Very rarely, nowadays do you come across anyone who has not been abroad.

• Only by living in a country where a language is spoken can you really learn it.

• Under no circumstances, tourists should be allowed to visit the Antarctic.

• Not until you have tried French cuisine will you truly know what good food is.

• Not only did I hate visiting monuments as a child but also I couldn’t stand going into museums.

• Only recently have I started going on holiday without my parents

• Never again will I go back to that place I went to last year on holiday.

what we can learn by writing and what.do we express by this

what do we learn by writing and what do we express by this?

My experience in my blog has been very useful because I have learned many things through it such as: how to write in a formal or informal way, to express my opinion, to convince the reader, to expose my point of view respecting others. But the most significant message that I have learned by this has been how I can trust on my own abilities.

As I told before, thanks to the blog I realized how able I am writing different topics and expressing ideas (maybe they were not the clearest, but at least I tried my best). Thus, I learned by my classmates. Most of them are really good at writing and have high levels of English which have been very practical to me. Thanks to my classmates' blog I have read good strategies of writing properly. Furthermore, I have practiced my reading skill and improve my writing skill.

On the other hand, I achieved a commitment with study, because I write one post by day which was very useful. Also, I comprehend how important write and practice are but at the same time, the importance of being committed with something. As a teacher, I consider that we must try our best to practice our four skills: reading, speaking, listening and writing by our own. For that reason, I think that this blog is a great opportunity to improve two of our skill.

To conclude, I personally believe, that this website must be considered by everyone, in terms of, expressing ideas, thoughts, feelings or whatever we want. As students, we must give a chance to write about ourselves and learned by our own. To me, the most important lesson was trust on my own skills and improve them in the best way. Beside, how significant can be learn from people around us. Every day, we learn many things, but in most of the times we ignore and forget them. Do you express your ideas? Would you like to writte about yourself and then check it and see how have you improved?

My house

I am passing to tell you about my little house. I live in a semi-detached house, which means that I have two neighbours. My house is conveniently located; I have the subway near of it.

If I would have to say any features of my house would be, that I live in the cosiest house in the world, thanks to God I do not have to live in cramped condition, actually my room is 6 metres by side…

But, I must admit that my mom has done a grate work, because if she had not had this ability, in term of decoration, our home would not have had its great appearance. My home is tastefully decorated.

Motivation

As a first impression about this article, I would like to point out that I assent in most of the point exposed in the writing.

For a long time, I have been ruminated what I would do if I have students who really do not care learning. What to do? It is difficult to answer because there is no single right answer. As a teacher must have conscious about students` motivation, and recognize that we are not going to have a complete motivated group. According to this, it is essential to our trying as teachers consider diversity inside the class, for instance: we are going to have students who are really good at doing something and another once doing other completely different thing, what does it mean is that there is no good or bad students.

What happen at schools is not that there are good or bad children. The thing is that every day we have less motivated student and more students who really do not mind learning. However, what really important is being able to recognize if all those students who are paying attention are truly motivated, and if all those who are at the back of the classroom are not really interested in anything but also ask what is the reason of their lack of interest.

What is going on at school? Why there are motivated students? Are they truly motivated? I do not have the answer yet, but what I would like to say is that at school are happening important things. It seems that school does not allow weaker students and if it does, does not do anything to get this situation better. Do schools consider just successful, stronger, clever students? Let’s reflect on it…

People in my life

Today, I would like to say something about people in our life. Have you ever asked how many people do you know? How many of them are important? what do them be important?

Every day we know anyone different. You know someone in terms of, frienship or relationship. But we do not consider all of them as important person in our life. The point is that, we define our relationship, but in order to what?

Let´s do something, try to wonder why you are or you have a friend. Do you need it? do you want it? All those kind of questions are difficult to answer, but maybe we have the answer and have not relized about it.

My dear, just try to reflect on it....why do you are a friend? and why do you have friends?

Schools kill creativity.

Firstly, I would like to point out my agreement about Sir Ken’s talk. I consider as an essential necessity talk about education and what is going on there. For that reason, what Robinson said was a good example of conscience and it makes us reflect on education and what people think and accepts as good there.

Do you agree that schools are killing creativity? I do not dare to assure that schools do that. What in my opinion school does is does not consider creativity as an important part of the school, it does not mean that it kills creativity. In that way, school omits creativity and ignores it. As a result, school does not kill something that has never considered.

In addition, we must analyze what is going on inside schools. Why does not school consider creativity in class? It seems that school aims to get competitive and passive people instead of autonomous, self – direct, but specially people who can be able to create their own lives, taking their tastes as a guide of their lives. However, school teaches them that there is no necessary to do and know that.

A sobering conclusion is that schools teach what society requires, in terms of, economic and politic development. As member of a society where it is not acceptable be different but rather you are molded by a certain interests, we must do something about it. Tomorrow you are going to be a worker, mother, father, and student. But when are you?

StereotypE...

Let´s take a look around you. Did you do it? What did see?

Well, my dear readers today I’m gonna write about something that everyone knows but most of the times we really ignore.

None of us are equal, in term of, appearance. You and me are different, we have different outward appearance, culture, knowledge, tastes and so on. Nevertheless, people make a mistake when judge people by their appearance but, have you ever asked why?

It seems that stereotypes make a disruptive influence in us. Every day we are guiding our tastes, for instance, by stereotypes. How many little girls try to imitate famous models, in term of, appearance and it is harmful for them because as they try to achieve a great body they injure their physical and mental health.

A sobering conclusion is how we have been contributing to this thought? Do we guarantee these stereotypes? As a teacher, how would you face this important issue?

Wanna learn, I wanna learn ...(8 post)

Since I was a child I took a bit of a shine to music and for that, I really admire musicians and I asked myself, how they can do that? One of my reasons of admiration for them was because I ever think that a person who has the skills to play an instrument (special violin) has a great talent. Also important is the ability to play an instrument, in term of, cognitive. In other words, I usually said how clever they are!! But, what I would like you to know is that all those kind of people who play any instrument make our world better. Have you ever imagined your life without music? For that reason, I really admire them and I would like to have a talent like them. All right, my dears this is what I would like to learn, I am fond of music!!

Is it so idealistic, isn´t?

Frankly, I think he is a great thinker, but most of his ideas are idealistic. I really appreciate his idea of recognize the economic problems the we have nowadays, such as : growth of slums, traffic congestion, air pollution, noise, economic waste, poorly coordinated municipal planning due to division of political authority.

About it, I consider as a good idea to recognize our problems, because in this way we are going to look for a solution and finally solve it. Also was mentioned an economic problem which in my opinion it is the most important obstacle that any improver plan have to face.

How a society which works with production, is going to consider environment?
Society must make a choice, environment (nature) or production (money and improvement)
Victor’s city suggests that, the solution it is in urban countryside. He mentioned that it is necessary rebuilding everything. He notices that it is necessary a new alone city. According to this I do not agree with him, because every change has to start from the older one. If you are going to create a new one, you have to consider the other one.

To conclude, I like Victor’s city, but I must confess that I do not understand some terms. However, I noticed about his good ideas in term of improvement. But I have to say that as society we should reflect on nature and what we are doing to get it better (…)

Autumn?

What is your opinion about season?

For instance, I was born
in June and I really enjoy when autumn is coming. Since I was a child
I asked myself if season makes any influence in my personality...I do not know.

Maybe, it makes an influence in a part of our personalities or tastes, who knows?

The point is that most of us, have a favourite season and we really enjoy when it is coming.
But, what is the resason? what do you think?... let me know(...)

Workaholic? (7 post)

As worker or student, we are tired every day because of our work. For that reason it is necessary take a holiday...but, do we have time to do that?
How many times we have said: I’ll get away from it all, but as soon as I could, I I’ll make it...or someone asks you: When are you going on vacation? It is still up in the air...

What I want you suggest is that we do not have to invest all our effort or attention in just one thing like our job... Have you ever asked yourself if you work to live or you live to work? As per usual, we let our interests aside. Each morning we are breaking our back working overtime and the day ends in the same way.

Come on! Have a ball on your own...Make your choice...

Children (..) Have you ever asked what they wanted to tell you?(6 post)

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...We do understand them, I guess
Most of the times, people do not consider children as members of family, group of friends, or society. As adults, ignore children in term of taking a decision, saying an opinion or something like that.

Children are by far the best learner, but we do not see that. How many times we have been required for them to do something, however we just tell them: I am so sorry but you are so little!!!

But, when we want them to obey any order we say: you have grown up so...we must let them choose by their own decision and do not choose by them, they have their own opinion.
Have we heard what they have to say? We do let them to do that?

Are you gonna get married?

Being an important person in my life, Alice is one of my best friends. Since the first time we met we knew that we were gonna be friends As friends we have many things in common, we were born on June, both are Gemini and so on. When we were girls I remember when she had problems the first person who thought was me. I can say that both of us rely on in each other.Both are only child, so we believe we are sister.
As her sister I have looked after her throughout our life, but now we are adult and I can not do anything about her decisions.
Alice´s boyfriend is a berk. That guy is always thinking how sicken Alice. He is the most jeleaous person that I have ever met, but I have to confess that I ignore my opinion about him, because Alice is in love with him so what can I do?
But what you have read is not the worst part of the story. YesterdayAlice ring me at night saying me that she is gonna get married with that airhead and it took me by surprise...
How can I make my friend change her mind? She is not in her right mind, they are always fighting but it is alwayis his fault, because he considers that Alice should not wear mini skirt and he has the opinion that women should not work because they are not able to do this...can you beleive it!!He is an idiot chauvinist!!
The problem is that Alice has a lack of confidence, she believes that "this stupid guy"is the last guy over the world. Actually, she is not single-minded, take a decisionis very hard for her, I have tried to help her but it has not been an easytask...
As an adult person, Alice is taking things easy and she is not thinking about its consequences, she has a tendency to act hastily which is really worry.
I must do something about it, but I do not know what. I have been thinking in a way that Alice realizes that her relationship has not foster close and a lack of trust.
She has to get rid of him, but how? How can I make my friend realize about it? She does not know how to embrace an awkward situation like this, can you give her a pieceof advice? is it a good idea to get marriaged with this idiot chauvinist?

Have you ever had an odd dream? (5post)

Most of the times we are trying to understand our dreams. What does it means? it is giving me a message?

Strangely peolple understand these dreams because dreams are very difficult to analize. This clearly involves a hard work, because when you have a dream you feel frustated if there is no way to interpret it, thus if it is giving an important message it is more frustating do not see what it means.

Once I had a weird dream..

I saw me in the middle of my grandmother´s yard and I was around of million of cats and then I woke up. What did it mean?

until now, I have could not been able to understand it ... and the worst this is that it has happened three times...

The most striking thing from my dream was that there were many brown catsin my dream. Does color mean something?

By now, I have more important thing to think but I confess that it was scary and I hope to understand this one day.

Friendship ( Monday´s homework, 8 unit) (4 post)

Who does not have a best friend? Undoubtedly, friendship is an essential thing that everyone must have in their lifes, furthermore it is important to socialize with others.

A good friend is someone who really respect what you are and what you want. You can rely on them and share everything with them. They are the most reliable people in the world and you can trust on them all the time.

For instance: I have a down-to-earth friend, who is always encouraging me. I have no idea what I would do without her(...)

To conclude, friendship is our family by choosen...we make close ties wiht them, they know our life as nobody

"Everything can get better with a friend...
if you are fed up of something they are going to do their best to make you smile...
if you are close to tears they are going to be with you...
summing up... THEY WANT THE BEST FOR US...

Does anybody teach us how to be happy?

Despite of being tired ...I am happy (3 post)

When I wake up in the morning, I think in how fun the day will be. However, I have many boring things to do which make my day boring.

All of us have responsibilities which are completely normal things (actually if you do not have responsibilities …you are not human being) the point is, that we do not know how to carry on them. What I would like you to consider is that when responsibilities hamper your being it is essential to reflect about it.

Have you not considered you family, boyfriend or friends because of responsibilities?

How many important things have you left aside to become into someone who you do not really want to be?

That is exactly what education must do….teach how we can be happy (…)

People must learn how to embrace difficult situations, but do not being what do not want to be. Are you doing what you really want? Does your job make you happy? Do you do your best effort to make it real?

For that reason, as teachers we are going to have the most essential task in our hands…make people THINK AND BELIEVE …To think in themselves as persistent and able people who can do everything that they want and believe on them…

Humankind? (2 post)

Who haven’t thought in what is going on with humankind? Many times I’ve considered that our society has a big problem which doesn’t want to be faced by nobody. What I mean is that people have changed in a big way, but what has been the root of this?

Formerly, we have been able to see a society utterly different. For instance, if you had lived ten years ago you would have realize that people really knew what mean “respect and education”. An old men was considered a knowledgeable person because his age, in every relationship the most important thing was the trust furthermore, people were more patient they didn’t live every day like the last as we do currently.

Now a days, technology and science are our partner the progress is the most important word in our mind, accordingly family, friends, relationships and love have become in unimportant things, but don’t forget money is our God! It seems like development is the reason of life for everyone, most of us weak up begging to get a good day, but what is a good day? You beg for your family or for your job and hopping have a better salary (…) it’s hard to say but notwithstanding our effort to ignore it, is real and we must to face it

Throughout my life I’ve seen many things some of them special, weird even funny but the one which has picked up my eye most have been human behaviour, how have changed it! After all everyone wants to be happy and have a good life but we don’t live alone in the world we live in community, and that’s why we have to respect each other, nonetheless, we don’t.
We should do something about it, nobody says that will be an easy task but we must to change it as brief as possible! Or would you like to live in a place without love? (…)

Living alone ( 1 post )

Through my life I have taken many decisions, but one of the most important was when I decided to build my life by my own.

Since I was a child, I have been living with my parents and my grandmother. I have never been alone which in my opinion is really good, because I consider that I am a person who needs to share with others all the time, I do not why but I need it. So, I determined to live alone as a challenge, because I thought: what would happen if one day I have to face the world by my own?

As a result, I told me: I have to build a new life but being persistent and positive all the time. On the other hand, I consider it as a good idea because it will help me to consider in a big way my family, sometimes we have to be far away of them to realize how important they are.

Monday 21ST I started a new day in my new house. Since this day nothing would be the same I thought, and it was exactly what happened.

I was hoping to learn many important thing such as: be proactive, patient and aware about my goals and believe in me as a great person. Nevertheless, it was a little hard to me. I have never heard about ironing, what was that? I had no idea.

In that moment I thought: I want my mom here, but then I realize that it had to be solving by my and no by other. In that way I started to learn may simples and complex thing, all thanks to my new experience of living alone…

To conclude, I would say that the advantages of living alone are since to learn how to survive until realize how able you are. In term of, disadvantages I would say that you do not have someone to share your achievements which is necessary …sometimes….

" Los coristas and Dead poets society" are the most signifficant for my career as a teacher and as a person. Films like these give important messages. For instance, "Los coristas" taught me how important consider children´s interest is. On the other hand, that discipline is not the most important thing at school, instead children as person.

In "Los coristas" acted: Jugnot Gerard as the teacher and Berleand Francois. This film was directed by Christophe Barratier.

Mainly this film is about a musical teacher who has not been able to get a job, as a result, he accepted a job which consists in look after children, but with discipline. In fact, the discipline is the most important thing in that school.

Finally, the theacher taught children how signifficant music can be...and change their lives forever....


I really admire this film, but more than that, the teacher, because despide of all the obstacles he had to face, he really did his best effort to teach his music and change his children´s lives...

"Fix You"When you try your best, but you don't succeedWhen you get what you want, but not what you needWhen you feel so tired, but you can't sleepStuck in reverseAnd the tears come streaming down your faceWhen you lose something you can't replaceWhen you love someone, but it goes to wasteCould it be worse?Lights will guide you homeAnd ignite your bonesAnd I will try to fix youAnd high up above or down belowWhen you're too in love to let it goBut if you never try you'll never knowJust what you're worthLights will guide you homeAnd ignite your bonesAnd I will try to fix youTears stream down your faceWhen you lose something you cannot replaceTears stream down your faceAnd I...Tears stream down on your faceI promise you I will learn from my mistakesTears stream down your faceAnd I...Lights will guide you homeAnd ignite your bonesAnd I will try to fix you

My favourite song is ... Fix you

If I would have to say why this song is so special for me, I would say that make me feel ok when I am tired of everything.

On the other side, I would say that when you are fed up of everything the best thing you can do is listen a beautiful song like this.

The first time I listened this song, was when I was in my fifteen and since that time I am in love with this. Many times we are looking for somethig that represent our feeling, thoughts or something and is so important to find it.

I can recomend this song as the best to start the day, specially a bad day. Finally, I must confess that I am in love with its vocalist Chiris Martin who in my opinion is the best singer( and because is very handsome) but also I really like Coldplay...

FEMICIDE (word refered to the spanish word "femicidio")

Throughout history women have been defined as weak persons

and as we have realized we are not weak as many people thought.

despite of everything, we have demostrated that we can do many things by our own and make our best effort to do everything that we want.

Society has made a difference between women and men and it has been encouraged by all of us, which I think is the worst way to make an equal society.

As I said, I consider that society approves this behaviour and it must change, because differences between genders are not making a good contribution....In fact, this behaviour make people more competitive, therefore they accept discrimination as a good option.*.**.*.

Now the worst point of this...

Nowadays in Chile we are being pasive spectators of a horrible behaviour.

Everyday died a woman by her husband, boyfriend or lover and nobody do something about it. Women have to accept the violence from their partners as a normal behaviour, and in this way, they live a horrible life with them.

On the other hand, government does not do anything about it, too. They just justify this problem as a violence one, but when woman suffered it, they ignore them and do not take legal actions. Why women are so defenseless? What do we need to be aware of this important issue?

How many women have to die before we change this situation?

correction.*. Anita´s blogg

Anita´s blogg correction.

t(sp)oday i(sp) visited this webpage, I really like(t) it because I was able to learnt(t) some phonetics tips and also i(sp) was listening (t) the correct pronunciation of the( ) vowels.

one(sp) thing i(sp) learnt and that i(sp) found out courious(sp) was that the vowel it's really common and frequent in english speakers, in fact the most important sound in english(sp), that has it her[ ] own name schwa.
i(sp) think this is a great help for us, because we have the phonetic class and this is going to be a good training and to complemente(ww) the class .
other(sp) thing i(sp) like(t) from the BBC webpage it( ) was the quizz section, because that let me test my skills and improve myself.
i(sp) think this kind of pages are good for us (student), because it is(ww) an interactive way to learn and also we received new information that could it be useful for our class.
well that's all for today
kisses and hugs
lanistica

Anita:

I think you are a great thinker and of course so creative. Your blog shows clearly how you are and I really would like have time to make my blog as interesting as yours, but unfortunately I don’t.

On the other hand, I loved your blog because you gave it personality, for example if I’d see it somewhere I would know that is yours! = ). Now speaking of your post they are so great too, because you try to make them so reflective and I think it is the most important thing when you write something in a public place…*.*.*.*.

So, Anita you are so great and your blog shows it. The presentation of your site is really good and very entertaining, it has great colors which represent your personality (why you are so cute!!!!!) definitely pink is your color eh?…About photos, I can say they represent the child you have inside and which we have inside too but we usually don’t show and to be honest you express it and it seems you don’t care the others, you just are how you are!…and this is so important because sometimes most of us leave our interests, thoughts and feeling. What I want to say is that you are how you are all the time and you don’t change for something or someone, for me this is a quality, take care it!*.*.*.

Education as a bussiness?

" Your teachers teached you how to learn?

Minister of education, Mónica Jiménez de la Jara

I am writting this letter because I would like you to know what opinion I have about your latest decision in General Law Education (LGE).

First of all, as a citizen I have opinion and decision in our democratic society, so that I think that any authority must consider citizenship`s opinion but relate to education it has not happened at all.

Speaking of democratic decisions, there have been many opportunities to reflect about what students think about this issue and which affect us in a big way. We are the protagonists of it, and we are at school every day facing different kind of problems which sometimes we do not know how to solve them, we do not how to embrace those kind of situations, because no body at school teach us how to do this, what I want to say is that our education encourages the development of knowledge instead of critical thinking and of course ignore the individualism.

In conclution, you must reflect on this because as an authority you make decisions which affect our education.

Macarena Albornnoz, English student.
Universidad Alberto Hurtado, 2009





"Teach, don`t peach. Share and Create" .*.*.*

Easter

.***Easter is an significant date for me because, I am catholic and as a catholic person I try to make this day special.

.*:**:.I think that more than commemorate jesus´s death I think in how important we were for him. But now days, I usually make an effort to consider my behaviours with others if I really try to make a change in the world to improve it. This date is to think in a crital way, reflect in your relationS with others and of course with yourself.

.........................**:Think about it ...and you could see what is going on around you and how important you are to make a change...TRY it...

Driscrimination

Today, we are going to see an interview of my classmates, both gave me a great view about this issue. I consider that Chilean people reject Peruvians, and they do not consider that they come here to get better oportunities because their country does not provide them.

Now listen the interview and reflect about it... I really want to know what do you think...

• what is your opinion about imigrant people?

• Do you agree with people who reject Peruvians?

• If you were in a difficult economic situation and your country does not provide you good possibilities to improve it, what would you do if you are the support of your family? would you look for it abrod?

• Do you consider that Chilean culture makes a difference between American and Latin American people? is yes why?

Diversity?

Dear readers:

This time I´d like you to ask about what is diversity? Today I´ve visited a really interesting site which has many good things about learning English. What caught my attention was the several pieces of advice about health, education and pronunciation you can find. It looks pretty useful for English learners and of course for us ( we are going to be teachers)

All those kind of sides, are tools to improve our English skills and that´s why is very important to be looking for new things about it every day. On the other side, you can have a fun time reading interesting sides like it, " every day you learn new things"

Well my dears I hope you´ve enjoyed my little writting, but the most important thing is learning many things every day, because in that way you are going to have many entertaining and useful things to say to your pupils.*.*.

See you soon.*.*.

I ´ve been thinking what is the best way to discribe myself and it hasn´t been an easy task. If I have to say something about my own, I´d start with my personality.

Once, a friend of mine told me, How reliable you are! I felt happiness inside, because there is no bettter thing in the world that people love you and appreciate how you are. On the other hand, I really enjoy going out with my friends, specially with my classmates( I love them ) they are by far the best friends!

About relationship: family, friends and of course love are things very important in my life, in fact I think they support and encourage me every day. For my family sometimes is a little hard to understand me because my life is a little complicated. I guess. But I certanly believe that I make it confused ...