Technology: A Useful tool to work in the University.

 

In an era of technology and information, the use of computers and other hardware is so necessary. Computers have a utility for many tasks of different kinds. In the University too. With the technology we do calculates, we write papers, and we can communicate with other partners. Since I study Psychology, the technology has been irreplaceable for all the work that I have to do. This year has not been the exception.

This year, I worked a lot. In each one of my subjects I have to do many investigations and reports. For example, for "Psychodiagnostic on Children and Adolescents" we (with a mate) did a paper about Antisocial Personality Disorder and a report about a patient that we had in the hospital. In the redaction of the paper, we spend a lot a time, reading books and other papers. When you think that you have all the necessary information, finally you can write something. And the report it requires an enormous responsibility, because we work with real people.

For those proposes, Internet is a very necessary tool. In Internet we can find a many papers and investigations, which we need to do a great work. Otherwise, we couldn't access to the information with the velocity that we did. For example, we can read investigations made this year in countries so far like the United States, and other countries around the world. Only Internet gives us that possibility. Internet is too an excellent tool to communicate with other classmates. If we can't work together, we can do from our homes. There is chat software, Messenger, which we use to talk, to discuss, and even to send our works.

To conclude, technology is without exception essential for work in this time. It works like a facilitator. We provide us information and rapid communications. That's why I can't imagine to work without technology right now. All of my work was made with a computer. It becomes a requirement for teachers on the delivery of papers and reports. We can work faster and easier. Probably, in the future the utility of the technology in life of the people keep rising. This rising, I think, it has no limits.

Memories from my Childhood

When our life makes complicated, always we remember early years, when we were kids. In our childhood we live without problems, without preoccupations. It's true that we can't use our freedom, because we depend from our parents, but definitely life was easier than now. I kept good memories from my childhood. When I was kid, my life was so simple. My parents were good to me. I grew up in a little home in Ñuñoa, in a little building of 4 floors. My home was in the first floor. In the neighborhood I made many friends. Always we reunited outside of the buildings and we played soccer and played some pranks.

A good memory from these years was when I was 11 years old. Me and my friend we're truly a gang. One day, we thought in a new Joke to make to the people of neighborhood. When a person walked close the buildings, one of us, ask to that person: What time is it? The innocent answered the question. Afterwards, altogether, watched our wristwatch hided until that moment (each one had one) and we said: Oh let's see! It was so funny! The victim always laughed and we too. Ha Ha Ha. We're just a group of clowns.

Another day, we played with girls "policemen against thieves". The game consisted in a group of us were the policemen and another the thieves. The policemen pursuit the thieves, and whenever a thief was caught, the rest of them must to liberate him. We used the buildings to hide us. The game was enjoyable. When the night was warm, we played at night.

Well, many memories come to my head, when I remembered my childhood. It was a good time. I missed that years, but I don't regret of my life. I learned many lesions from muy life, and one of them is "Always we must to look forward, without forget our story. Many new adventures have to come.

Santiago for tourists

This time I’ll talk about my city, Santiago. Santiago is a big city, the biggest of Chile. It has a lot a people living in his territory. If you are a tourist, there is no doubt, that you find a lot of entertainment in the metropolis. There are many places to visit, museums, parks, hills, pubs, restaurants and discotheques. But, What places do you have to choose? The decision isn’t easy. It depends of what things do you like to do. For that reason I made a list with five places that you should visit. If I put me in your place, one of the places that I should visit is Downtown. Why? Because It has many historic places, with nice and old constructions. It has too, many museums, with different topics. But If you want to go to Downtown, you should go with a Chilean friend, because sometimes it’s a bit dangerous. There are thieves waiting for tourists. Another place to visit is San Cristobal Hill. Sundays is a great day to go. San Cristobal Hill is a beautiful place to jogging or bike riding. In Summer there’s a public pool, a there is the Zoo. In third place we have Bellavista neighborhood. It is a bohemian neighborhood with a lot of pubs and discoteques . In Fourth place, we have Lastarria neighborhood with many places to drink a delicious cup of coffe. There are a theater to view interesting performances and a cinema to watch great movies. In Last place if you want to go to shopping, we have many malls, to buy souvenirs, like Parque Arauco or Apumanque. Well whatever you choose to visit, it will be a good decision.

The Mapuche Conflict

Time to do the homework of English…

Ok, this time I must to talk about the mapuche conflict. I recognize that i don't read too much about the conflict, but i will make an effort to explain some facts about this problem.

One fact that we don't have to forget, this is a historic conflict. It begins in 1990, but so many years ago, Spanish people cheated mapuche people, and they dispose their land. Maybe this is the origin of the problem. In 1990, a group of mapuche communities claims for a restitution of his lands and rights. The rights that they were talking about coming from "Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People". It affirms the right of self-recognition as Indigenous People.

Few Months ago, Mapuche prisoners accused to commit crimes against the private property, starting a Hunger Strike, claiming his right to be judge non for a terrorist crime in a Military process (with an enormous punishment), but a Penal Crime in a Penal process. Finally, after ninety days of strike, the government accepts their demands. They will be judge for a Civilian court. Although their won this fight, the conflict isn’t over. It just the beginning. There are a lot of work to do for the rights of the indigenous people. In South, the police force commit many abuses against mapuche people. They’re violating Human Right, practicing physical and psychological torture. Even so, nobody do anything with these facts. Maybe one day these crimes will be judge.

My Favorite Movie

Welcome back to my blog. In this occasion I'll talk about of one of my favorite movies, "Dark Knight" (Batman). This is a film of Christopher Nolan, a great director, writer and producer.

Well, I want to make it clear that I'm a big fan of Batman. I read a lot of comics of him. Maybe my opinion isn't objective, but the critics support the movie, even an actor, won an Oscar for his role in the picture.

Many are the reasons that made "Dark Night" a successful movie. It has a great atmosphere, great characters, and very good special effects. But, in my opinion, the main reasons are the great story and memorable performances ("The Joker").

The film continues the story of the first part (Batman Begins), with the introduction of The Joker, performed by Heath Ledger, when he was stolen a bank with his gang. In the final part of that scene, he killed all of members of his gang, showing us just a part of the personality of the character.

Well, the movie it's too complex to explain in just a few lines, it's not a classic movie about good versus evil. It goes beyond that. In the film, the evil shows his worst face, because all the bad things that "The Joker" made, it hasn't logic. It prevails totally chaos. A good dialog from Alfred, the butler and friend of Bruce Wayne (Batman) explains this:

Alfred Pennyworth: A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were working for the local government. They were trying to buy the loyalty of tribal leaders by bribing them with precious stones. But their caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a bandit. So we went looking for the stones. But in six months, we never found anyone who traded with him. One day I saw a child playing with a ruby the size of a tangerine. The bandit had been throwing them away.
Bruce Wayne: Then why steal them?
Alfred Pennyworth: Because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn…

To conclude, "Dark Knight" it's an excellent movie, with a great story, but it leaves a strange sensation. If you saw the end of the movie, you'll know about I'm talking about. It's not about a bad sensation, but a gap feeling. That's all for today.

Good Bye.

My experience writing this blog…

Hi guys! This is my last post. It was very nice to write here. But like the good things, this blog is over. And there's the topic of my last post, my experience writing here. Well, like my classmates of the English course, we have the obligation to create a blog. In spite of that, I think that many of them enjoyed writing about different topics. At least it is my case. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I enjoyed doing this blog.

Why? I do not know very well, but I think it is for the reason, after a hard week, this blog helps to relax me, writing about pleasant topics. The classmate wrote about sports, music, hobbies and many other things. In my case I love to write about music and sports. I don't know if that helps me to improve my English. I think I have a good base before the course. Perhaps it helps me to write fluently. But it is just practice. Yes, it's that requires to dedicate a considerable time, but it wasn't terrible. One hour per week, it wasn't very much. It wasn't a waste of time either.

In my opinion the advantage of write a blog is precisely writing fluently. It requires a lot of improvisation. As well, I try to "think in English". It's not the same to talk in English (it requires more practice and abilities to improvisation and think fast), but similar. I recognize that talk in English is harder than write, but write well, it is the first step to talk. And what's the disadvantage? He he. I'll be sincere. Come to classes on Fridays at 2:30 until 6:00, it wasn't very enjoyable. I prefer to spend my time talking friends or prepare me to going to a party. But It's the only disadvantage.

I hope that you enjoy to reading the blog, as I enjoy to writing.

Good Bye!

 

 

 

 

 

My favorite Sport

Hello boys and girls! This time I'll talk about Basketball, my favorite sport.

Well, Basketball is a sport that it plays with the hands and a ball. The game consist of two teams of five players each one. The objective of the team is put the ball in the hoop of the team antagonist. If you throw the ball from inside of the half circle you score two points. If you throw the ball outside the half circle, you score three points. Each player must bounce the ball to advance on the court. You can only give two footsteps without bouncing. The sport requires technique for throw, pass the ball, dribbling and jump. It's a sport of contact. It needs a lot of practice, to manage the ball and play as a team. The time of the match is divided on four periods. The time is variable; it depends of the rules of the tournament. In National Basketball Association, the most famous league of the world, periods are during twelve minutes. The team with more points at the end of the fourth period wins the match.

I practice basketball since I was a little kid. I started at age of eight years. In my school period, I trained three-four times a week. I loved it. But in my last year in the school, I had a seriously injury on my knee. It was terrible for me. It required an operation to repair the damage of the ligament and six mouths of recovery. I tried to get back to the Basketball in my first year of the University, but again my knee suffered a new injury. Since that time I didn't train Basketball anymore. It was very sad. But the live continues...