Evaluation

This semester in some way was kind of relax. But the bad thing is that at the end of this semester, teachers gave us a lot of work, essay, a documentary, a script, a lot of presentationsm, a lot of books to read! And the worst thing is that teachers think that their subject it is the most important, so they send us a lot of thinks to do. Also, some of them say 'you are studing english, so you tell to the other teachers that they don't have to give you a lot of homework' but it couldn't be, because I feel that is a kind of disrespectful from my part. It is so difficult!

Now, Miss Bea:
I love your classes. I know that I am kind of lazy, but I really enjoy your classes. Specially, because we don't use to much the book. Also, you are so funny and very nice. I fell that you really care about us, and that is very important.
That what I said in the first paragraph, it's because that happen a lot at the end of semester. Why do they this at the end of semester? Is it a kind of torture?
The last two weeks I haven't sleep well, and that makes me feel under the weather.
Well, the important issue is that you are a great teacher, thanks for be patient with us, with me, and for caring about us.

a big hug for you!

Happines and Life Satisfaction

Subjective Life Satisfaction is a kind of measure of well-being in terms of quality of your life.  It is usually perceive by individuals about their own life. Life satisfaction it is related with happiness or well-being as a synonym, however Life Satisfaction is a slightly different between them, and well-being it is so broad.

Happiness is more like an estate of your mind; you can feel happy, because of love, religion, friendship, money, etc.  And well- being is about the quality of life of a society or about the international relationships. You do not have to confuse it with standard of living.

They are considering important, because the people work better when they are happy or they have a good quality of life. Also happy people are healthier than sad people. Happy people have more energy, are more creative and they have a good mood.  Happiness is applied in different ways, for example: at works, they have a moment in which people do exercise. The exercise helps you to create endorphin, the happiness hormone, so that workers can be more relaxed to go back to work again.

Well I do not know if this think about the exercise and the happiness is real, because I have not check it yet. I mean, my doctor says that it is possible to get relax and feel happier with exercise, but I am so lazy to check it. I think that could be true.

My happiest moments in my life had happen with my family. When my sisters born, at Christmas, etc. I remember really well, when we spent our first Christmas without gifts. At the beginning was sad, but then we realized that we enjoy more our family moment without gifts. My mom was so happy about our behavior; we were a very sweet lady gilrs.   

The Catcher in the Rye By J.D.Salinger (813 S164c c.1)

The book that I read this week was “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger. In my view, this book gives you a pretty good idea about youth.  As always, being young it never was easy. But that does not means that young people do not think about the troubles of the people. And Holden Caulfield – who is 17 - is telling us about his thought about the people. He said some kinds of things that are really true.

                Holden, when he was 16, had been expelling from 4 different schools. He is always complaining about people. This is because people are phony, egocentric and selfish, but as in everywhere, we found good people who do not expect anything as gratitude. Holden had roommates who were very superficial, and teachers, too. Also, all the girls that he knew were so silly, but the only exception was Jane, a childhood friend. I think that in our lives we meet some kind of people who are stupid and superficial, because the society makes them in that horrible way. For example, models are very superficial, and the most of them are looking for well off men who maintain them.   

On the other hand, Holden meet two nuns who were traveling to New York to be teachers in a poor school. They want help poor people to get studies. Holden was taking breakfast with them, but he felt that they deserve a good breakfast, so he offered them to pay their breakfast, but they said that it was not necessary and they really appreciated his goodness. So, Holden decided to give them some money to help them and help their children. This kind of goodness is great. We need to know when we need something and when not. The nuns are really humble people; they eat just the necessary, and the rest it is for their poor children. We must give without expect anything as reward.

In conclusion, even if your life it is hard when you are young, it does not mean that you cannot make a difference in the society. Sometime the small acts of kindness are a big way to help people. Holden could hate fake people, as me, but we know that in somewhere there are good people who are working for a better world. In spite of the evilness in the world, I think that we have the power to change our reality.      

My favourites Web Pages

Well, I have two favourites’ web pages which are: www.facebook.com  and www.tvyserie.com. I heard talk about Facebook two years ago, when I was in a CPECH, one of my old high school friends told me that Facebook is a really good way to find old friends that you thought were missing, and also, you can play games and this kind of things. At the beginning, I was not so enthusiasm, but then, when I really meet Facebook, I realized that nothing it will be more fun than Facebook is. On the other hand, I am a fan of TV series, and before I did not have cable TV, so with my sister found a great page with all our favourites TV series such as, Smallville, The Vampire Diaries, Glee, Supernatural and Gossip Girl. I like the first one, because I have everything that I want, such as chat, games, upload photos, post photos, I can watch videos and upload it, too. Also, I can keep in touch with friends who are not in Chile. In a few words, it is like have messenger, fotolog, my space, youtube and games online just in one page. It is awesome!  And TVyserie, because I watch The Vampire Diaries before than everybody in Chile.  I always am surfing in both pages. Every single day.

Good ideas to improve the public education

I found in internet “the big Eight” which are ideas to improve the public education. I put just four, because the article in too long. This article is for parents, students and schools. Because, without them, the change in public education is not possible.

1) Encourage and strengthen charter schools, vouchers, homeschooling, and all types of private schools, because diversity and competition is a sure way to have improvement.

2) All teachers must major in the subjects they teach. Just as nurses have degrees in Nursing, biology teachers must have degrees in Biology. (At present many unprepared teachers are told to teach subjects they know little about.)

3) Support fast-track alternative credentialing. If smart, educated people want to leave other fields to be teachers, all they really need is several months of classroom training. Grab these people and put them to work as soon as possible.

4) Make schools safe and secure. School boards and principals must be held responsible for eliminating violence from schools. (There is far more violence in public schools that most people realize; and it seems to be tacitly accepted. Zero-tolerance seems to be a cynical ploy to distract people from the real problem, which is children committing acts that adults would be jailed for. A pill in a purse is not the problem. Assault and battery is the problem. INTENTIONAL physical injury is the problem.)

From m y point of view, I think that take in account those tips are really good. There are other ideas such as stopping the racism, checking if the teacher is improving in his/her specialty. Nowadays, public schools are not making the enough effort to improve their education, but I must say that this effort is necessary from parents and students, too.    

If you want to know more about ideas to improve the public education, please check the next link:
The Tea Party Education Manifiesto

Linkin Park - "Leave Out All The Rest"

Make a difference

When we talk about to make a difference, it is something really difficult to do, because there are a lot of people that could be very selfish. As I saw in the video, the sir who was talking said things very interesting about the way to have family in a intelligent way. The options that gave the gentleman were innovatives and pleasing to the people. I think we should find the way to create ideas that make a difference, provided they won’t make us lose our identity. Because every thing we try to "invent" is result of something already made by a foreign. First of all, we can treat of explaining what is the culture teaching it with our culture first and then show other examples. For instance, we can show how the Mapuches’ culture is, teaching their origins and their meanings. On the other hand, we must realize that creating a union among our own people is difficult. Because, now people are individualistic and think only in their social circle. We must find the way that we will be all motivated by the same reason. I think a good example is the Teletón. Because, when we are in those two days, the only thing that matters is that we achieve the goal of helping children to have a future life more prosperous and happier. Moreover, we ourselves feel more Chileans, because we help our unfortunate countrymen. We are proud that because we gave a part of our money, despite what it cost us to get it. And we tend to inflate the chest and say "I helped the Teletón this year, because that is what the Chileans do." More than that, I think we tend to unite us for a cause, trying to make a difference, but the problem is that we be released from our origins, and we need to change.