English Language Challenge

Hello everyone!

When I started the university this year, my first thought about English wasn't good because for me it would be more workload, and the only I wanted was finish this subject soon. But I was totally wrong because I loved this subject, it wasn't boring at all. I think that I was very lucky with my English classmates and Miss; they are people so nice that I hope to be with them again in the next level.

The blogs on Wednesday were my favorite day, I love write so it was a dream come true could express myself through the different post. Besides write about things that I love makes me really happy, and I never had a blog before so I really enjoyed this experience.

According to English aspects I think that I have to improve my conversation with others because I'm still being very shy, and for other side I think that I have a lot of grammar mistakes. To improve these aspects I will try to talk in English with my friends, and keep writing stories sometimes.

Outside English class I don't use the language very often, but I watch a lot of series and movies in English so in that moment I think in English, and I want to talk in English to everyone. Sometimes I notice when the subtitles are wrong and I feel really good for notice that. 

My dream is travel to an English country soon to put into practice all the thing that I have learnt in my whole life, I will treasure that moment forever.

Goodbye friends!

Changes to My Study Programme

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I think until now I have never though about my study programme (all of it) because this is my first year at university. over this year I realized that my study programme is very old! Because of that the psychology study programme is in an curricular innovation process and the opinion of all students is being taken into account. 

That situation makes me think about my current subjects: Social History of Chile, Philosophy, Psychology, Anthropology, Social Research Methodology and Psychobiology. I think that the 6 of it are necessary to have an integral formation as a psychologist but maybe Social History I would reduce it to a unit inside other subject because I think that the essence of psychology is lost in one semester of Social History because only in the past class of this subject I understood why are we studying that.

About the next subjects I will not talk because I don't know really well if they are good or necessary. But I will refer to things that I think the career needs and that would be instances to develop our emotional intelligences during all the career, not only in the final practice, because if we have the opportunity to develop that maybe the career would become easier in some aspects and really meaningful.

In respect of workload this semester I don't think that it were too much, but I see my friends of second and third year really tired so I think the workload must be reduced. About lenght of studies they are okey, the hours a week are enough and the 5 years of career are perfect.

The faculty gives all the facilities with computers, books and Wi-Fi to do the work and study. And other thing that I love it's the technology in the classrooms with microphones and projectors. I don't have a class that needs a lot of technology (like labs or something like that) yet.

About the teaching methods all my professors are really good but some of them don't use microphone so it's really hard to listen well in a classroom with 120 students or they talk too fast and I lose the track of the class. But despite of that things I'm happy with my professors and the way they do their classes.

So I think that it's very clear that despite a few things I'm really happy with my career (and study programme haha). I love psychology! 

Winter Holidays

Hello everyone!

Today I'm very excited because my favorite season winter is near and with it comes the winter holidays. I spend every holiday in Temuco city, I always go around one week in winter and a month in summer, and why is that? Because my father lives there (well all my family is from Temuco, even I was born there but for a few things I ended up living in Santiago with my mother).

Probably these holidays when I travel to Temuco I'll only stay in the apartment with my grandparents because my dad is working and he is saving his holidays for summer season. So among the activities that we can do with my dad (because we are very united) are going to the cinema because both are crazy about movies, and also enjoy a barbecue with our friends. Also I'm going to visit my grandmother on my mom side, and maybe I will spend a few days in her apartment. Many times I ended very tired because in Temuco I always have something to do, someone to visit (especially family) and I don't have enough time for everything, so my holidays are full of promises about visiting them the next time.

I'm not planning to work or study in winter because I really need time for myself, I need time to read my favorite books, to watch a lot of series, to sleep all day if I want. Maybe if it was strictly necessary work or study I will do it without problems.

I really love the atmosphere that winter generates, specially to read a good book and drink a cup of tea.