English Language Challenges

We live in times in which our English level depends a lot. “English opens doors”, as they say, but it is true. Now for any job your level of English is very important. Globalization has allowed a cultural exchange, and not just business. And it is our priority adapt us to the change. For the profession that I want, it is important to know English, even more if one has plans in another country, like me. Being scientists, we should be happy of make research abroad. Also, we will have to live with others, and English it is considered on of the most important languages in the world.

Learning English at the university was a surprise, I thought that you should take the course if you wanted, not that is obligation to take the curse. But anyway, it is okay, I enjoyed our classes.

I think that introducing English into blogs, it´s a dynamic way to practice English, although it is a different way of teaching, I find it quite entertaining, however their ways times in which the blog´s theme way boring. Anyway, blogs allowed me to get to know more

of my classmates, their pastimes and their way of thinking.

Maybe we can improve English thought include new teachings, I think we still using the old ways to teach and that makes that not everyone learns, we have different ways of learn and sometimes it is necessary get to consider that, to make achieve a good learning.

Well, we use English every day, English it not only present in a class, it´s in every moment. In our social networks, our song, movies, everything. So, we use English for all.

Changes to My Study Programme

Its a very difficult theme to writte aboaut, because right now i am in the firt year of my carrer and well, how i can discuss all the study programme that the academic have done. In fact the study programme of my carrer (Chemistry) was modificated just two years ago! That is such a short period time. I don´t know the different between the old study programme and the new one. I´ve heard students of anothers years and they say that the new programme is a bit more easy tan the last one. That now there are certain courses that are very different to how they have it, that changes even the name of the course.

I really don´t know enought about what i would change, maybe this question should be asked to the students that are in their fourth, fifth or sixth year. Or maybe to those who have already graduate, they can do more than me.

But, as i have to writte something about changes to my programme, I am going to writte a few things. Well, i think that instead of having too much Maths and courses that doesn´t serve at all like “Introduction to Chemestry Profession”; I known that with that name sounds like a very important course. But actually we don´t do nothing more that attending to lectures. And it is too boring, in fact we have five hours of this course and it is horrible to support all the lectures without fall asleep. In adittion, some lectures are from chemistry professionals and the speechs that they gave are very interesting, but we don´t understand all.

In my Opinion....

What´s your opinion about legalization of abortion in the 3 cases?

In my opinion, i think that every women should have the option to choose what is best for her. I know that there is many people who think, that womens are not responsible. That they should think of their actions, before get pregnant. But, why another person can decide for me? It´s my body. They are not going to take care of the baby and neither care about his expenses, so, just let that every women takes her own choose.

 What´s your opinion about having a exotic pet at home?

Well, of course that there are a lot of exotic animals that are impressives and beautiful. But, it´s terrible the idea of taking out an animal of its hábitat only on a whim. The need for superiority, using the money to buy life. Animals are born to be free, and the human steals that.

What´s your opinion about women in the military?

In my opinion, women have the same option as a men to joint the military, we are able to many things, and being in the military is not different at all. All this years the rank of a women is very limited. Actually in the Marine a woman can´t not choose the position of soldier troop, that is injustice. We must change the way how we see a woman.

What´s your opinion about Inmigration?

Inmigration is a very current topic now in our country, and all around the world. Every contry has its policies on inmigration. But here in Chile, i think that inmigration it´s out of control. Now it´s impossible go out without seeing an outlander moving around. Chile now is full of Haitians, Peruvians, Bolivians and Colombians. And i´m not discriminating, but we need to take majors.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Mental Disorders are conditions that affect your thinking, fellings, or even your behavior. Such features may be persistent or occur as a single episode. Here I am going to write about, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder or (OCD).  

This mental disorder is an anxiety one, therefore is characterized by being associated to feelings of fear and distress. It is a chronic and a long- lasting disorder in which the person has reoccurring unwanted thoughts, or ideas, that make him feels the urge to repeat over and over.

The thoughts that a person may have, produce that the person make certain rituals or compulsive actions to reduce the anxiety and feling better.

There is not a exact cause to know how this disorder is produced, but normally the factors that may influence, are head injuries, infections and abnormal functions in certain areas of the brain.

Sometimes your genes are responsable for them. Parents and Teachers often recognize symptoms of OCD in childs. And most of the people receive a diagnosis at 19 or 20, but there are people with OCD that don´t have symptoms until 30.

A Person could live his entire life with this disfunction without feeling any problem, but there cases when the quality of life starts to diminish. One of the most common effects may be the social isolation making that the person leave his job and relationships.

This disorder can be treated with especial therapy to understand how the disorder was produced.

Post Graduate Studies

It´s true, We live in times of change and progress, and is important to take into account that our studies are subject too. Of course, everything i want right now is to ending my career, without problems and being excellent in what i chose to become a good chemist. It is challenge, a difficult one, but i want to take the risks.

After finishing my career, i am considering to  make a post- graduate courses, I have many reasons to take a post-grade course, one of them, is that this postgraduate will bring me to my dream job, which is becoming a Forensic Scientist. I would like to study subjects like Criminalistics, Ballistics, Psycohological Behaviour, Chemical Methods, and a lot of things like that.

The bad thigs is that the Ph D i want to take is not here in this country. So i´m planning to find that Ph D in any university abroad. Maybe United States Canada, Mexico, or even in a country of Europe, like Germany.

I woudn´t like to study by internet or distance learning. I believe that it´s important to have a good learning, that means a presential course. In courses like this you can make friends, and of course, ask to the teacher questions you may have, and in this kind of Ph D, it is likely that one can perform experiments in a lab and if you make a online course, you don´t make any of those things.
Is a long way to go, but i hope to achieve what i want.

 

Thinking of my future is very difficult, it seems like something too far away. And well, i choose this career because i always wanted to be Forensic Scientist. That would be my perfect job. Just analize crime scenes, for me looks ideal. I wanted that job since i watched Tv shows like CSI, years ago, when I was a child. And then I realized that in a job like this i can mix the thing i like, chemistry and investigation.

In a job like this, i would work indoor and outdoor, so that´s amazing because, i wil have different places to go and analyze. And i hope traveling a lot in my job, because for me travel is something essential in my life. Besides, I would like to travel abroad. Maybe Mexico, United States or England. Wherever i go, there are lots of murders, so I will have always a job. Well, I actually don´t know how much the salary of a Forensic Scientist is but that doesn´t matter too much, if i do what i love. It´s alright if the moneys is enought for me. After I finish my career i would like to follow a major in Forensic Science and Criminology, these two are different thing, Criminology involves everything related whit the reason why a crime is commited, and Forensic Scientist is more about how the crime was maded.

Music in my Life...

Music…. What would i do without it? It´s very important in my life. Music has the power of bringing back old memories. A lot of songs make me return to different memories that i had. And well, that´s is awesome. My favorite kind of music is Indie, more like Indie Rock. Bands like Franz Ferdinand, The Black Keys, Blaenavon, and my favorite one Arctic Monkeys. I always wanted to go to a concert of them, it is one of my dreams. So i hope they come to Chile soon, because i have already missed tree oportunities.

 When I was a child, I remember that I listened to the music that my father likes, bands like Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, A-Ha and too many more, and of course, Latin Rock. And now i still listen to that music too, so nothing has changed, i like that kind of music, I grew up into that kind music. 

Music is everywhere, there are a lot of films that have extrordinary soundtracks. Films like Star Wars, for example, or Pirates of the Caribbean have an orchestra that makes that all the movie makes sense. Music produces certains fellings that are imposible to get in any other way. I need music along my day, even when i go to sleep, so i thank humans who realized that they could play it.