Thursday, November 25, 2010

FeedbacK (o,....,o)


The activities were pretty useful, and the videos were interesting as well. The blog was a great way to express ourselves, but some of us would not write a thing.  I feel that I learnt a lot this term, in terms of grammar, speaking, and listening. The teacher was punctual and she prepared her classes beforehand, the only problems we had were caused by the TIC’s, and the lack of attention.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Karla's Interview

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Life is too short for the wrong job...



Nobody said life would be easy, we have to move if we want to survive. Money, help us enormously on that labor, and the legal way we can get it is working. However, there are jobs that people really hate but, there are no options when money is needed. Happiness, money and work sometimes are not related at all.
To begin with, you can stay in a job that live up to your expectations but you are not well-paid. For instance, if you are a secretary and you are very comfortable working as one, you have it clearly that you are not going to earn much money, because it is not considered as a hard job.
What is more, some jobs like builders, buss drivers, cleaners, etc. are bad paid, also disgusting.   Those jobs are extremely exhausting and hard, and people who work as one of them is due to they do not have chances to get a better job. They are unhappy and bad paid; such a horrible combination.
If I had to choose a job, meaning that I really like it and I would receive good money there, I would choose working as a singer. Even if you have to be sort of famous to be successful, I would enjoy it being well known or not, anyway, and I know that I could make some money everywhere. Well, that what I think now, but in general, a happy work is the one that you feel comfortable no matter what this job is. That is a satisfying job for me: the one that you do putting your whole life on it.
I do not really know anybody that feels comfortable on his/her job, but I know somebody that is doing something that really love and feel very happy about it, also this person does not earn money with this job but, it does not matter. This person is my mom, who has worked as a housewife her whole life XD .

Thursday, October 28, 2010

The Bluest Eye

by Toni Morrison
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           Nowadays, people seem to be pretty concern about appearance. Most of people think of beauty like the most important thing in their lives. However, beauty is subjective, and that is the point that the book’s author, Toni Morrison, wanted to show us in The Bluest Eye, and that is what I believe as well.

           To begin with, beauty is such a subjective perception; it all depends on the person point of view. For instance, there are many people in the world that think of beauty as the good actions a person can do such as: taking care of homeless people, protecting vulnerable children, defending human and animal rights to name a few, and they are actions that go beyond having a pretty face.

          Moreover, being good looking does not make you a better person. For instance, it does not matter if you are kind of pretty or not to help someone in a hurry, or just help him/her with problems that he/she could have. Besides, beauty is not a symbol of a benevolent person, there are a lot of cases that quite handsome man or gorgeous woman are the most common criminals in movies and real life.

          On the other hand, it is kind of a fact that people good looking can get a job easily than plain people. For instance, most of jobs that need people working as receptionists or promoters, they ask for a CV with a photograph on it in order to accept or not the person who is applying for the job. Pretty faces, sell more than anyone.

          To sum up, even though beauty is a relevant issue for people nowadays, we do have to understand that is very subjective. May be you could have higher chances to get a job if you are pretty, but it doest not make you a better person.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

The Educator's best Friend :)


I found out a web page called “Education World® The Educator’s Best friend”, an amazing website directed especially to teachers where they can find many information about how planning lessons, school issues, educational material, market places,  school notes and helpful websites and articles about education. I found it really interesting because this web page is quite complete in every sense; it has material to print, weekly surveys, articles and more.
One of the articles that the website recommends is about: why tests help kids learn. The article says that it’s proved that kids learn more during test-taking than during studying alone, and they cannot avoid tests because of that fact. This happens mainly due to the capacity of the brain to encode more information when they are studying to tests. Most of students think of tests as a nightmare, but they don’t realize that the more they reread the subjects the more they learn…




My favourite web site is YouTube, I visit it every day everytime. I found it years ago, when I was looking for some information for a homework and I could not stop revisiting it. It such a great page, I have an account and I uploaded a pair of videos...

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Making the Difference...

It seems to me that nowadays it is quite hard to make a difference in every sense, since everyone and everything is just an imitation of another one or thing. Starting with our nation, it is a sort of imitation of Europe, what is more, we have started to acquire some North American traditions; little by little we are losing our origins. For that reason, I think that change some things we don’t believe they are correct, it is very very difficult, for we have those deep-rooted customs. Although, there are some people who try restless to do something to change the processes that life are taking and they strongly believe they could be eradicated or in other cases improved, such as the treat we have with our indigenous people. After of watching the video I could realize about something: we do need some creative, attractive, and originals ways to make a difference. I mean, in the video the man who was talking, related all the procedures they did to try promoting consciousness in people about the family planning in Thailand, and I think that they were pretty good activities, very originals, also attractants. Even though, it seems to be made by a small group of people, they really made a difference in the place, promoting contraceptives, particularly the condom, among families, children, teachers, everyone, and everywhere. And that’s because they knew how to get to the people with some procedures that caught their attention, and that’s what we need in our country if we want to change something; more than being a huge group of people thinking alike, we need original ways to get to the people.

Just Like A Pill - Pink


The song that I’m listening to currently is one performed by Pink and it’s called “Just like a Pill”. When I heard this song for the first time some years ago, I immediately felt that it was a pretty good song, even if I didn’t understand a word of it. The melody stroked my attention the rhythm, and needless to say, the singer. I heard it with my brother and I saw him very keen on that song. Now I understand the reason, I can understand the lyrics now, and they are related to the life he had been carried with a person for a long time. I don’t know exactly the reason why I started to listen to this song at this moment, but it makes me feel quite nostalgic and sad in a very strange way. And I love it, is kind of weird, but I love to feel sad. However, my brother is having his best time now with a person who really complements him, and I’m happy as hell.


I'm lyin' here on the floor where you left me
I think I took too much
I'm crying here, what have you done?
I thought it would be fun

I can't stay on your life support, there's a
shortage in the switch,
I can't stay on your morphine, cuz its making me itch
I said I tried to call the nurse again but shes
being a little bitch,
I think I'll get outta here, where I can

Run just as fast as I can
To the middle of nowhere
To the middle of my frustrated fears
And I swear you're just like a pill
Instead of makin' me better, you keep makin' me ill
You keep makin' me ill

I haven't moved from the spot where you left me
This must be a bad trip
All of the other pills, they were different
Maybe I should get some help. 
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