Friday, June 26, 2009
First of all, I have to say that writing in a blog was a very interesting experience because it was my first time doing it. Honestly, I did not think of having a blog before not even in Spanish, but I enjoyed the experience because I love writing. Actually, I used to write very often in my free time, but as you know the busy routine as student does not help me to do it every day. Nowadays, I do not have time to write. Besides, I never thought that I would write or show my life in a website because my writings are totally personal. I never thought of writing for someone else besides me.
But as I said before it was a good experience because it is good to do things that go beyond of our very well prepared schedule and, at the same time, that allow us to express our beliefs and ideas through words. Some people can say that a blog is useful to express ourselves, but I would say that it is a combination of using the appropriate writing skills and the use of personal experiences. However, if I had to make some criticism of this activity, I have to say that sometimes I got kind of bored of writing about the same things. I mean, at the beginning, the subjects were more interesting because we had to talk about our very own lives, but in the end the subjects were very similar. I definitely liked the first ones because they were useful to think of things different from our scholar shores helping me to forget for some time of my daily routine.
Concerning to the benefits of blogging in English, I have to say that it was really useful because we are not used to express ourselves in a different language, especially using keywords and phrases that totally represent the idea of what we are saying. It was hard for me because I had forgotten how to write in English, or maybe I did not have the enough skills for doing this; but it is very advantageous to go through this experience. I just need to keep practicing.
But as I said before it was a good experience because it is good to do things that go beyond of our very well prepared schedule and, at the same time, that allow us to express our beliefs and ideas through words. Some people can say that a blog is useful to express ourselves, but I would say that it is a combination of using the appropriate writing skills and the use of personal experiences. However, if I had to make some criticism of this activity, I have to say that sometimes I got kind of bored of writing about the same things. I mean, at the beginning, the subjects were more interesting because we had to talk about our very own lives, but in the end the subjects were very similar. I definitely liked the first ones because they were useful to think of things different from our scholar shores helping me to forget for some time of my daily routine.
Concerning to the benefits of blogging in English, I have to say that it was really useful because we are not used to express ourselves in a different language, especially using keywords and phrases that totally represent the idea of what we are saying. It was hard for me because I had forgotten how to write in English, or maybe I did not have the enough skills for doing this; but it is very advantageous to go through this experience. I just need to keep practicing.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
I think that Sir Ken Robinson has exposed an interesting subject by speaking of the different educational systems existing as well as of the requirements of today’s society focusing especially in the reinforcement of the academicals capacities.
We don't think about this subject very often; in addition, if we compare our Chilean educational system with the other Latin-American countries, it's quite obvious that it has decreased its quality over the last years. Thus, if we think about the issue of loosing creativity according to the standards imposed by today’s reality through our educational institutions, it seems to be that the solution for that problem has not been found yet.
It's true that children have a wonderful creativity considering that at that age imagination can lead us to worlds without bordering where we can do whatever we want. In my opinion, creativity has to be encouraged at any age. But seems to be that real life cuts our wings and it does not let us develop us as talented people. When I say talented people I mean innovative persons able to solve any problem that they could face in the future. Nonetheless, we know that our traditional education is in crisis because of the wide difference between public and private schools, and thinking of a possibility of having an alternative educational system where the main point is the development of artistic abilities is a total utopia. A utopia because it might require a deep change in our society; what I think involves the acceptance of innovative or creative people as the starting point. But honestly, we are so used to everything in the way that we already know it, that doing such a change would be impossible. We are immerse in a vicious circle...
We don't think about this subject very often; in addition, if we compare our Chilean educational system with the other Latin-American countries, it's quite obvious that it has decreased its quality over the last years. Thus, if we think about the issue of loosing creativity according to the standards imposed by today’s reality through our educational institutions, it seems to be that the solution for that problem has not been found yet.
It's true that children have a wonderful creativity considering that at that age imagination can lead us to worlds without bordering where we can do whatever we want. In my opinion, creativity has to be encouraged at any age. But seems to be that real life cuts our wings and it does not let us develop us as talented people. When I say talented people I mean innovative persons able to solve any problem that they could face in the future. Nonetheless, we know that our traditional education is in crisis because of the wide difference between public and private schools, and thinking of a possibility of having an alternative educational system where the main point is the development of artistic abilities is a total utopia. A utopia because it might require a deep change in our society; what I think involves the acceptance of innovative or creative people as the starting point. But honestly, we are so used to everything in the way that we already know it, that doing such a change would be impossible. We are immerse in a vicious circle...
Friday, June 19, 2009
Actually, if I had to choose my favorite subject of this term, I would have to think which one is the most entertaining in terms of getting up everyday totally excited and anxious for having that class, but I cannot think of one subject that fulfills that characteristic. Honestly, in this semester I have not found subjects that exceed my expectations; even though, there are some classes that are very interesting and useful for my personal development. First, I have to mention “Qualitative Methods III”, a methodology class, because this class is totally necessary to understand and increase the amount of useful tools that are implied in the anthropologists` perform; maybe that is the reason that I like it. Then, despite the fact I have already mentioned a subject; it does not mean that it was my favorite. My favorite class is “Anthropology of the Development” taught by professor Mario Radrigán; in addition, this is the class I like the most because it involves issues concerning to social development, which is the filed of study that I like. This class involves other things like economical and cultural changes of today’s society in order to overcome poverty. Finally and summing up, both subjects are a very important element of our program because they allow us to appreciate complex phenomenon of our society and, at the same time, we can get familiar or more aware of those people that are the center of our studies.
Friday, June 12, 2009
I think that most of use would like to find one day a job related to one of the areas of our study career. This is related to the fact of deciding what you wanna do for the rest of your life, I meen choosing the career that totally represents our desires for our future; at the same time, it's clear that we will have to consider "money" fact when we make this decision. In Anthropology, I see a dream job considering that you can travels abroad meeting differents cultures, ideals, experiences, etc., and at the same time, trying to introduce ourselves within these cultures in order become a new member of that native place. However, I would say that ideal is a kind of a utopian drem considering that finally it may become an eternal exotic journey. I think that everyone can dream of trabeling abroad; nevertheless, I feel that a job concerning to our career has to go beyond a trip around the world; I consider that we must make a contribution to society whether if we do it in our native country or in any other one. I believe that we have to help humankind to develop a bigger understanding of reality and, at the same time, contribute to decrease social inequalities. Maybe, I would not have the resources to find a solution o that problem, but at least I think I have a useful tool for that purpose, which is to value other's people perspectives. I mean to put myself in someone else's shoes in order to see life from their points of view creating a commitment with them. I must recognize that many occasions I have felt shocked by other people's pain, but it's not enough to stay immobile to that pain; in fact, it's necessary to make something to change that. However, in this last point remains the difficulty of this job, there are not too many people willing to recognize and get someone else's problems as owns, but if we do no do it, could we say that we have done any contribution to social sciences?
Friday, June 05, 2009
First of all, it's hard to think or imagine my future life or even figure out what I'm going to do in five years from now. Nowadays, I'm studying at University and I have one more year to graduate, but if I start thinking about that idea, I'm sure that I'm going to do as much things as I can for my future life.
I would like to take a postgraduate course after graduating, but I'm sure that probably I will have to get a job first in order to get some money because postgraduate programs are too expensive in our country. So, I think I'm going to find good job in which I could earn enough money to pay the program. Regarding to this idea, I would love to go to study my postgraduate course in Mexico, because there is the seat of Latin American Universities of social development studies because that is the field of study that interests me the most. In adittion, I would like to work on that area in the future. Also, I would like to rent an apartment and live alone, I mean all by myself without any help from my family. Other dream I would like to become a reality is to travel to different latin american countries to meet different realities and learn from each one them.
At last, concerning to my personal life in a few years, I think it will not be too different from now. I don't consider the idea that in five years I will be married or with babies, because that is something that is not part of my short term life plan. Besides, I consider that in five years' time my priorities are not going to be really different and I will still considering myself too young for such responsibilities. I'm sure I'm going to postpone them maybe for ten years from now.
I would like to take a postgraduate course after graduating, but I'm sure that probably I will have to get a job first in order to get some money because postgraduate programs are too expensive in our country. So, I think I'm going to find good job in which I could earn enough money to pay the program. Regarding to this idea, I would love to go to study my postgraduate course in Mexico, because there is the seat of Latin American Universities of social development studies because that is the field of study that interests me the most. In adittion, I would like to work on that area in the future. Also, I would like to rent an apartment and live alone, I mean all by myself without any help from my family. Other dream I would like to become a reality is to travel to different latin american countries to meet different realities and learn from each one them.
At last, concerning to my personal life in a few years, I think it will not be too different from now. I don't consider the idea that in five years I will be married or with babies, because that is something that is not part of my short term life plan. Besides, I consider that in five years' time my priorities are not going to be really different and I will still considering myself too young for such responsibilities. I'm sure I'm going to postpone them maybe for ten years from now.
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