viernes, 21 de junio de 2019

POST 9 : CHANGES TO MY STUDY PROGRAMME 


Write about some changes that you could make to your study programme (career).

Among others, think about:
  • The curriculum (the subjects you have to study)
  •  Workload and length of studies
  •  Faculty facilities (buildings and infrastructure)
  •  Use of technology
  •  Teaching methods


Word Count: 250

Leave comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts.




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When I was a university student, I never questioned the study program of my career, but now, after years of experience, I have thought about all the things that could have been better.

To begin with, I think that there should be more practice in a work setting, where you taste the real day-to-day work, in order to learn to solve problems that you face in a regular work day, to learn to develop relationship with your colleagues and your potential customers or clients, to know how to relate to a boss and or other superior individual within the organization. All of the above would have helped me to understand how important the organizational climate of an institution and / or organization is.  Also, it would have helped me to organize my daily schedule in order to accomplish my tasks and or assignments.

On the other hand, I would probably change some subjects within the curriculum or program that today have become irrelevant to my work. In other words, I would shorten the number of courses and of course the number of years to complete my degree. I would like to spend much of this time in the field learning from the real world.  I will add that the methodology then should have been focus on a mixed between theory and practice.
In regards to the facility, in the university where I studied we had everything, from good and comfortable classrooms with high technology, the library was cozy where it was a pleasure to spend time studying, the casino had a variety of choices for lunch and coffee or tea as well as pastries and sandwiches. I do not have any complains about it.

lunes, 10 de junio de 2019

Post 8: Personal Opinion 

Opinions

- Choose 4 of these questions and give your opinions about them.

  • What is your opinion about nuclear power?
  • What is your opinion about women in the military? 
  • What is your opinion about the legalization of guns?
  • What is your opinion about the immigration situation in Chile?
  • What is your opinion about tatoos?
  • What is your opinion about animal testing?
  • What is your opinion about legalizing marijuana and other drugs?
  • What is your opinion about the Chilean tradition called ‘mechoneo’?
  • What is your opinion about cloning?
  • What is your opinion about recycling?
  • What is your opinion about “barras bravas” (hooligans)? What is your opinion about legalizing abortion in some cases?



- Make comments on 3 of your partners' posts + a comment on your teacher's post.
- Number of words: 240 minimum (60 per answer aprox.)










My opinion...

The consensus of the scientific opinion on climate change is that earth’s climate has warmed significantly sins the late 1800’s, that human activities; primarily greenhouse emissions are the primary cause, that continuing emissions will increase the likelihood and severity of global effects and that people could manage future climate change impact through intense efforts at reducing further warming.

In my opinion, environmentally-friendly practices seem very difficult, but when you learn about them you realize that are much easy practices that help the environment immensely.

I hope and believe that most people are learning about environmentally-friendly practices throughout their families, TV advertisements, schools, and friends in general. People, today, are aware of the need to take care of our planet.

I can say that I somehow green in many of my daily practices such as separating my trash, using public transportation as much as I can, reusing many containers and transforming them into useful utensils in my kitchen, etc.

In my case, I have not joined any eco-friendly organizations mainly because I need to rearrange my schedule to make time to do it. However, I am planning in the future to become a volunteer at Greenpeace.  I believe this organization is one of the most important one in the world. They have been fighting for the environment for many years, for example, the forest, the climate, the oceans, etc. Also, I would like to help to develop more campaigns to protect our city, commune or just the neighborhoods.

In order to reduce carbon footprint, I have been using less spray products in my house, more public transportation, as I said before, and try to eat more raw food so I do not need to use my stove often.

In Santiago, we need more campaigns to raise a higher awareness about the necessity of having a cleaner city. We need a city where the pollution level can be lowered, for instance, by having a better public transport system.  We need many actions to have a better environment in our city.