ENGLISH LANGUAGES CHALLENGES

If you ask me, English should be something very important for most of students, because it is the way we can get communication with everybody around the world. Also, most of the information is in English, for example; manuals, video games, YouTube tutorials, science papers, among others; so there you have plenty of reasons why English should be a must.

Now if we talk about university, you have to be able to speak and understand correctly this idiom, because it will allow you get advanced, and be a better professional by an international exchange, for example.

In my case, since I was a kid, English was something that did not have much importance to me, however, when I was sixteen I wanted to watch a new TV program through the internet, the only problem was that this show was just in English. In that moment I felt really bad because I could not believe I could not be able to understand an elementary TV program. So, I decided to take a one year English Course at Tronwell, where I could improve a lot my English skills.

At University, English has not been a problem, because of what I said before, and by taking this class I am practising what I learned some years ago, what is really important, because if you do not practice your English skills, you may forget everything!

The use of blogs, in my opinion, is the best idea I have ever seen till this time because it integrates everything, all the skills because you have to read, write and THINK, something we sometimes forget.

Outside the class, I try to apply what I learn in elementary things like songs, TV shows or even the METRO advises, nowadays you may found English everywhere and every time, so the mission is to get it and apply it! 

CHANGES TO MY STUDY PROGRAM

Since I was at school, I have thought that there are some subjects that are really unnecessary for the academic program, and also that those kind of things make you lost really important time in your life. In my case, I am studying Bioquemistry here at Universidad de Chile, and I am just at the Second Semester I can say something about my curricular program, though. At First Semester, I had to  take a subject called “Reasoning and Scientific Communication”, where everyone who were just beginning the career, could have the possibility of know a bit more about the career, the kind of job you could apply as a Bioquemical Scientific. In general the subject has a really good effect in the students, because it let them realize if Bioquemistry was their real dreamed career. The problem with this subject happened when we were at the middle of the semester, when it came to be a really boring class, where most of the people was doing anything else than paying attention. In cases like those, I think that is really necessary to change the program of that subject, something more interactive than a class where the teacher talks during three hours, about things that maybe are not  known  by students, because it is their first semester at the career!

Now, talking about faculty facilities, I would say that in our case, we have plenty of them, but maybe it should be in better conditions, I mean that we could have labs with tables in good conditions, good energy sources, and of course as a Chemical School of the University at least we should be full of every substance necessary for the correct development in chemical sciences.

Finally talking about teaching methods I would say that most of teachers (not all) has a really good develop in class, and of course, that is the most important thing, good teachers, make good professionals.   

SUMMER HOLIDAYS

At this time of the year, everybody feels really tired, that´s why I would say we start thinking about what we are gonna do in summer holidays.

Lately years, I have had the possibility of travel around different locations in Chile, but in general, I have been traveling around Valparaiso, Viña del mar, San Antonio, Rocas de Santo Domingo, Quinteros and Pichilemu. From all of them, if I have to make a choice, for this summer holidays, I certainly would choose Pichilemu.

Pichilemu, is a town of Chile, that is known as the "Surf Capital", becouse of its good beaches to surf. Also, it is a really good place to have a rest, because of the great silence you may find there. 

There is a place I love, it is called "Punta de Lobos", it is a kind of cliff, were you can see all the ocean around you, and of course, as it name tells, its the sea lions home, so if you are lucky, you will probably see one of them, 

Another place I would like to go is La Serena, because I have never been there, so I think it would be a very nice experience to know new locations, and open my world by doing that.

"Punta de Lobos"

If you ask me, I think that during the year everyone is bussy, even your own family, and in mi opinion that sucks, so according to me I would like to go with my family, because those moments with them are uniqual, and we have to worry about that.     

ADDICTIONS

Most of the people has had curiosity, at least once in life, and of course, the only way to fill that curiosity is by investigating and, in general, is by trying those things that make us feel that feeling.

In my case I consider I have no addictions, because I have no obsessions with anything. However when I hung out with my friends, sometimes we drink some alcoholic drinks, but I would say that doing that just for that occasion,should not be an addiction. 

Talking about abuse drugs, I just have one experience with marihuana with some friends, where I had the chance to try it, but as I thought,it was irrelevant to me, because it did not make any effect on me, so at the end, it was the only time I have had any experience with abuse drugs.

Now, in my opinion abuse drugs should be used just for medicinal treatments, because in a correct dose, it may have good results for patients. In the case of people who uses it just "for fun", I would say that they are taking their life and putting it in the rubbish bin, because if we see advantages vs disadvantages,we will see that at the end you are just making your body a bad played, because maybe the effects will be seen in some years more.

When I was at school I had a friend that before trying drugs, was a really good student, hardworking, good athlete, but when he got to the road of drugs, everything on him changed, he began to have a bad attitude into teachers, his parents, got bad grades at school, and worst than that, He lost his own skill to say No to drugs; and as I lately heard, he still in the same condition. 

 Among legal drugs, I do not like the cigarette, because at home, my dad is a cigarette  smoker, so I hate the smell of cigarette. About alcohol, I like it, but just for an special occasion as new year´s, national holidays, or just when with some friends we get together, so in summary, I can handle the consumption of these legal drugs. 

As a conclusion, I think that anything used without a correct dose, may cause eventually death, not being important if it is legal or illegal; and there is the challenge:how we,as future professionals related to this area, may have the possibility to make conscious on people´s minds, and avoid situations that nowadays are happening, as we are writing this blog.

POST GRADUATE STUDIES

I consider that the best graduate school program to me (once I got the degree of biochemistry), would be the "master's degree", because it allows me to improve everything I learned about my current career.

Inside this program, at University of Chile, there are many interesting subjets. From all of them I would be interested in environmental biochemistry and clinical biochemistry, because in the firstone I will be able to aply everything I know about chemistry into the world and better how to improve it for all the people, to get a better world. And in the second one, it seems interesting to me, working near the people in a hospital, but not having a whole contact with patients, so at the end I will finnish having a complete experience of the career from the laboratory to the world.

Another important thing is that I would like to take this "master degree" at Universidad de Chile or Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Why not abroad? Because I could not be far of my family, my friends, it would be very difficult for me.

Finally, I would like to take this program as a part time course, so I may be able to keep normal life, and do not stress myself by doing this. I don't like a distance-learning program, because I think you are not able to learn in a complete way, because for example, you can not make questions, and that little points make distance-learning a bad option, at least to me.

MY FUTURE JOB

Well, as many of us, I would like to have a job, where I may be able to improve habilities, techniques, and of course get proffessional experience related with the career of Bioquemistry. My dream would be to work for some years on investigation about anything, maybe related with solutions for some illness the cancer. However, after some years working on that, I would like to work teaching more than investigating.

In summary, I would like laboratory work (indoors), althoug I would like to spend some time working outside.Another important aspect, would be the salary, I imagine myself working because I like what I am doing, not just because of the money. Money is important, but it does not give you the happiness, the only way to be happy, is by doing stuff you like and want to do.Something I would like to do is to have the possibility to work in team, what is really difficult nowadays, but it allows you to improve your skills, and also most of times makes the work funnier and easier.At the moment I am very happy and calm about what I am studying (major in Bioquemistry), and in some years probably I will be taken a master´s degree, related to the development of solutions to some disease.

Old and New Hobbies

Life is really difficult, most of us have a daily routine, where we have to get up early, go to university/work/school, and of course, you have to do lots of things during a whole day, during a whole week, during a whole year, during a whole life, so maybe, we should do something different to keep our mind healthy: that is have a hobbie.

In my case, I would say that I am a full time hobbie-man, because since I was a child I have been someone who gets bored easily, so I had to look for many things to do during my childhood. For example, my first Hobbie was related with art, I used to paint  little rocks with shape of bugs and when they were ready, I put them on my garden, so it looked really cool. Another hobbie I had, was related with magazines, I used to buy the ICARITO magazine every weekend, and of course, I read it almost everyday, even today I keep some of them, to save those moments of my childhood.  

Currently, I collect souvenirs from Chile and other countries, I do it because I love history, so I think that as more little pieces from the world you  learn, more wise you are, and souvenirs make you remember those places you visited some time in the past, and of course do not forget what you have learned from those places.

I am really good getting hobbies, but if you ask me, I would never have a hobbie related with bugs, or any other weird animal, because I hate those tiny things moving around there.

Probably in the future, I will collect something as a hobbie, probably related with bottles, because of the shapes they have, the colors, the materials; anyway it seems to be something interesting and unique  to collect.