The last post!

Hello dear classmates and teacher!

Hoy es mi ultimo post, y es sobre este curso!

Today is my last post and it’s about this class!

About this class I can say that it´s always been a complicated subject for me. Since elementary school I’ve never had a good education in English. This is why it’s always been so hard for me to learn. In high school had a good teacher, but it was still very hard, and in the end I learned very little.

When I started college I was in English 2, and I’ve been having to pass every English class, this is the last one!

Particularly, in this class I liked it more than the other ones, because the classes were more dynamic, we sang and interacted, and we even watched movies!

The things that I liked the most was the blog, I always liked it. It was entertaining to write some things about what I like or something that happened to me. It helped me to learn new words and to improve my writing.

For me it is very clear that I have a lot of English to learn yet, specially speaking nd listening. When I listen I get distracted and its hard to understand the words, and when I speak I get nervous and I go blank. But all is practice. I attempt to take and English course when I finish college, to dedicate more time and focus on only this.

In general, I don’t use English much outside the class, sometimes with my friends we practice, to learn more, but it’s not often. I don’t use English that much, the music I listen is all in Spanish, and I don’t watch many movies.

Well, that’s all!

I would like to thank the teacher and my classmates for what I learned. This class was very fun and very pleasant! Thank a lot for this experience!

I hope that you do well at this end of this semester! Good luck for this!

Good bye!

My future job!

Hello dear classmates and teacher!

Today I' going to tell you about my future job!!!

This topic is really complicated, because I'm in my fourth year of sociology, and in the next year I will be graduate...So I need to think about this! because there is very little time and there is much to do...

I would like to work researching about the social problems! Specifically, about education, history, memory and city planing! In this term I take different s courses such as education sociology, or urban sociology, and for this I could learn more about this topics, and I really like this research areas.

So, I would like work researching about the education and society, the city planing and problems like social segregate, exclusion and marginal urban. 

I know that it's really hard to find a job, but when I choosing my job I'm going to consider the kind of work (researching, surveys, interview), the main aim of the work, and the duration.

And about my strengths I can say tat I'm a person really responsible, hard-working, committed and I can work under pressure...And about my weaknesses I can say that I have a very strong character, and I'm very critical with my work...

Finally, I can say that I pretend can work like sociology, but I would like work in other things too. For example, when I live the university I want to study History in Argentina. Also I would like have an presses! I think that this work is really fun. I would like have a culture centre too!!... When I talk with my friends about the future, we plan have different s activities such as a printing house, pub, library, and coffee house! and all in the same street for work together, and with this we can do some more from the typical!

And! This is all for today! See You!

Paulo Freire

Hello dear classmates and teacher!!

Today I'm going to talk about Paulo Freire, a Brazilian teacher.

He was born on september 19th, 1921, in Recife, Brazil.

When He was a child he suffer from poverty due to the great depression of 1929. This experience made him interest in the poor, and it also helped him to build his education proposal. He study philosophy and psychology in the Faculty of law of the University of Recife. But he never practice his profession. Instead he chose to teach  Portuguese in a Highschool of Brazil.  In one of his books, Paulo Freire tells how he decided to drop out of law and become a teacher. He talks about a meeting he had once with a client, and he tells him he is going to be seize by debts, and he was so sad that asked him for help. To hear this and figure out that there was way to help him out, he decided to quit, because this will gave him another week to find another lawyer. This was an excuse, it was a way of helping, but it was also a time to make a decision. Freire felt like the only way to help out was teaching.

In 1944, he married Elza Maia Costa de Oliveira, an a elementary school teacher. 

He worked with poor children who didn't know how to read or write. He created a different method to learn how to read and write.  In 1964 was State's coup in Brazil and for this Paulo Freire was imprison for 70 days. He was exile to Bolivia, and then to Chile.

Finally, he died on may 2th, in 1997, in Brazil.

He publish his first book in 1967 called "The education as practice of freedom". The most famous book that he wrote was "Pedagogy of the oppressed"

I like Paulo Freire because is an example of compromise, passion, and dedication.

And to reflect, I leave a sentence by Paulo Freire about education:

"To teach to read and write, is not learn how to repeat words, but rather is to learn how to say your own word"

How green you are?

Hello dear classmates and teacher

Today I'm going to talk about how green I am...

First! I think that people can learn more about enviromentally friendly practices in their schools, because is a space to learn where they can teach you about the basic things of life and how to take care of it...For this, if in schools this subject was more important the children would have a better grounding from the begginging

In my family, and my school never talk about that...For example, We never recycle!. I remember that in a course of a secondary called "technology", the teacher talk us about the recycle...but this was in one opportunity... 

I must recognize that I don't know much about taking care of the enviroment, this is why I don`t participate in any organization of this type. Sometimes I get informed by the news, but this never happens really, so I don't know much about it

About use a bike or my legs instead of a car...I can say that I always transport in a bus, because I leave in Maipú, so the university is really far of my house, for this I can't use a bike, for example...But when I go near of my house, always I walk...

I would like to know more about this topic, and can do things for help. For example: recycle, use a bike or my legs instead a car (or bus), a plant a tree, or use a ecologic products ...

Finaly, If in our society there would be more awareness of taking care for the enviroment, Santagio would be a better place for live!

And this is all!!

See You!!

The memory and documentaries

Hello dear classmates and teacher!

Today it's a  free post, so I'm going to talk about the subject of memory in the documentaries!
I like this topic because when I began to study sociology I was really interested in this, actually I wanted to study History! because I have always been interest in the past...But in the sociology this subject is not important in comparison with other topics such as the theory, gender or social structure...So, thanks to one friend I could take part in a class about the documentaries and memory, and here I recovered my interest in this topic!, and this time was more fun because I could learn about the memory but through the documentaries.

This class was part of a course about Chilean documentaries, of the film faculty. In this opportunity, the teacher talk about the documentaries and how the film director can tell us the memory through his or her personal story, or the social story. I think that the documentaries are a really god instrument for show this topics, because through the frames, and sounds you can understand the history better.

The teacher mentioned some documentaries about this topic, such as "Calle Santa Fe", "La Memoria Obstinada", or "Nostalgias de la luz". I watched all this documentaries, and I really like them!! I recommend this documentaries to you!, Maybe you feel sad, angry or confusion, but I can ensure that you'll get to know a lot about own history!

Finally, I will leave you a quote about memory that was said on "La Memoria obstinada" by Patricio Guzman:

"Remember comes from the latin recordaris, and re means come back, and cordis means heart, so recordaris is to go back to the heart...to wake up"

And as a wise person said "That's all Folks"

Retails news

Hello dear classmates and teacher!

Today I’m going to summarize a new from the Guardian!

I had to choose a new between various news about different topics such as society, politics or culture…But in this opportunity I chose one about retail.

The title of this news is called “Retail sales climb 1.5% in September”, and explain how the retail sales climb in comparison with month before .

In the first part, the new points out this situation. Then, tries to explain the context of why retail sales are climbing and here it indicates that because the economic situation, people prefer to not spend their money, and they stop byuing products of retail. 

Finally,  the new explains the causes about that, and points out that people are afraid of the economics situation, but for the time of year they have to spend money, for example, in clothes for their children, because in September they have return to school…

Another important thing is the contradiction in this situation because the prices of products climb, but the people economics get worse, and the retail sales climb too…

Sociology have very things to say about this topic, you can think that this new is about economics, but this changes also affect society! For this is very important that sociology relates with other subjects, because this can enrich the comprehension about society and its problems.

This is the lin of new:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/oct/09/retail-sales-climb-september

I hope that you liked it!

Tango!

Hello dear classmates and teacher!

Today I have the opportunity of talk about what I want...

There are a lot of things that I would like to tell you, but in this ocassion I choose something different:

Tango

¿Why Tango? Because I love this music! I really like the songs!

As you know, the tango is a typical music from The Rio de la Plata. When you say "Tango" most people think in Argentina, but this music it's from a mixture of countries! Such as Uruguay, or other continent like Latin American, Europe, and Africa.

This music born about the middle of the 19th century!...You can say "It's a old-fashioned", but I think that it's a really great music because the song lirycs are very depth and poetic! Actually, I will leave you a video! It's a song by Roberto Goyeneche (an Argentinian singer of tango). This song is my favourite! Put attention to the lyric!!

In general, the lyrics are about the emotions like the nostalgia, love, and sadness. But the characteristic of the tango is the performance of the singers! because they express your feelings through its voice and acting.

The most famous singers of tango are Carlos Gardel, Julio Sosa, Roberto Goyeneche, and Libertad Lamarque.

Finally, one time I neard a definition of what is tango, and it made a lot of snese to me. This is why I leave it for you:

"Tango is the multitude divide in the lon eliness of a couple"

This is all about the Tango! I hope that you liked it!!

And as a wise person said: "That's all Folks"

South Of Chile

Hello dear classmates and teacher!! 

Today I'm going to tell about my best holidays!!

I'm a lucky person! because I've had a lot of opportunities for travel with my family, and with my friends!

Castro-Chiloé

So, for me is really hard choose one only! But I prefer to talk about my last holidays in the south of Chile!

Castro-Chiloé

In February I traveled to South of Chile with a group of friends. The ear before (2011) we organize a tour, and we decided to get to know various places such as Puerto Montt, Chiloé and Bariloche.

So, We traveled at the beginning of February, and we came back on March. When we arrived to Puerto Montt, we went to the house of my father's friend. For this, we spent  only one day there!. The next day we traveled to Chiloé in a ferry! This was really nice!

Cucao-Chiloé

In Chiloé we went to Castro and Cucao!, this places were nice, but the weather was really cold! We walked a lot!

Then, we traveled to Bariloche! This city was really beautiful, and the best thing was the candy!! So, we bought chocolates to give to own families and friends!

Bariloche-Argentina

Finally, we had a problems! Because we couldn't bought the tickets back to Santiago, So we had to buy tickets for another day, and so we had to stay in Osorno to wait 

This travel was really interesting, we had any adventures, difficulties, and lessons! and we got each other better!  And was my first experience like backpacking!

And as a wise person said: "That's all Folks"

Cartagena de Indias

Hello dear classmates and teacher!!

Today I'm going to talk about my favourite travel destination!! I Would like to go to Colombia!

Specifically, Cartgena de Indias!!

I Wold like to go to Colombia because is a really nice country!! The people from her is cheerful, friendly and they speak Spanish, and this is a point very important for me, because I could to talk easily with them!! 

Also, this country have a very good climate! 

It's really hot and sunny!

This place there are a very beautiful colonial architecture , this is the most important tourist attraction of Colombia!

I know about Colombia thanks to the books written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I love his novels. They are very interesting and stories to mixes to the real life with the magic! This kind of literature is called "Magic Realism".

So, for a lot of years I have read his novels! and through his stories I started to like Colombia!, specifically Cartagenia de Indias, because a lot of the novels are about this place!

I would like to travel to Colombia for all this reasons! I really like to know the culture, food and architecture of this country! 

And finally, I don't know If I prefer to travel to Colombia to study, work o live...For now I know that I Would Like to travel to get to know the place! I could decide this later!

And as wise Person Said: "That's all Folks"

The first term of 2012

Hello Dear Classmates and teacher!

Today I'm goingo to talk about my experiences during the first term of 2012.

I study sociology, I am in four year of school, I had a lot of courses last semester, such as theory, and public politics. I also had English class and it was very fun, but very hard because I don’t speak English.

In my free times I participated in students organizations one of them is a studies center called “Critical construction”, we did investigations about the access to the university. Also I participated in the student center of the faculty. I am in the extension group, we worked for trying to start relationships with the workers of the faculty and the high school students. I didn’t do much exercises last semester, but this semester I started a yoga class and I am very happy for that!!!.

Last semester I had to face with a lot of stress from school, and a lot of work. I got a lot of stomach because of the stress, and because I worry about to many things and I had a lot of activities.

Finally, everything with my family was ok. I could not see my friends because we were very busy with our activities.

And as a wise person said: "That's all Folks"

Somethings about me

Hello dear classmates and teacher!!!

This is my first post, So I'm going to talk about me so you can know me!!...My name is Constanza (Puy Valdés), I'm in my fourth year of sociology and in the next year I will be out of this university!! wujuuu!!!

I like my career, but I want learn other things such as history, pedagogy or education! 

I live in Maipú with my family, I live with my mother, my father, and my sister, but my aunt and her son live near of my house, so they are like my family...And I have a Dog called "Koto" and a really nice cat called "Juanito", they are part of my family too!! I love them!!

Also I work in a supermarket in my neighborhood. I'm a wrapping!! But I only work on the weekends because during the week I have to go to the university.

In the free time I participate in the student organization called "Studies Center: Critical Construction", I love it!! it's a really great experience so I recommend that you join this group!! Also I take part in other group that it belongs to the Students Center..This group work the relationship between the faculty and society, such as work with neighboring, workers, or other students...

In the next days I will begin to do Yoga!! This is really exciting for me because with classes and other activities I don´t have time to exercise, so this is a great opportunity!!  

So, this are some things abut me...¿What about you?

And as a wise person said: "That's all Folks"