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English Language Challenges

Hi everyone, today I will tell you about my experience taking the English courses at the college.  It has been pretty good, but it has been difficult to connect in the online college context.  I started doing the English II course and it has always been a pretty easy course to take if you are consistent and do your homework. Currently, because the major has become more difficult, it has been hard for me to follow the speed of the course, but I am trying to practice and complete all the assignments so as not to lose the rhythm, which is very important to learn English. About the use of the blogs, I consider that they have helped me a lot to share experiences with my classmates, even if we have never spoken personally. I really enjoy reading about their experiences, dreams and goals, as it motivates me to keep working on mine.  In relation to my English, I am very good at reading it, but I still need to practice speaking it. It's complicated because I'm generally very shy a...
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Changes to my study program

Hello everyone, I hope you are doing well! Today I will talk about some changes I would make to the curriculum of my major: Political Science. To start with, I want to talk about the University. I study at the University of Chile, known throughout the country for its tradition and prestige, which entails a heavy workload for students of all majors. Regarding Political Science, although I really enjoy what I study, it is true that sometimes the academic load is quite big: it requires a lot of reading, critical analysis and knowing a little bit of everything. However, the design of the curriculum is pretty good, all semesters have a correlation between them, which makes learning continuous and comprehensive. I would only change the regulation of the work load. Until this year I did not know the School of Government and Public Administration (which is where my major is taught). When I met it, I found it to be very welcoming, but also very small. However, I would not change anything about ...

Time travel to the future

Hello everyone, today I will talk about what my hypothetical trip to the future would be like! I would like to visit Chile, because although I have plans to do things in other countries, in Chile is all my family and my roots. I am especially interested in knowing what will happen in ten more years, because scientists say that at that time (2030) is the limit to stop the consequences of climate change, so I am very curious to know if we will achieve it or not.   About Chile, I would love to be able to see if the dreams and hopes we have now are a reality, when a couple of years of the New Constitution have passed. I hope to finally see a Chile without unfairness, with protection of human rights and, most importantly, with opportunities for all. I wouldn't like to stay there, I just want to take a look at it. This is because I understand that I must forge my own way and I don't want to skip any of the experiences that will take me there. Also because, whether good or bad w...

My future job

Hi everyone! today i will talk about my future job! A s a start, I would like to have a job where I can do research, especially on topics related to human rights, gender and sexual diversity. I see myself in an international organization, but near my old age I would like to be a professor at a University. This is because research will demand that I move to many different places, while academic work will give me the stability I will need when I get older.  Because of the working conditions, this would be mostly in an office, but I think it is always important to go outdoors to learn at first hand about the problems that I will try to solve. In this context, I also consider that I will have to travel a lot, which is an idea that I really like. One of the big reasons that I chose this future is because of the possibility of getting to know new cultures, as well as the chance to continue to improve myself as a professional. As for the salary, I will be satisfied if it is enough to live...

Post-Graduate studies

H i everyone, today it's time to talk about my plans after finishing my major.  One of my biggest goals once I finish my major is, in fact, to study a master's degree. I really like academia and research, so I think it is relevant to keep improving myself. Once I finish my major (in three years more), I hope to be able to study International Relations, because I would like to work in the research area of an international organization. The subjects I would like to study there are particularly gender studies and human rights, because I am much more interested in humanitarian work issues than in international economics specializations. As I mentioned in a previous blog, although I would like to continue my studies in France, I also like the option of studying in England because it has very good universities. I would love to have the possibility to do a master´s degree in Europe, ​especially for the cultural exchange it can offer me; however, if it is not possible (either because o...

TV Series

Hello everyone! Welcome to this week's blog, today it's our turn to talk about TV series. C urrently, because of the weight of college work, I've been limiting myself to watching series that distract me and don't necessarily make me think too much. In that sense, I've been watching the latest season of "The Circle", a Netflix original reality series: a competition where all the interaction is through online profiles, and they must be eliminated according to how strong friendships and alliances they can create only through chat. It's very funny, ridiculous and easy to watch (that kind of series that is so bad it's good). To watch series, I usually use the Netflix platform (because that's the one I have downloaded on my TV), however, I also really like Disney+, especially to watch TV series from my childhood. On Netflix, my comfort series is "RuPaul's Drag Race", I have watched each of the 13 seasons more than once (plus the 6 All S...

My best vacation: Cuba

Hi, in this week's blog I will talk about my best vacation.   This was before the pandemic (when we were all happy haha), we had a hard time deciding the destination, because it would be the last family vacation before my brother and I went to college (in the end I took a year off so it wasn't like that lol).  After discussing it with my parents and my older brother for several months, we came to the agreement to travel to Cuba for 10 days, the first days of March 2019.  We went to a hotel in Varadero where we were treated very well and met a lot of Chilean families. The week, although most of the time was spent at the hotel, we also went to Havana and Cayo Blanco.  The thing I loved most about going to Cuba was having the opportunity to visit Havana and see the Plaza de la Revolución, as well as the political and social history of the city.  Here are some pictures of the trip! I hope you enjoyed my blog, I will be reading your comments!