A country I would like to visit

A country I would like to visit
I would like to go to many different places, especially, I would like to visit different countries in Europe. My favorite countries to go are Italy, England, France, Greece, Egypt and India. I have never traveled to these places but I would like to visit them because they are beautiful countries, with rich cultures, with many touristic places, with another kind of people, with many different traditions and life styles. If you ask me, the most interesting place to visit is Greece, because I have read very much about its history and it has been one of the greatest countries in the universal history. The Greek developed science, politics, art, philosophy and other important aspects of our civilization. For these reasons I would like to visit Greece, the only problem is that this country is very expensive and I need to save a lot of money to go there. In the academic aspect, I would like to go to U.S.A to study a specialization into the Experimental Psychology, but again, I need to save too much money and to work for many years in my career before doing so. It would be perfect if my boyfriend could go with me and if I had plenty of money I would travel to every country in the world.

First Term...

Hello!

My experience during the first term of 2009 was good. In general, I can say that I learnt very much during the first term, however, sometimes it was hard. There were many positive things. In relation to the academic aspect, I learnt very much with every subject and my academic results were good. Personally, I can say that I grew up very much due to the academic load, because I took up an extra subject which was very difficult and it really was a challenge to me. It was hard because sometimes I didn’t have time for anything and this extra subject demanded two hours daily to me, which I could have used to do many other things. The only negative point was the academic load, even due to the extra subject I had only one week of vacation. In the free time I participated in a theater workshop which was very funny, also, I did sport and I enjoyed doing several activities with my boyfriend and my family. The challenges I had to face were mainly the pressure of the University and the distance with my family, however, I could face very well both challenges, it especially thanks to my boyfriend. In general, my experience during the first term was good and the negative points were useful and made me a better person.

Hello! I am going to talk about my blogging experience. How my blogging experience has been? It has really been a very interesting experience. I think that the most important of my experience is to have learned very much. Blog is a great tool to learn different language; I have improved the grammar, the coherence and the vocabulary when I write in English thank to the blog. In general, I have improved very much since I began to write in the blog until now. I believe that the blog is a good tool to work in anyone subject, it is dynamic, I can to be connected with other classmates and the evaluations are done quickly. This kind of evaluation was entertained to me; it was original and it promoted my creativity. Also, the topics treated were current and very interesting. One of most interesting topics to me was the Conference of Ken Robinson about the education and creativity. I think that all the subjects should to review these kinds of topics, as student of Psychology we should be informed about them to promote social changes. I think that blogging in the English class was very useful. Also, an important advantage of blogging experience is that it wasn’t the only activity of the subject; it was complemented with other activities that contribute to increase our knowledge. They were the quizzes, the presentation, the listening and the oral interaction; all of them developed our written skill and our oral skill. These skills are very important to our life and to our future job. If I want to travel around the world I need these skills. If I want to study in another country I need to know English. Also, we need to know English to work in anyone job. My experience with this subject has really been useful. I hope to continue learning very much in the next level.

Hello, today I am going to talk about my ideal job. I don’t know exactly what my ideal job would be; however, I know that I would like to work with children and teenagers. I always have wanted to help to children in social risk, who don’t have had the same opportunities than many of us. Usually, their families are disintegrated and their social context is bad. I think that through the Educational Psychology and the Social Psychology I could contribute to solve this problem. Some places to work are children’s homes, drug treatment centers, and schools. Another option is to work in Clinical Psychology helping to children and teenagers in my consult. The skills and qualities that I need are patient, creativity, charisma, imagination, empathy, tolerance; forget the prejudices, and others. I think that I have some of these skills, especially, I have good connection with children and I have creativity to play with them. I think that the most important quality is to have the motivation to help them. The main difficult that I could find is to get a job in this field, because, it isn’t a required field by the market like Labor Psychology. Also, probably I am going to have to get another job parallel because the salary in this kind of job is low.

Ken Robinson

Hello, today I am going to talk about the conference of Ken Robinson. Essentially he talks about the creativity and how the education limits it. Everyone is creative; however, the school promotes the formation of rational individuals, giving more importance to the development of the intellect than the development of the creativity. The education should have to consider other subjects different than mathematics and languages like music, art, dance, and others, that let the rational and creative development of the people. The ideas of Robinson are very connected with the state of the Chilean education, which also is focussed to form people according with the capitalism system, giving preference to the rational subjects and rational careers. The people are formed to produce to the market and the education contributes to the reproduction of the inequalities that the capitalism generates. Creativity is a very important tool because it let us be holistic people and it let us see the life from an original perspective.

Hello! Today I am going to talk about my favourite subject. We have had many interesting subjects this semester. I like all them!! But my favourite subject this semester has been Educational Psychology…it has been taught by the Miss Paulina Castro and the teacher Jesus Redondo. I like them for many reasons. First, I would like to work with children in the future and the Educational Psychology is directly in contact with them. Also, I am very interested in social problems like poverty, children in social risk, delinquency and others, which are in relation with the work of educational psychologist, especially, in the public schools. The education is a very important problem which involves everyone. In general, I have learned very much this semester. All subjects have had a practical orientation that shows us how we can apply our knowledge to the reality. Also, all these subjects are in relation with the specializations that we will have to study the next semester. It is very good!

My future...

Hello, I am going to talk about my future…Uf!! I want to do many things in my future!, but I don’t know if I will achieve to do all these things. In five years from now I hope to be working in my career. I don’t know specifically in what area, because there are many fields that I love. I like the Clinical Psychology (I would like to work doing cognitive behavioral therapies); I like the Legal Psychology (I would like to work with victims) and I like the Social Psychology (I would like to work with poor children). Also, I want to do researches in Experimental Psychology. Then, I would like to study Theatre or a specialization of my career. I hope to work in these two careers at the same time. I want to live some years in Santiago and then I hope go to live to the South of Chile, both things with my boyfriend. Ideally, in ten years from now I would like to travel to many places with my boyfriend. I would like to continue sharing with him and my family. Essentially, I hope to continue being happy everyday… 