember certain things about the narration.
Other experiment compared the memories from a person who had read a story and another who listened the narration while sleeping. Both of them seemed to remember the same quantity of details. Some researchers said that maybe there are “sensitive” subjects who are more prone to remember things they heard when they were sleeping. But anyway, there’s no scientific evidence that you could learn a foreign language or maths while you’re asleep. It takes a conscious effort.
If you ask me I would love to be this kind of “sensitive” person who is able to remember some stuff from sleeping. But in the other hand, could we really take some rest if we are studying all the time? If learn while we are sleeping is possible some day, I’m sure there will be consequences. Of course I’d use that capacity for exams and things like that, but other people could use it to other unknown purpose, don’t you think? So in that case I could be even dangerous.
Some experiments tried to confirm or refute this idea. One of them was made in Russia. This research was based on narrating a story for children to subjects sleeping normally. They checked that one of the twelve subjects was able to remember certain things about the narration.
Other experiment compared the memories from a person who had read a story and another who listened the narration while sleeping. Both of them seemed to remember the same quantity of details. Some researchers said that maybe there are “sensitive” subjects who are more prone to remember things they heard when they were sleeping. But anyway, there’s no scientific evidence that you could learn a foreign language or maths while you’re asleep. It takes a conscious effort.
If you ask me I would love to be this kind of “sensitive” person who is able to remember some stuff from sleeping. But in the other hand, could we really take some rest if we are studying all the time? If learn while we are sleeping is possible some day, I’m sure there will be consequences. Of course I’d use that capacity for exams and things like that, but other people could use it to other unknown purpose, don’t you think? So in that case I could be even dangerous.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
A healthy life style, is it possible?
A few minutes ago we where talking about what did we eat today at lunch. The question meant to show us how badly we are eating these days. Maybe the lack of time makes us eat the fastest and simplest food we can get. Maybe don't taking serious our alimentation is leading us to eat anything. But I think this is not only a problem of responsible students like us ;) I believe that the whole world is choosing what is immediately. Fast food is tasty, but in my opinion it doesn't replace the home made food.
So my opinion is that sometimes we have fast food (or not food at all) because we don't have enough time to have lunch properly.
Factors like our alimentation, our physical activity, how we use our free time, can take us to live a sedentary life, and that sooner or later will bring us a lot of problems.
Have a healthy life style is possible, I think. But in the world we live now, having that kind of life is very difficult. Our society demands us to be successful, be a great student, have a great job, gain a lot of money and preferably be physically attractive and skinny.
But having a healthy life style can give you that and a lot more. For me having a healthy life style is to try to relax and being with your family every time you can, have regular physical activity, try to don't stress up with every little rock that's on your way, and treat the others as you want to be treated. So for me, a healthy life involves also your mental health. Being a good person also helps you having a better quality of life.
Of course exercising and eating may define in a very technical way if you're being healthy or not. But those things come along when your mind is healthy and clear.
We all know that when we are stressed up everything seems to be wrong. We don't get good grades, we fight with everyone and we close to ourselves.
That is not healthy either, right?
So my opinion is that sometimes we have fast food (or not food at all) because we don't have enough time to have lunch properly.
Factors like our alimentation, our physical activity, how we use our free time, can take us to live a sedentary life, and that sooner or later will bring us a lot of problems.
Have a healthy life style is possible, I think. But in the world we live now, having that kind of life is very difficult. Our society demands us to be successful, be a great student, have a great job, gain a lot of money and preferably be physically attractive and skinny.
But having a healthy life style can give you that and a lot more. For me having a healthy life style is to try to relax and being with your family every time you can, have regular physical activity, try to don't stress up with every little rock that's on your way, and treat the others as you want to be treated. So for me, a healthy life involves also your mental health. Being a good person also helps you having a better quality of life.
Of course exercising and eating may define in a very technical way if you're being healthy or not. But those things come along when your mind is healthy and clear.
We all know that when we are stressed up everything seems to be wrong. We don't get good grades, we fight with everyone and we close to ourselves.
That is not healthy either, right?
Monday, September 27, 2010
My favorite memory's childhood
Hi everyone! How are you? I hope you all had a great weekend. I almost forgot this assignment. I've got a lot to study these days because next Tuesday there's a exam of OHIFA, so I prefer to write this homework right now and save time for the other subject.
The title of this post is: "my favorite memory's childhood", and while I was writing this I remembered some pictures I scanned a few months ago. Some of them are of me and my brother and sister. So I'll go to take a look now and try to find some picture that helps me explain that favorite moment of my childhood.
Well, this picture brought me a great family "tradition" we used to have when I was a kid (well I'm still a kid xd). We met every Sunday in my grandfather's house. Aunts, cousins, uncles, nephews, everyone were there to have lunch together.
The people who are in the picture are my father's parents. The little girl sitting on the left side of Granddad is my sister Angela, on the other side there's me with the Baby Joche, and standing there's my cousin Camila.
Those days we used to take us a lot of pictures. I played all day with my cousins and ate a lot of ice-cream. After lunch, everyone would take a nap for about an hour, but we, the girls, used to mess up the house instead of sleep like the rest. We had some much fun together!
In the afternoon they used to take us to a park near to the house, and they let us play until we couldn’t run anymore.
The family “tradition” stopped when Granddad died, and I’m sorry for the little cousins I have now. They couldn’t have that space with all the family to be spoiled.
My cousins from the picture are studying in the south, so I don’t get to see them very often. I hope someday the new generations of the family will gather all like in those days.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
One of my favorite books :)
Hi :) I'm back! This is the first post I write in this semester. For being the first post, I got to choose the topic. Our teacher told us to write about something we like. For example, our favorite movie, book or something that had really touched us lately. That was really hard because I haven't seen a lot of movies this year haven't read a lot of books and haven't seen exhibitions or plays.
But then I remembered about a book I read last summer. The title is "Para que no me olvides" and it was written by Marcela Serrano. I decided to read that book because my mother is a big fan of Serrano. She has almost every book she has written, and I always wanted to know what was so special about her. So I took the last book my mother had bought, and I started to read it slowly. I had noticed that my mom spent quite long time reading each book, so I tried to do the same.
The funny thing about that reading was that my mom and I had to take turns, because both of us wanted to have the book all day so we could get to the end before the other.
It wasn't a competition; the thing was that the book was so interesting that we just wanted to know the development of the story.
The book was about a Chilean woman called Blanca. She lived in a wealthy house with her husband. She didn't have to work because her husband supported her, so she spent every day with her friends, her sisters-in-law and with her children, a boy and a little girl. Her family had a house in the countryside, so whenever she wanted, she took her car and went to that peaceful place.
Along the story we found out that Blanca had a relationship with a humble man who was involved in a radical political party, and because of him she discovered a new world. Her husband found out about the affair and left her, taking with him their son.
The breaking point of the story happened when Blanca had a stroke. Because of the accident she couldn’t talk ever again. That’s when a lot of secrets of her life and family came out. The inability of Blanca to talk forced her to communicate with her eyes. And the uncertainty of what was going to happen with the education of her little daughter drives her crazy.
I think is a really good book, because it reflects the reality of people who live keeping the appearances and defending with lies the “perfect life” they have.
But then I remembered about a book I read last summer. The title is "Para que no me olvides" and it was written by Marcela Serrano. I decided to read that book because my mother is a big fan of Serrano. She has almost every book she has written, and I always wanted to know what was so special about her. So I took the last book my mother had bought, and I started to read it slowly. I had noticed that my mom spent quite long time reading each book, so I tried to do the same.
The funny thing about that reading was that my mom and I had to take turns, because both of us wanted to have the book all day so we could get to the end before the other.
It wasn't a competition; the thing was that the book was so interesting that we just wanted to know the development of the story.
The book was about a Chilean woman called Blanca. She lived in a wealthy house with her husband. She didn't have to work because her husband supported her, so she spent every day with her friends, her sisters-in-law and with her children, a boy and a little girl. Her family had a house in the countryside, so whenever she wanted, she took her car and went to that peaceful place.
Along the story we found out that Blanca had a relationship with a humble man who was involved in a radical political party, and because of him she discovered a new world. Her husband found out about the affair and left her, taking with him their son.
The breaking point of the story happened when Blanca had a stroke. Because of the accident she couldn’t talk ever again. That’s when a lot of secrets of her life and family came out. The inability of Blanca to talk forced her to communicate with her eyes. And the uncertainty of what was going to happen with the education of her little daughter drives her crazy.
I think is a really good book, because it reflects the reality of people who live keeping the appearances and defending with lies the “perfect life” they have.
Friday, July 9, 2010
My Blogging experience
This session I'm going to write about my experience writing this blog.
I have to say that the first time I heard we have to write a blog I didn't understand what the aim was. Didn't really believe that could help me to improve my English. And the first question that came to my mind was: what are we going to write about? In first place y thought we'll write about the things we do in class, like a diary. But then the topics were easier than that.
Most of the post we had to wrote in the blog where about our opinions and the ideas we have about an specific thing. Nothing like I thought.
Little by little I started to like writing in the blog. Most of all because is a different type of learn English and is not like the typical class when you go sit down and listen all the things that the teachers says.
It has also helped me to improve my grammar and to express myself better when I have to write an idea. It's difficult to develop a big idea, you have to say: what do you think?, why do you think that?, what things support your idea? And all the things to show your point of view. This is difficult talking in a language you know, imagine having to write it in a different language.
At first you think is easy, but once you star pushing the keys of the keyboard it's getting harder and harder.
In general I think I have improved the way I write in English. Some of the topics were a little bit difficult to develop because I have a lack of vocabulary in specific topics. That's why it's important to use a dictionary. It can help you to corroborate how to spell a word or teach you how to use words you don't usually use.
I have to say that the first time I heard we have to write a blog I didn't understand what the aim was. Didn't really believe that could help me to improve my English. And the first question that came to my mind was: what are we going to write about? In first place y thought we'll write about the things we do in class, like a diary. But then the topics were easier than that.
Most of the post we had to wrote in the blog where about our opinions and the ideas we have about an specific thing. Nothing like I thought.
Little by little I started to like writing in the blog. Most of all because is a different type of learn English and is not like the typical class when you go sit down and listen all the things that the teachers says.
It has also helped me to improve my grammar and to express myself better when I have to write an idea. It's difficult to develop a big idea, you have to say: what do you think?, why do you think that?, what things support your idea? And all the things to show your point of view. This is difficult talking in a language you know, imagine having to write it in a different language.
At first you think is easy, but once you star pushing the keys of the keyboard it's getting harder and harder.
In general I think I have improved the way I write in English. Some of the topics were a little bit difficult to develop because I have a lack of vocabulary in specific topics. That's why it's important to use a dictionary. It can help you to corroborate how to spell a word or teach you how to use words you don't usually use.
Friday, July 2, 2010
My ideal job
Hi everyone! I couldn't come to this class but I'm doing the assignment anyway. I have to write about about my ideal job.
First of all I don't really know yet if I will continue studying Obstetric to be a midwife. But I've always thought that at first I would like to work a lot and very hard, so I can make a little bit of money and start saving it for future projects.
The first idea I have about my ideal job is that I would like to manage my time. But that's really difficult when you're just starting working. So in the beginning I will just fit in the regular shifts.
Once I have a lot of experience I would like to do a Management degree so I could manage my own clinic or work as a health chief in some municipality. Having that degree would help me to achieve that.
Amply my ideal job has to have flexible hours, I wouldn’t like to have a boss all the time telling me what I have to do and it has to let me improve in what I do. That means that I need that my job challenges me so I have the motivation to achieve goals every day.
I prefer don’t talk about the money I would like to earn, most important of that, the quality of the work I’m doing is much rewarding than anything. That’s why I’m not that worried about that topic. Of course the money you earn working is significant, but if you are not doing what you like, it doesn’t matter how much money you can get.
The personal development you can reach is the most important pay you can obtain. In time you will realized that all the experience you’ve gotten will help you in the rest of the way of becoming an excellent professional, and those characteristics will take you to maybe earn more money than you thought.
Once I’m established as a great professional I would create my own clinic as I said before. But that dream will only came true once I passed all the difficulties that this profession has. Isn’t easy, a lot of people wouldn’t take it, because it includes a lot of obstacles, sacrifices, and mostly hard work.
First of all I don't really know yet if I will continue studying Obstetric to be a midwife. But I've always thought that at first I would like to work a lot and very hard, so I can make a little bit of money and start saving it for future projects.
The first idea I have about my ideal job is that I would like to manage my time. But that's really difficult when you're just starting working. So in the beginning I will just fit in the regular shifts.
Once I have a lot of experience I would like to do a Management degree so I could manage my own clinic or work as a health chief in some municipality. Having that degree would help me to achieve that.
Amply my ideal job has to have flexible hours, I wouldn’t like to have a boss all the time telling me what I have to do and it has to let me improve in what I do. That means that I need that my job challenges me so I have the motivation to achieve goals every day.
I prefer don’t talk about the money I would like to earn, most important of that, the quality of the work I’m doing is much rewarding than anything. That’s why I’m not that worried about that topic. Of course the money you earn working is significant, but if you are not doing what you like, it doesn’t matter how much money you can get.
The personal development you can reach is the most important pay you can obtain. In time you will realized that all the experience you’ve gotten will help you in the rest of the way of becoming an excellent professional, and those characteristics will take you to maybe earn more money than you thought.
Once I’m established as a great professional I would create my own clinic as I said before. But that dream will only came true once I passed all the difficulties that this profession has. Isn’t easy, a lot of people wouldn’t take it, because it includes a lot of obstacles, sacrifices, and mostly hard work.
Friday, June 18, 2010
My favourite picture
Hi! This time I'll write about my favourite pic. But I'm having problems deciding the picture I'll choose. I went to my facebook account to see all the pictures I have there. There are pictures with my family, my boyfriend, lots of friends, but I realized that in the most of my pictures I'm with one of my best friends. Her name: Jasna. And maybe that's why I choose this picture.
In this picture I'm with three of my school friends, but one of them didn't fit in the pic. From left to right there are: Daniela, me, Jasna and Ivana.
I don't really remember who took that picture, but probably some school friend took it. I think that the person who took the picture wanted to left Daniela out of the frame intentionally. Maybe to play her a joke.
In that time we were in a park, having a nice time with all my classmates. It was taken last year. I remember, it was the last day of school, and we organized a barbecue with all the seniors.
I like this pictures because when I loked a it, all those days of school come back to my mind, and I remember all the good times I lived with my friends. It also remembers me that I haven't seen Jasna in a long time, so maybe is time to stay in touch again.
Friday, June 11, 2010
How important is education?
This time I have to write about education and how important is prevention in education.
Last time in class we talked about the different levels of education. We started our education un primary school, then secundary school and then university, wich is where we are now. In university you choose a career, and you go to the classes that will teach you about your profession. The most important thing for me is that you need to learn all the aspects you have to handle to turn into a great professional. And also all the values you need.
But that type of education doesn't stops once you finish your career. For me it's important to be up dated. I think you degree may help you to start a life and make your own money in the beginning, but you can't just stay there.
I have always thought that I would make a master and eventually a phD. The thing is that I don't really know in wich area. Maybe I have to figure out if I'm going to finish this career first and then think clearly in the future.
Other topic I have to discuss this session is the importance of prevention in education. I think the type of prevention that is needed depends on the career. In my case (obstetrics) the prevention is a type of education. Often midewifes are the proffesionals that give the tools to their patients to be aware of all the things that are important for they to know. Like the prevention for AIDS, unwanted pregnancy, family planification, control methods of birth, etc. That's why I think education is soo important.
If you receive a good education, it is important that you take advantage of it and turn into the best person and proffesional you can become. And then, with all the knowledge you have acquire, you can teach and educate some other people.
Last time in class we talked about the different levels of education. We started our education un primary school, then secundary school and then university, wich is where we are now. In university you choose a career, and you go to the classes that will teach you about your profession. The most important thing for me is that you need to learn all the aspects you have to handle to turn into a great professional. And also all the values you need.
But that type of education doesn't stops once you finish your career. For me it's important to be up dated. I think you degree may help you to start a life and make your own money in the beginning, but you can't just stay there.
I have always thought that I would make a master and eventually a phD. The thing is that I don't really know in wich area. Maybe I have to figure out if I'm going to finish this career first and then think clearly in the future.
Other topic I have to discuss this session is the importance of prevention in education. I think the type of prevention that is needed depends on the career. In my case (obstetrics) the prevention is a type of education. Often midewifes are the proffesionals that give the tools to their patients to be aware of all the things that are important for they to know. Like the prevention for AIDS, unwanted pregnancy, family planification, control methods of birth, etc. That's why I think education is soo important.
If you receive a good education, it is important that you take advantage of it and turn into the best person and proffesional you can become. And then, with all the knowledge you have acquire, you can teach and educate some other people.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Stereotypes in my University
In this session I have to write about the stereotypes I can find in my faculty.
The word stereotype means to me to classify people based in their looks, like the way that people act or the image they want to show to others.For example, when you are walking in down town you can see a lot of different types of people. You can see students, people who are dressed like office workers, etc. And even when you are not trying to judge, your mind automatically thinks in one sort of people.
Thinking in a stereotype doesn´t really work for me, because I think you can't figure out a person just based in their look. But I have found myself doing that a lot of times, even when I know it isn't right.
Personally, I have talked about stereotypes in my university with my circle of friends, and we have got to the conclusion that our university has a lot of different types of people, but in general I consider that they are all pretty "normal".
However, you can find some people in my faculty that fit in a stereotype just looking how they dress or act. You can find:
- "metaleros" who are people that listen to metal music.
- gay people.
- hippies (people that listen mostly reggae music.)
- flaites (unfortunated people).
But I repeat, there are just a small group of people that you don't usually see every day.
However, it's clear that every career has a special type of people with different personalities. But when you see them as a whole faculty, it's very homogeneous. For example, people who study Obstetrics like me, have the image of being very sweet, tender or sensitive.
People who study medicine are classified as a nerd person. I have found that a lot of them don't have a lot of personality and they get along better with books than with other people. But I have seen a lot of exceptions.
And maybe I could continue giving you some characteristics of every career, but that's just my perception.
I think I don't belong to any specific type of people, so I consider myself a "normal" person.
The word stereotype means to me to classify people based in their looks, like the way that people act or the image they want to show to others.For example, when you are walking in down town you can see a lot of different types of people. You can see students, people who are dressed like office workers, etc. And even when you are not trying to judge, your mind automatically thinks in one sort of people.
Thinking in a stereotype doesn´t really work for me, because I think you can't figure out a person just based in their look. But I have found myself doing that a lot of times, even when I know it isn't right.
Personally, I have talked about stereotypes in my university with my circle of friends, and we have got to the conclusion that our university has a lot of different types of people, but in general I consider that they are all pretty "normal".
However, you can find some people in my faculty that fit in a stereotype just looking how they dress or act. You can find:
- "metaleros" who are people that listen to metal music.
- gay people.
- hippies (people that listen mostly reggae music.)
- flaites (unfortunated people).
But I repeat, there are just a small group of people that you don't usually see every day.
However, it's clear that every career has a special type of people with different personalities. But when you see them as a whole faculty, it's very homogeneous. For example, people who study Obstetrics like me, have the image of being very sweet, tender or sensitive.
People who study medicine are classified as a nerd person. I have found that a lot of them don't have a lot of personality and they get along better with books than with other people. But I have seen a lot of exceptions.
And maybe I could continue giving you some characteristics of every career, but that's just my perception.
I think I don't belong to any specific type of people, so I consider myself a "normal" person.
Friday, May 28, 2010
My favourite subject
Honestly I don't have a favourite subject this semester. At first I thought Anthropology will be fun, but once I started classes I realized that the teachers weren’t that much fun.
There were some very interesting classes at the beginning in that subject, but there were too boring because it started at 2.30 and it finished at 6.00, so it didn’t matter how interested I was about they were talking about, I felt asleep anyway.
So right now I will write about the subject that is not appeal to me. Mu favourite subject is an elective called Ballroom Dancing. I go once a week on Wednesday. The only problem is that I have to come to Quinta Normal. I will prefer that I could go to the course in my faculty.
I think I like this subject the most because it helps me to disconnect myself, helps me handle the stress of the week, and also it's fun!
There are a few of my mates of Obstetrics there too, so I've learned to know them better, even when they aren't close to me the rest of the week.
The session lasts only an hour and a half, and there’s a lot of people from another careers, so I've met a lot of new people. In fact Bastian, Flor, and Freddy are in that subject with me aswell.
The course started teaching us merengue, unfortunately, I joined the subject three weeks after they started, so I missed that part. Right now the teacher is showing us how to dance salsa. and we have the evaluation in two weeks.
Other thing that I like about this subject is that my boyfriend also has it, so when we gather I show him what I've learned and we dance together.
There were some very interesting classes at the beginning in that subject, but there were too boring because it started at 2.30 and it finished at 6.00, so it didn’t matter how interested I was about they were talking about, I felt asleep anyway.
So right now I will write about the subject that is not appeal to me. Mu favourite subject is an elective called Ballroom Dancing. I go once a week on Wednesday. The only problem is that I have to come to Quinta Normal. I will prefer that I could go to the course in my faculty.
I think I like this subject the most because it helps me to disconnect myself, helps me handle the stress of the week, and also it's fun!
There are a few of my mates of Obstetrics there too, so I've learned to know them better, even when they aren't close to me the rest of the week.
The session lasts only an hour and a half, and there’s a lot of people from another careers, so I've met a lot of new people. In fact Bastian, Flor, and Freddy are in that subject with me aswell.
The course started teaching us merengue, unfortunately, I joined the subject three weeks after they started, so I missed that part. Right now the teacher is showing us how to dance salsa. and we have the evaluation in two weeks.
Other thing that I like about this subject is that my boyfriend also has it, so when we gather I show him what I've learned and we dance together.
Friday, May 7, 2010
Websites I usually visit
I love music! So the most kind of websites that I ussually visit are related to music. Most specifically, to concerts.
Two of my most visited website are from theaters for recitals, and the last two are about tickets sale.
http://www.teatrocaupolican.cl
http://www.movistararena.cl
http://www.ticketmaster.cl
http://www.puntoticket.cl
Last year I went to almost a dozen concerts, and the pages I gave you now helped me to know how much did the tickets cost, when some bands are supposed to come to Chile, where the concerts were, etc.
The sites of Teatro Caupolicán and Movistar Arena show the bands that are going to perform each month. There's a link for every date, so you can check out when your favorite band is going to perform. The cool thing about this websites is that they have all confirmed shows of the year. So in my case, I could know for sure how much time I had to save the money I needed to go.
The other two websites (ticket master and punto ticket) are about tickets sale. Those websites give you all the information about the places of the concerts, and most important, how much do they cost.
A good feature of both websites is that they are constantly updating the information. So if a ticket concert increased its price, the website immediately change the information. This webstites also give you the alternative to buy the tickets online with credit cards, or if you want, give you the adress of the nearest store when you can buy it with cash.
I visit this websites two or three times a month, because sometimes they run out of tickets or the prices raise extremely fast.
Two of my most visited website are from theaters for recitals, and the last two are about tickets sale.
http://www.teatrocaupolican.cl
http://www.movistararena.cl
http://www.ticketmaster.cl
http://www.puntoticket.cl
Last year I went to almost a dozen concerts, and the pages I gave you now helped me to know how much did the tickets cost, when some bands are supposed to come to Chile, where the concerts were, etc.
The sites of Teatro Caupolicán and Movistar Arena show the bands that are going to perform each month. There's a link for every date, so you can check out when your favorite band is going to perform. The cool thing about this websites is that they have all confirmed shows of the year. So in my case, I could know for sure how much time I had to save the money I needed to go.
The other two websites (ticket master and punto ticket) are about tickets sale. Those websites give you all the information about the places of the concerts, and most important, how much do they cost.
A good feature of both websites is that they are constantly updating the information. So if a ticket concert increased its price, the website immediately change the information. This webstites also give you the alternative to buy the tickets online with credit cards, or if you want, give you the adress of the nearest store when you can buy it with cash.
I visit this websites two or three times a month, because sometimes they run out of tickets or the prices raise extremely fast.
Friday, April 30, 2010
My experience in the earthquake
This time I'm going to write about the earthquake, my experience, how did I feel, what did I do and how do I feel now after this huge event.
The night of the earthquake I was in my home. Hours before, I saw a movie with my boyfriend and ate tacos with my family. My little sister (she's 16 years old) and a friend of her (Isabella) went to a party that night, but fortunately, me and my dad went to pick them up earlier. We were supposed to be there at three in the morning, but we got there at 2:30. Otherwise, maybe the earthquake would had surprised us in the middle of the road.
When me, my dad, my sister and her friend, got home, I went straight to bed and felt asleep. That was about 3:15 in the morning.
Maybe ten or fifteen minutes later the earthquake started. Suddenly I woke up, I felt really strange. I was disoriented and sleepy. While I opened my eyes I heard a horrible noise. It took quite long time before I realized that the noise was my house creaking. I freaked up. I looked to my brother's room, and I saw my mom moving back and forward trying to wake him up. I stood up from my bed and ran towards my mam, and stayed there until the earthquake stopped.
My dad couldn't got upstairs, because of the movement of the floor. So once everything stopped moving, he went up with us. Luckily, we were all safe.
That night I slept with my parents, and didn't realized the enormous earthquake it have been until the other day, when I saw the news.
After the earthquake, my cousins came to Santiago and stayed with us about a month, because the city where they lived (Constitución) was devastated.
Me, my boyfriend and my cousin went for several weeks to the municipality of Peñalolén (where I live), to help packing things like clothing, food, covers and diapers. It was hard work because first we had to received the donations in the morning. Then classified it, packed it, and every night loaded it in a big truck. That truck left the help we sended in places like Pelluhue.
After that experience I've learned to be more attentive to other people. I started to think about other first, and not being so self-centered.
The night of the earthquake I was in my home. Hours before, I saw a movie with my boyfriend and ate tacos with my family. My little sister (she's 16 years old) and a friend of her (Isabella) went to a party that night, but fortunately, me and my dad went to pick them up earlier. We were supposed to be there at three in the morning, but we got there at 2:30. Otherwise, maybe the earthquake would had surprised us in the middle of the road.
When me, my dad, my sister and her friend, got home, I went straight to bed and felt asleep. That was about 3:15 in the morning.
Maybe ten or fifteen minutes later the earthquake started. Suddenly I woke up, I felt really strange. I was disoriented and sleepy. While I opened my eyes I heard a horrible noise. It took quite long time before I realized that the noise was my house creaking. I freaked up. I looked to my brother's room, and I saw my mom moving back and forward trying to wake him up. I stood up from my bed and ran towards my mam, and stayed there until the earthquake stopped.
My dad couldn't got upstairs, because of the movement of the floor. So once everything stopped moving, he went up with us. Luckily, we were all safe.
That night I slept with my parents, and didn't realized the enormous earthquake it have been until the other day, when I saw the news.
After the earthquake, my cousins came to Santiago and stayed with us about a month, because the city where they lived (Constitución) was devastated.
Me, my boyfriend and my cousin went for several weeks to the municipality of Peñalolén (where I live), to help packing things like clothing, food, covers and diapers. It was hard work because first we had to received the donations in the morning. Then classified it, packed it, and every night loaded it in a big truck. That truck left the help we sended in places like Pelluhue.
After that experience I've learned to be more attentive to other people. I started to think about other first, and not being so self-centered.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Me and My future profession
The assignment for today is to write about our career, tell what do we expect about it and why we decided toy study this specific career.
In my case, I never really thought about studying Obstetrics and then work as a midwife. My first choice was to study Auditory Therapy. But now that I'm already here, I have realized than my real vocation is to help others, and that can be done in many ways.
I think that is the most important point in this profession, because a midwife has to be available all the time to help the pregnant woman. But the mission doesn't stops there, a midwife also has to take care of the social environment of the patient, support the family in case they have doubts about the birth process and all the events that happens before a baby comes.
My expectations about this professions are not very clear, because I don´t even know if I will finish studying this. Maybe in the end of this year I'll decided to change career.
In the case I finished studying obstetrics, I would like to work for some years in a hospital or a clinic, and then sign in a management course so I could combine both professions and establish something big like my own private hospital with specialty in obstetrics.
In my case, I never really thought about studying Obstetrics and then work as a midwife. My first choice was to study Auditory Therapy. But now that I'm already here, I have realized than my real vocation is to help others, and that can be done in many ways.
I think that is the most important point in this profession, because a midwife has to be available all the time to help the pregnant woman. But the mission doesn't stops there, a midwife also has to take care of the social environment of the patient, support the family in case they have doubts about the birth process and all the events that happens before a baby comes.
My expectations about this professions are not very clear, because I don´t even know if I will finish studying this. Maybe in the end of this year I'll decided to change career.
In the case I finished studying obstetrics, I would like to work for some years in a hospital or a clinic, and then sign in a management course so I could combine both professions and establish something big like my own private hospital with specialty in obstetrics.
Friday, April 16, 2010
My first post
Hi! My name is Carolina Silva, and I'm writting in this blog as an asigment in my english class. At this time I'm studying at Chile's University, with degree in Obstetrics and Childcare. So far it hasn´t been as hard as I thougt it'll be. But I'm sure that opinion will change maybe after next week, because I have a few exams.
I hope this activity gets funnier every day I write here.
I hope this activity gets funnier every day I write here.
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