it's time to say goodbye/ about my english experience

Idioms are very important in our age, because we constantly are reading a lot of things, movies, posters, information of any kind. So I think languages are very necessary to live, understand, and communicate with other people in other places or in other conditions. About this, I think the most important idiom that everyone must know and learn is english. In the same way, English it’s very important to the student’s life. Why? Because we need to read different papers and books that sometimes are in English, and sometimes we are not prepared to read it. For that reason, in our faculty teach us English.

The English programme consists in four levels, where we were separate by a test that we did in the beginning of the first year of psychology. If we pass the four levels we can get a “pre-intermediate” certificate.

Talking about me, the level where I started to learn english in the university was “english II”. I was very frustrated when I saw the results of the test, because I thought that I’m going to be in the third level. I think my frustration was because I was in an english’s institute for three years. I decided to study english because I really like that idiom, so I asked to my mother to register me in the institute. My mother didn’t like the idea in the beginning, because in that year I was in other school, so she was concerned about my marks. But I insisted and she accepted.

Well. So I think I hated second level for that reason, furthermore, I really knew everything that we “learn” in that course. But, well, life is full of that kind of moments, I think.... Others english levels were ok, I liked the teachers and I had fun with my friends. Well, I learn a lot of things too, and I remembered a lot of things that I forgot.

In conclution, I think my expercience with the english course of the university, in general, was very well. I learned a lot of things, I really had good moments, specially in blog time, because I loved a lot to do this activity, because I think it is very usefull to practice the things we learn in class. Furthermore, specially in four level, I enjoyed a lot blog time, because I liked when my classmates listened to differents songs, because new computers has speakers 83 . I liked blog activity because I can play facebook’s games too. Yes, I admited it, I played games in class. So what?

Well, I think I’m going to miss english.

See yaaa!!

challenges to face

I think psychology is facing some challenges since the career was created, because its objectives are so changeable and sometimes are much undefined. Actually, and talking about my experience in this career and in this faculty, I think my discipline need improve some specials things about for example education.

In education area, I think this career need best teachers… something like have real teachers of psychology. Researchers are so cool and I know they know a lot, but they are so cool investigating, but sometimes they are not good teachers. Maybe the topic of today doesn’t want me to talk about this kind of challenges, but I think if we have to be good professionals in the future, or if we want to contribute in some areas investigating or creating new perspectives, we need to have a good base, and for that we need a good and a specialized education.

Talking more about education I think psychology has another important challenge. I think our discipline has to contribute to the education of children since they’re kids. Why? Because if psychology helps teachers or school’s personnel, I think we as psychologists can make more efficient or dedicated children, we can help them to develop its personality in a best way.

Talking about social matters and technology I think our discipline need to improve and created more places to treat people, because there are some hospitals that treat psychological problems but the conditions are very poor. I think if we want to do more professionals things we need to have the places to do it, nor a room or even worse room in poor or subhuman conditions.

To resolve this challenges I think psychology need more disposition, because for example to improve education or maybe labor conditions, psychologist need to have more time to waste helping people. On the other hand, our discipline needs more monetary contribution, because, even if some people want to build new hospitals or clinics, if they don’t have money, they can’t do anything.

For that reason, I think psychology can have many challenges to face or many things to do, but if our discipline doesn’t have the necessary contributions, nothing of our dreams never comes true.

The end.

things I love to do!!

People say students don’t have time to fun when they are in classes. But that it’s not true. Why? Because I saw people of my faculty every Friday staying at university, but that people don’t stay here to study, they stay to have fun.

In my case, I think I always have time to do things that I love to do. I have to admit that sometimes I neglect my university’s activities, but I’m not sorry for that at all, because I think that if I only make university things I’m going to be like a robot or someone without life. The activities that I always do and these who I enjoy the most are:

Be online: I love internet, I think it’s really essential in my life, so always, everyday in the night, I’m in the computer using messenger and visiting my favorite websites. A website that I love to see, and I’m not getting tired never to see it, its BJD’s sites. BJD are Koreans dolls make of resin. Using messenger is other thing that I love to do, because I can speak with my friends and more specially I can talk with my boyfriend *-*

Listen to music: I think this is a so common activity but I really love to do it. I think music help me to be more quiet and in peace with myself when I get angry or when I sad. Music also helps to be more active when I’m sleepy or makes me happier when I already am in a good way. I listen to music every time I can do it; because it always helps me to everything… it’s like a partner I’m always going to have.

Make crafts: I loooooooooooove to do manual crafts. Crafts it’s my favorite activity to do because I really have fun when I do it. I make some like Japanese stuff, something like cute things, like pins, plushies, flowers, gifts to my friends, some thematic stuff, like gifts to mother’s day, Halloween, Christmas, etc. I do accessories for my cosplay too. Well I have to admit that I’m totally otaku but I like it.

Well that’s all
See you!

The current situation of my faculty is not the best that we’d like to have, but it’s not the worse faculty either. We have a lot of things that we need and we use every day, such as a computer’s room (with a lot of new and good computers), cafetería, library, photocopiers, etc.

However, a psychology’s faculty needs a lot of things more than the things that we have. For example, a neuroscience laboratory, because we only have theoretical classes and we can’t know the instruments or the real use of some structures and machines. We need a study rooms too, because – I don’t know why – but the people in this faculty are very noisy, so I think that when we want to be calm and in silence to study or read, we don’t have where to do it (I go to the faculty of arts to study alone and in peace).

The first step, I think, could be the “study room” because I think it’s easier to construct and doesn’t require a big amount of money to do it. The benefit of this room is that people might have, for the first time, a place to study quietly, without the voice and conversations of other students can stress and make you angry.

Other facilities this faculty needs can be the next ones: a “real” library, because we have one that doesn’t have the necessary books. Another thing it’s about the need of the improvement of the size of some rooms, because the rooms of other careers are really really bad, considering the number of students per room.

However, I like this faculty a lot!

World mental health day!

I chose the article about the international mental health day, because in this new appears the story of a man who has an schizo-affected disorder, he told his story and tried to express people the importance of choose the rigth way in the mental illness' context.

October 10 is the date of the world mental health day. In this day, people from every part of the world fight to raise awareness and to try to get the necesary funds to help people with mental illness.

In this article appears the story of Andrew Smith, a guy who is 28 and who has a lot of complications because of his disorder. He has mental problems since he was a boy. When he was 8 he has depression and his mother was so borried about him because he was so differents to the others boys.

When he was 20 and his life was a mess because he used drugs, he finally admited to his mother that he heard voices and he was afraid for that. He thinks that the reason of his disorder is the genes of his natural mother (because he was adopted), because she had very seriously mental illness. He was diagnosed when he was 23, and the told to the newspaper that his life wasn't simple and easy, because people moved away from he, because his disorder. Even friends or people who he had a relation leave him alone.

However, he tells to everyone to go to the doctor if someone has some king of symptoms and he is very happy for the posibility to tell his story.

I think that is so difficult to choose only one favorite food, because I like a lot of different dishes! Everyone with its special flavor that makes me love to eat it! However if I have to choose only one I think it could be the “Chinese food”.

Chinese food is the best in the world for me to eat. I think that it’s so special and prepared, and the ingredients and the flavor make this food so good for me. My favorite dish is: “carne mongoliana”. I like this dish because I love meat and I think the special flavor that this dish has is so nice to taste and eat. Like I said before, I like the flavor of the meat, but I like the vegetables flavor too. I think the mix of these two ingredients makes this dish be perfect.

Even I like this dish a lot; I really don’t have any idea to how this food is prepared xD! I know how to cook food to survive and I know I’m never going to die for hungry. But, I don’t know how to cook food more detailed. For this reason, I never cook specials dish for anyone, but I cook simple food for my boyfriend when we eat in his home and we’re alone.
The best food to combine “carne Mongoliana” for me is: “arroz chaufan”. I think this is the typical Chinese food that everyone eats and knows, but I really believe that is perfect! I like the flavor, the consistency, the smell, everything. I think this dish is perfect to share with friends in the night or in a special meeting.

Well I think that this dish likes to a big number of people, hope you like it too!!!

If some tourist come to Chile and ask me about the places he/she must visit, I think I can tell you about some places I like to go alot. These places are:

1.-“Parque de las esculturas”: this park is ubicated in Providencia, and was built between 1986 and 1988. This park was built because the municipality wants to make a place to art after the Mapocho River’s flood. In this place some musicians made their shows too. So I think it’s a very complete place.

2.-“museo Nacional de Bellas artes”: I think this place its so special for our country and every tourist who come Must visit it. This place has the mission to contribute to the art’s practices. I can’t tell too much about this place, because its name tells everything.
3.-“La moneda”: I think this place doesn’t need an introduction, but here I go: La moneda it’s our government palace.

4. - “Barrio Paris-Londres”: I think this place its very wonderful because it’s so beautiful and historical. This place is in the center of Santiago and some of its features is the European Architectural style.

5. - The last place that a tourist can visit in Santiago is: “Valle Nevado”. This is a ski resort that is located sixty kilometers from the airport, when you can enjoy the snow and make surf.

Well, I hope you like these places.
See ya!