English in the university

My experience with english at this university has not been very good, firstly because the test that designates us a level of english is taken on the day of registration, which is horrible because we are all very tired.

Secondly, I didn't like that when I tried to communicate with teachers to be able to take English 1 and thus level my english my application was rejected, which brought many problems later on, since when I started with english classes 2 I had stopped Study the language more than a year ago.

In addition, I find that the schedules that they give to english are bad, they should consider dividing the classes, a small room, a demanding class, heat, hunger and sleep for more than three hours in a row! Definitely bad thought.

However, I must rescue certain positive aspects, I liked the playful way of teaching by professor Jordán Masias, since he shows great interest in teaching. Besides that I must admit that practicing my writing through blogs has helped me too much to understand my own mistakes, for example I feel that I am now more aware of the use of tenses in english than before.

My great weakness is still speaking english, I don'

t have as much trouble reading or listening, and I have improved writing, but talking is hard for me, since it is difficult to think quickly in another language. I think I'll look for a partner who wants to practice conversations before our final test.

And out of everything academic, I enjoy watching series in English, I really like the original accent.

CHANGES TO MY STUDY PROGRAMME

I have never thought about the changes that I would like to do in my career, so this blog it’s complicated. In first place I think that the curriculum is reiterative, because we have to study courses that repeated all the content of a course from the past. For example, I have read one hundred times “Discipline and punish” by Michelle Foucault; so maybe the solution will be organize better the entire curriculum and talk about that with the teachers.

In addition, I would like the teachers considering all the workload, since this last semester have been terrible, each teacher add new work, just considering the ideal of his class, but for us that means more stress, and finally we only can submit a incomplete work.

About infrastructure and technology I think that the money that enters this university should use in our welfare. I believe that is unacceptable that in this university, considered like the best of Chile, we don’t have a good connection to internet, or an air conditioning that works or the recording equipment not reach for all students. 

mber my indignation with both curriculum of journalism that working now. Because, the equipment not reach for all the students since in this moment third and second year of journalism are coursing subjects like radio and audiovisual, so they should restructure the curriculum or get more equipment.

Finally, about the teaching methods I only want that the teachers thinking in a more entertaining ways to teach the subjects. 

Summer Holidays

Honestly, I'm never sure what I'm going to do on my summer vacation, I just hope they start soon, because my stress level is too high! So I think my first weeks will only be to sleep and rest.

My parents are separated, so I have to take turns traveling with them to take advantage of their vacations. As my mother is a teacher, she has two months off, so she usually prefers to leave for short periods, but more often, that is, two days for Pelluhue, one day for the pool and not leave the house for so many days, especially so that our cats aren't alone.

On the other hand, my father only has two weeks of vacation, so he always takes advantage of leaving a full week somewhere far away. Years ago we went to tour the south, however, I think that this year he wants to camp in the Maule mountain range. These trips are very entertaining because my father is very childish, so he likes to play outdoors, swim and tell stories in a wood fire.

I also hope to take advantage of Linares, go for a walk in the short streets of my city with my boyfriend and friends, play guitar and flute, read all the fiction books that I have left unfinished because of the university, play just dance, go to Zumba with my sister, cooking with my mom, and a host of things that I hope to achieve in such a short time.

The Strangest Dream

I don't remember any stranger dream, I think that lately my tiredness affect my memory, because always remember when I go to sleep and when I wake up. In this moment I only remember a little of my last night dream, so, I will write about it and  why I think that I dreamed it.

In my dream I was in Linares, I don't remember if I saw any street or house that make me know that I stayed there , but I felt that it was my city. I walked alone for any street, carrying a lot of lumps, I don't know where I was going, but never stopped walking. 

I started to observe the people around me and they all looked scared, suddenly, someone appear and take my lumps, the strange about that is that I didn't  did  just I stayed looking my around and how many people were assaulted in front of me, I wasn't in shock from the theft of my things, I was in shock because I was in Linares, my small and peaceful city.

The strangest thing about my dream is that after this situation I run where my parents the strangest thing about my dream is that after this situation I run where my parents was, and told them that we must leave from Linares, we don't have  to do nothing there.

When I woke up I understood that what I love most about Linares is his tranquility, and that's why in the dream I wanted to leave, it was no longer my home, it was just a place similar to Santiago, or even worse; And it's too strange to understand all that while you're asleep.

POSTGRADUATE STUDIES

Honestly, I don´t think so much in the future, especially if is about my future job or other studies, like postgrades. It depresses me, because I feel very old. But I don´t choose the topics of the blogs so, here I go!

In the future, after having the title of journalist in my hands, I would like to work in a magazine or a book editorial, that´s why I would like to do a course in ICEI about cultural journalism, criticism and book publishing. This course would help me to have more experience in the area, and thus can aspire to more important jobs.

After this, I hope travel around the world, and would be wonderful if I can stay in Europe to study a master, especially I would like to do some course like that in a country like Spain, because his journalism is very interesting, or maybe practice more Italian language and study in Rome, because I love that place, so it would be like a dream.

I think that these postgraduate studies would be done in person, being that the last year I tried take a course online and I don't liked the experience, because I don't felt a real commitment.


Finally, I hope that when I have so much experience in written press and book publishing, can do a master about university education, and maybe work teaching my knowledges.

My Future Job

I think that since I started to study journalism I have dreamed of working in a magazine. The classes that I have enjoyed most in the University have been those of writing, and I imagine being able to work writing in a more relaxed style, but with good content.

I must admit that I have never been in the editing rooms of a magazine, so I only imagine many desktops with computers, I do not get too excited about the idea of the offices, but I can tolerate it for the first few years.

Perhaps if I succeed in the future, I wish I could be editor of my own magazine, and thus have more innovative and joyful workspaces, or another option would be to work on travel chronicles like Pancho Saavedra hahaha, and thus not be tied to a office, would be wonderful!

If I worked on chronicles of travel, I would like to be able to travel very south of the country, to those lost islands, and to towns far away for Chileans in other continents, so that I can tell stories from other cultures, similarities with other people.

In addition, I would like to do the ICEI diplomat on cultural journalism, criticism and book publishing, or some master's degree in university teaching, as are other areas of my career that I would like to explore.

My Favourite Film Ending: Collateral Beauty

My favourite film ending is the ending of Collateral beauty, a 2016 drama film starring by Will Smith. I chose this because it shows a process of healing, about how influence in my relation with others how I feel with myself and a conexion with the elements that compose our lives: love, time and dead.

Collateral beauty shows the story of Howard, a man who lost a daughter. He changed his life, now he is always alone, angry, sad, and very quiet, completely different to who was he in the past. His three best friends are really worried about his mental and emotional sanity. One day, they discovered that Howard writes letters directed to time, love and dead, criticizing their work in human life, and they decide answer this letters with actors who interpret this symbolics characters, hoping that in these conversations he can cure his pain; thus making the complete film a beautiful therapy for both the characters and the spectators.

When the movie draws to an end appears the most beautiful teachings. He began to understand that there is still much to live for, such as the people who loved him and whom he had begun to ignore. That's when we see the reunion with his ex-wife, who spent all this time waiting for him to heal and forgive himself. The main teaching that gives to the viewers is how it influences in the connection with others how I see myself and how I position myself in life, if we seek the positive and beautiful side of life, we will always receive support and love from our around, if you live far away and immersed in your own rage, you will never heal.

Finally, after seeing the ending of the film, one understands what "collateral beauty" is and how it is reached, since when the characters analyze their life and connect with love, death and time, they understand the real meaning of life, about how we should accept both good and bad things that occur in it, drawing lessons from every moment. If the human being manages to connect spiritually with each of these elements, including the incomprehended death, he will be in tune with all his surroundings, with the past, present and future.

In short, the ending of this film is wonderful, because through the history of Howard manages to transmit in a magical way related teachings about accepting our destiny and always get the best of each stage of our life, although at first we see everything black , as when a loved one dies. This film teaches us how Howard can heal his pain and thus get to understand his friends and reconnect with them, thus achieving all be in tune with his surroundings and the cosmos.

I love "Orphan Black"!

My favourite series is "Orphan Black", this is an canadian tv series starred for Tatiana Maslany, who impersonate  more than eight characters during the five seasons of the series.

"Orphan Black" tells the story of Sarah Manning who discovers that she is part of a cloning project by finding women physically identical to her. It´s a captivating story, which keeps viewers eager for answers for five seasons, and ends in the best way possible (considering the difficulties of the story).

I discovered this series last semester in Netflix, with my boyfriend we had finished watching "The 100" and in that search for a new series appeared "Orphan Black".

One of the things I like about "Orphan Black" is the performance of Tatiana Maslany, because each clone has different gestures, different accents, and different characteristics, which can be observed thanks to her work.

In addition, I would like to comment that my favorite character is Helena, the most different clone of all, who is a trained killer and at the same time has the heart of a little girl. In fact, most of my favorite scenes from this series are the moments when Helena manages to connect with her "sisters" and enjoy the momento, like the scene it left down here where she sings in her strange ukrainian accent a joyful song in a stressful moment.

The best concert ever

The best concert of my life was a concert of "Los Bunkers" in Curicó. I know that a lot of national band isn´t expected in comparison to massive events of international bands, but this particular concert keeps a special space in my heart.

"Los Bunkers" are a group of Concepción composed of five members, brothers López (voice, guitar and bass), brothers Durán (guitar, voice and keyboard) and drummer Mauricio Basoalto.

Among his best known songs are "Mientele", "Una nube cuelga sobre mí", "Ven Aquí", among others. Of course, I was anxiously waiting to hear all these classics, since this was the first time I saw them live and when I was 17 this group was the best for me.

The concert was done in a very large pub. My dad bought us tickets for me and my best friend Alexander, we arrived early and we were in the front row. When the concert started it was amazing! The game of lights was beautiful, the acoustics excellent and the wonderful musicians, sound identical to the cd's.

Italy: A Country I Would Like to Visit

The country that I would like visit one day is Italy. This is a European country that borders the north with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia (maybe I could continue my travel there) and to the south has large islands in the Mediterranean Sea, such as Sicily, a dream place!

In first place, I would like to travel there because I love the culture of that country. When I was in high school I study the history of ancient Rome and always felt interested in the mythology that was their religion in the past.

I would love go to historic places like the Colosseum in Roma or the Tower of Pisa, and especially I would like visit the canals of Venice to sail in gondola. The last is something that I want since I was a little girl! 

I hope visit Italy for vacations because I want to enjoy the country, so I hope in the future can raise the money to pay this travel to the country who invented the pizza. 

P.S: I think the phrase I occupy most is “Vorrei una pizza per favore”.