Transantiago: Before and After

In general, I think that Transantiago is a system that started with serious problems. For example: frecuency, time of travel, number of bus stop, comfort, etc. But i can say that it’s very better then in the beginning, however there are some imperfections, especially in the frecuency.
In comparation with the pre-Transantiago system i can say that the current system is better, but this wasn’t so in the beginning. Moreover the Estate improved in the infrastructure of the streets and stop bus. In the other system had a bad infrastructure, The new system is better because has fixed bus stop…so the problem with the old system was that the drivers stopped where they wanted, whereas now is obligation stop when the people touch the ring. Moreover, in all the bus stops there is signs that show what bus should stop there.
In general my experience with the new system has been good, better tan the pre-transantiago system. The time of travels are shorter, the bus are bigger, and the most importante: now isn’t necessary pay the money of passage to the driver. Before, the people should pay in cash, whereas there is BIP Card.
The changes that i would apply to the Transantiago system are all in the frecuency. That is the principal problema. The GPS did’nt work.
That’s all for today my friends. I will write more in the next sesión.
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Peru: a great country

Hi everibody!

A country I would like to visit is Peru. This is a great country…but I never to visited it. In Peru there are a lot of beatiful places, that are characterized by be very important arqueological sites, cultural sites, for example. Moreover, Peru is very know in the world for it’s food.

One of the more important things of Peru is that in it’s current territory were the Inca Empire. This was the stage where the Inca civilization reached its highest level of organization and strengthened its position as the largest pre-hispanic state in South America. It covered the surrounding Andean territories in the north to the Maule River, for the South, now areas of southern Colombia, through Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, to central Chile and northwest Argentina. Today, of all this, it conserved the city of El Cusco, in wich was developed the main activities of the Inca Empire. It’s architecture is very good conserved, and is one of the tutistics points more important of America now.

I would to do like in Peru a lot of things, and not only to visit El Cusco (specially Machu Pichu). Go every days to restaurant of typical food, etc.
Peru is a great country…visit it!!

That is all today.

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Post Nº 1: First Term: Good and Bad Points

Hi everybody!

Today I going to speak of the good and bad points of First Term.

In general, the first term wasn’t a good term. With regard to my life in the University was good, but my personal life had a lot of bad things, but i don´t want to write on this. I’d like to write about of my life in the university….and in the love... In the university i take up six courses: Economic Anthropology, Quantitatives Methods, Urban Anthropology, Easter Island Culture, Teory of Systems, and Culture in Chile. My favourite subject was Quantitatives Methods. This is a excelent course and one of the reasons i like is the teacher is very good. His name is Jaime Fierro. He teaches of a way clear and explanatory, in adition, he teaches all the matter that he is supposed to teach...not all teachers do that. Now i’m assistant of this course, because i got good results...

That is all today.

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My Blog Experience

Using the blogs as a support tool in the course of English was very good. Currently blogs have great potential as a tool in education because they can be adapted to any level of education and methodology of teaching. One of the most important advantages is that the teacher and student have a social interaction and to give students with a personal practice for their own learning and reflection on various subject.

Moreover, education in Chile today must use the challenge of digital literacy in the students for to make free and responsible use of resources on the Internet; we must take the available elements and incorporate them into our methods of study. For example: an English language course, as in our case. The use of the blog in the course was a good change in compare to the traditional model of teaching where the teacher taught the class and the students listen. With the blog the student learns writing, to resolve his doubts that arise at the time asking the teacher who accompanies to the student on the computer room.

In general, I can say that I enjoyed using the blog, helped me improve my English, reinforcing aspects of writing. But I still have weaknesses in terms of listening; I have a lot of difficulty understanding (the conference Ken Robinson for example). Perhaps the only problem of blogs was the topics on which we had to write. Some weren’t very entertaining, for example, "my favourite piece of technology", but in general they were all very interesting. Moreover, the blog made me think about things that i don’t had thought never, for example: my ideal future, or the best in anthropology, etc.

I think that blogs must be used in the English course in the coming years, but not only at the intermediate level, also in the started and beginning level. Well, that's all my friends.

My Favourite Subject

Hi...

Today I'm going to speaking of my favourite subject in the carrer of Social Anthropology.

My favourite subject is Quantitative Methods II. This is a excelent lecture and one of the reasons i like is the teacher is very good. His name is Jaime Fierro. He teaches of a way clear and explanatory. In adition, he teaches all the matter that he is supposed to teach...not all teachers do that.

Other reason because i like this subject is that i like the stadistical area. It is very interesting because you can study with a high level of reliability on various themes: political, economic, social, cultural.In addition, through the results of these studies can be guide solutions to the problems discussed.

The studies are done through a computer program that is called SPSS (it's a computer program used for statistical analysis). Are input variables to consider, depending on their type and scope of the investigation can be used either estadisitica technique.

Finally, i can say that i will to do a course of Stadistical Programs in some years more. And maybe i do a Phd in Sociology.

This is all.

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Creativity from Ken Robinson

"Do Schools Kill Creativity" is a very interesting conference about the current methods of teaching in schools. Ken Robinson argues that we have been educated to become good workers, rather than creative thinkers. I think that creativity is necessary and very important, but is too necessary to have basic knowledge of biology, mathematics, physics, history, etc. Creativity isn’t everything; we must start from a base of knowledge.

Creativity helps create new things, like art, ideas for business innovation in many fields, and in many cases helps to solve complex problems. I remember when I was in the secondary (in the INBA College), in math class, I resolved an exercise in a much shorter and easier way, but the teacher thought he was wrong. I reached the same result, but for another way, that's creativity. And not all teachers reward creativity because they have been trained like machines, respecting the rules and regulations, not trying to find new ways to make things easier. The education system today prepares people to the work world, for be a gear of the economic system, in which people don’t develop and trains their intelligence.

Is necessary to change the teaching methods on children in primary education, to achieve a comprehensive development of their cognitive abilities, and one way of achieving this according to Ken Robinson is to promote social interaction. That’s all today my friends. It was a very interesting video.

My Ideal Job

The job usually is a uncomfortable thing, although some persons say that the vocation is very important in so nice that it can be.

I study Social Anthropology, and for this reason i'd like to work in a job relating to the society' study, or the social relations, etc. But i'd like to work as an economist (in the future i want to study Economy) to be able for resolve the problems that i can see through the Antropology.

The place in that i can to work is the Cepal ( Economic Comission for Latin América and the Caribbean), or the PNUD (In Spanish "Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo") or enter as a intelectual in some university, specially the FLACSO. For this job i need to know very good spiking english, and have a Master in Economy o Political Science.

Moreover, i must to do a PhD in abroad, maybe in England or United States, for have more posibilities of be selected. Finally, I want to use my work to reduce inequality in the world... That i wait....

I'm good for this job, simply because i'm a good student, i like the economy, and I am sure that I am the right person for this job. But the problems that i can find are a lot, for example, the money for can pay the postgraduate courses. I need a scholarship.....!!!

That is all...

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