English language challenges

Today I'm going to talk about my experience learning English at university. I think English is a very important language and a tool very useful for convivence in another countries. English is one of the most used language of the world and many people use it to communicate even in countries that English is not the principal language. 

My experience learning English, specifically in the university... I think it was a great experience because I extended my vocabulary and learned more words to use in the sentences. Use blog for that was a great manner of learn new words, and I always found interesting the themes that we had to wrote. However, I think it is not enough classes for someone who want to speak english in the real life, like have a real conversation with other people, I mean. It is also important this language because it opens the doors to many job opportunities, specially if we are studying something related with science, health, investigation, etc. In fact, the last semester we have a subject called '' Investigación para las Ciencias Farmacéuticas '', and we had to read many science papers about the investigation of diseases, pharmaceutic investigation, medicaments, etc... all in english. There was many students that were uncomfortable with this subject because not everyone knew english very well and to this we must add the technicalities that we had to understand and put in the right context. 

What regards me, I have to improve my pronunciation and continue extending my vocabulary. But I think spending money in English institutes or particular classes it is a waste of time and money. Like professor said, English is in everywhere; In the movies, books, series, etc. And If I want to travel someday to a different countrie I think I'm going to improvise, or something like that. People usually learn languages talking and staying in another countries, like survivence. 

I don't use English daily, so, If I take a course of English, Is it going to be useful? I will probably forget it, because of lack of practice. I only use English for read some things of Physiology or watching series, because I like seeing series with the original audio and English subtitles. 

Changes to my study programme

Hi, in this blog I have to talk about the things that I would like to change in my study programme.
I'm in the second year of Chemistry and Pharmacy and it is difficult to be part of the first generation that has the new curriculum.

The first thing that comes to mind is to reduce the numer of subjects per semester, this causes most students to collapse and do not understand the contents well. There is no time to study so many things if you want to learn well. Also, everyone has a different rhythm for study. Instead of studying so many subjects in a semester, it would be better to give emphasis to a few.  How could we achieve this? By eliminating ''filling'' subjects, these are, branches that in the long run are useless and are forgotten. This is not a crazy idea, in fact in many European countries, even  in Latin America last less than 4-5 years!

Each faculty should have good infrastructure and tools alike. It should no matter from which university you leave. Many times the infrastructure and the lack of tools in the university affect learning. There are universities that have very small libraries, computers that are practically useless. It is not possible that students should look for other spaces outside the faculty to study.

There should be more seminars to learn and practice than so many exposure classes that sometime do not work, because teachers read the same slides they show. There are many things to change.

Summer Holidays

Hi, today I'm going to talk about the plans that I have to this summer holidays. I usually travel to many places in the summer, mostly to the south of Chile and lately to the north of Chile, because my sister lives there. Every year I save money to travel, I usually make a plan of what I'm going to do all the summer. However, this year I forward my plans in winter break. I spent all the money that I saved traveling. Therefore, I think I'm going to do something different and I'm going to work and save money for another trip for the next year. Maybe, make shorts and economical trips, like go to the beach, spent a few days or weekend out of Santiago. 

I think I'm going to visit the nearest places of Santiago that I haven't visited before, like Embalse El Yeso, Portillo, Valle Nevado, Monumento Natural el Morado, etc. Maybe I'm going to visit again Valparaíso, or El Tabo. 

My parents don't like travel too much in vacations, they go usually to El Tabo, because my grandmother has a little house there. But without friends or my sister is boring. I would like to visit places with my cousins, friends or my brothers and nephews. 

If I visit this places, I thing I'm going to make a tour, walk, read and take a lot of pictures with my camera. It's going to be a relaxing and simple vacation. 

PETS

Hello everyone, today I'm going to talk about my pet, her name is Isa, but my family and I call her ''Nini'' (that's a long history)

Nini is a poodle and arrived to my house in 2004, she was a gift for my sister's birthday, but she left the house and Nini stayed with the rest of us. Now she is thirteen years old, so I call her ''abuela'' (with love) because she really seems like a grandmother, walking low and grumble of everything jajaj. She is like my sister, she accompany me when I'm sick, sad, alone in the house. Nini also is like a human, because she understand everything that we talk, she understand when we are mad at her and when she does something wrong.

When she was a little puppy, I was ten years old and I used to play and run with her everyday.

Sometimes I realize that Nini is very old, because she don't run anymore and sleep mostly part of the day, she seems really tired. That make me feel sad because my life without her would be boring, and I think she is unique and irreplaceable.

She makes me laugh, because when is cold she is always next to the stove and fall sleep jajaja

Whereas she is old and cries about everything (she doesn't like staying alone at home) I still love her, because she is part of the family and is very faithful with me and my parents.

Dogs are beatiful beings that deserve much love.

Here's a photo that I took today, Nini stayed by my side all  the day because I'm sick at home:

Postgraduate studies

I have never thought about a post graduate studies, at this moment I prefer think about my undergraduate studies and maybe my next step would be a post graduate studies or expend time to win experience.

Currently, if you course a career in the university, you must do postgraduate studies for many reasons, like have a better salary or a good position in your next job and that situation is not very comfortable because when the people have his professional degree, they begin immediately their postgraduate studies, and with this, the country don't have many people working and winning experience. Then when you postulate for a job, you need experience and a Master's or a Ph D, and it requires a lot of time.

I don't know what to do at the moment but if i have to do a Master's or a Ph D I would prefer something related with Pharmacy, like pharmacology, and I would prefer do that in Chile to know the problematic in my country, with this I can help more than if a study outside of the country. I could learn about the problematic in Chile with the medicines, for example in the AUGE system. To win experience i would like to do a part- time courses and work the rest of the time because in Chile, for a job, the most important thing are the years of experience.

My future job

If I finish my career, Pharmacy, I expect a job related with Chemistry or Pharmacy to apply all the things learned in my years at the university, I don't want an administrative job or a office job because it is too boring for me and a laboratory is not a place for me, I hate the routine, I prefer a job more changing, less static, more interactive and more close with the people, maybe in a hospital or another center of health.

If a have the opportunity to travel for study or to generate more experience in my area, I would prefer a long time travel, in many different places to search and learn all the good advances around my career over the world and implement them in the country

I don't think to much in the money, I prefer do the things if I want, the money is a motivation but not a big one. If I have the money for have a good life i would be happy, and if i have a nice job with a good salary I would be very happy. If the people doesn't have complications with the money for have a good life, they would be more productive. We have many to work for a better place to live and the people have much to learn about their duties and rights