E n g l i s h

Hello people! Today I’m going to talk about my experience learning English at the University.

In the beginning of this year, in the first semester, when we met all the people and the thing we will have to do, in the timetable appear a lot of unmentionables names, like KEF, KBMC, etc., just one was normal in its name: “Ingles”. In the first week of classes we have to take an exam to evaluate our level of English and assign us in one of those levels. For my surprise, in the list I was in the third level, the antepenultimate. The explanation of my surprise as than the English of my school was very bad.
So, I started this classes and, in the begging, I thought that was a waste of time, but then I realize than it was something good, because we learn the vocabulary in a useful language. If I want to leave and work in another country, I’m going to obligatory learn this language; or even, if I want to postulate – in the future – in grants, investigation projects, exchanges or whatever, always is very useful know and speak in a second language.


But, I really thought than is very illusory to plane we learn a good level of English when we are so tired or thinking in muscles, articulations, neurons, etc. The level than now I have allows me read a paper and understand it, not all of it, but a lot; and that is very important, because we HAVE to do that for a lot of works in the other subjects, and from now and forever we are going to read in English.
The activity of the presentation is a good idea, the possibility to hear an investigator talking about what he/she does in English is fabulous; the only bad thing was than the topic was very difficult.

Well, this is a goodbye (I hope pass this and all the subjects).

I wish the best for you!

Bye!!!!
♥

Letter,woRds,paragrapH

Hello classmates! Today I´m going to talk about the language, because is something we use everyday and for that reason sometimes we forget the importance and poetry that it have.

Some philosophers or linguistics think than the human being always communicates, and the way to do it is throw the language. About that, sometimes I think than is wrong, other´s I think than is right; why is so changing my opinion? Well, because that affirmation has a contradiction or better a fallacy than I can show asking: Is always the language communicate?
I try to analyze that and really I don’t have a conclusion, but I can said than not only the words can communicate, the gestures, gazes, silences, movements, could say more than words. Even sounds or noise. And that is a problematic for a lot of disciplines, the absence of words for a lot of ideas.
In that point of my reflection, when I notice than there are a lot of ideas than we can’t communicate I think than is impossible to communicate always, all the time.

Now, about the beauty and “im-/perfection” of the language is the poetry, the possibility to say more than the word can say by itself. Is like to squeeze the word, take off all it have, and go through the mind of the reader.
And when the poetry is not enough to explain, we can invent words. Some people think than is prohibit for the “simple mortals”; I can’t be more in disagree with that. Say that is like stratify the intelligence, creative and imagination of the people, I think we can do that all the time we want and can, enjoy the possibility to create new ideas or point of views in an immaterial way.
To create words or just educate about the language is always useful see the “history” or etiology of the word, when we do that we can understand a lot of process of the knowledge or perception of the reality of the human being.

To end, I will like to say my favorite word: “Ineffable”
Bye!

M u s i c

Hello everyone, today I´m going to talk about one of the beautiful, great, marvellous expressions of the human being: the music.

The “art” is the best thing in the life: Theater, Painting, Cinema, Literature and those “magical” activities than realize Homo Sapiens are the things that make me feel alive and more than happy. We (the physical therapist) study something called by Plutarco “perfect arts” (or maybe is just an “useful art”), anyway, my point is, than our “art” is very knowledge (like all the arts in fact) and I love it a lot, but I admire the other arts. I mean, is so complex the integration of all the sense than could do the theater, or the huge travel than I could live when I see a picture, etc.

But, like shows the topic of this blog, is the music one of the arts than is going around me in this days.
All my life has been accompanied by the music, but not like this day, I mean, all the people is plugged to her/his mp3, iPod or whatever anytime in anyplace. I hate that, is handle the music, turn it in something daily, and take out the ritual than is listen music. I admit than I sometimes use those artifacts when I walk, but is far away to assimilated when it is listened and enjoy in a comfortable situation, when all our sense are focus on the melodies, silence, etc.

The last week I fell in love of a guitar player, her name is Erin McKeown, she rocks really good, her voice is so powerfully and soft at the same time, her letters are greats and...I love her. She have a jazz/blues/rock stile, a perfect combination than inspired me to play de harmonica. I find harmonica so cool because just with the air and the energy of the lungs you can obtain sounds.
I think than create music born from the contemplation, with the senses open and closed at the same time.

Well, that was what I wanted to said.

Bye!

Dealing with stress at University

Hello everyone! Today I´m going to talk about "Dealing with the stress at the university" a des-stressing topic, because the University is very stressing and talk about this help to see on perspective our misfortune, and laugh about it.

First, said that the Universidad de Chile puts too much pressure on everyone, students, teachers, etc. In fact, since the beginning – to enter to this University- it was a stressing, because the “Dear PSU” and its points were too high for our degree. But that was easy, because pass the first semester was one of the hardest thing I have lived ever (and I think than pass the first year is going to be worst); why?, well, for many reasons: we have to study a lot, there are short times for enjoy with friends and family, moreover if I came from another city, because all my family and friends are in that region, and the fact of travel takes time and energy than I could save.

So, how I get this “rhythm”?, First...enjoying this, then organizing the time for studding, for parties, for “think nothing” (ocio), for my family and friends: Do a life!. As well, a good diet, exercise and time for sleep is very very important. Sometimes forgetting the marks, because that is one of the biggest factor than stress the people; so I decided put in relevance “learn”, not only memorize and have good marks (I made sure have good marks), because that is important.
With that changes in my life, now I have a better life, I enjoy the University and I learn, always thinking in have good moments.

I hope that you have a happy life too, because this moment (university life) should be important and beautiful like every part of the life.

Bye!

Brain & Learning

Hello classmates; today I’m going to write about a chapter of a book than we have to read, its call "Brain & Learning"

The intention of this chapter is to uncover the myths about neurology –“neuromyths”- about learning, thinking, memory, etc. All of this focus to be apllied on education, for improves the quality of the education.

For example, in one part this chapter its talk about the lateralization of the brain, the different function of the left brain and the right brain.
This myth, for all of us know, is than the people have“left brain thinking” or “right brain thinking”; a rational, logical, analysis or an emotional, creative brain; I mean, if I have more aptitudes for math or for languages I use one part of the brain and the other not, the absence of communication of the hemispheres.
But there is a lot of investigation than said the opposite, than, for example, for the lateralization functions, like the language, is necessary both hemispheres. That communication is give by the corpus callosum, a diencephalons structure. So, we have a kind of “left or right brain thinking”, better called “left-brained” or “right-brained”, but it is always necessary the communication, the integration of the entire stimulus for the work than realized the brain.

I am very agree about this conclusion, I think than is a simplistic point of view to see or understand the brain like a machine, because is say than the human being is one of that, and the complexity of us is real, so we cant deny that.

In general I found this chapter a little simpler, but for educators I think than is good, because introduce to an important area than they need to know. However, crude simplification never is good.

Have a nice weekend
Take care
Bye!

Healthy Lifestyle

Hello classmates!

This time I´m going to talk you about how we can got a healthy lifestyle and how we can improve our quality of life.

In this moment - the rhythm of the society and all the obligation of a “normal” person - to have a healthy lifestyle is difficult. Why?, because a healthy lifestyle involve all the activities of a human being. Since hours of sleep, the food than he/she ate, the physical exercise...the books than he or she read!; and now, the fast-food, the instant/immediately habits domain the reality, and all those activities requires time.
But all is not lost – like the song -, little changes in our routine could radically change the metabolism and those physiological things in the person. For example: The diet, if we choose one diet rich on fruits and vegetables we are in good road, and the inevitable ¡ EXERCISE! Beside all the positive than have to the body (muscles, tendons, etc.), the exercise help to other activities, like concentration and self-esteem.
Other important thing to care about our habits is the time for sleep. We read a recently investigation than shows a reverse connection between hours of sleep and high MCI; in other words: if we don’t sleep enough, the people increase its mass.

For the physical therapist is very important have a good physical condition, and for that, we have a class of that.
For me, in the beginning it was not so good, because I am not a “sport girl”, I like more to read than run; but now, I love the sport class, is funny and I felt immediately better, flighty like a feather. And incentive to do more “healthy things”, because its feel really good do exercise.

Hope you be all right!

Bye!

My best memory of childhood

In general my memory is not very good, something very terrible because now I have to memorize a lot of things, but that is another conversation because about my pass a have a lot of memories, for that reason is very difficult to choose one the constellation of good moments about that pass called “childhood”. But now I am thinking, there is a “perfect” moment in my infancy, around 4 years old.

In my happy pinky four years old, I was living in the capital of Chile, in Santiago, because my father and my mother was working a lot, and they needed someone to help us, someone to take care of me: My grandparents. So, I lived that period of my life in “La Florida”, in the “Uberlinda and Orlando” house.

One day of that year – must be in 1995 – it was going to be a moon eclipse, and how I never was watched a moon eclipse, my mother and father organized a “camp” out, in the garden of my grandma. In the backyard of my grandma there is a big and peculiar “parrón” – of that parrón emerged a mysterious pumpkin -. So, we put blankets ans pillows down the Parrón to be confortables when the moment to experiment the natural phenomenon been able to enjoy it.

The deal: we (mother, father and daughter) was down the Parrón talking about anything, looking the stars, waiting “the show” in that starry night with a lot of yearning (at least me) to see that magic event. There was more silence than conversations, so in one of those long silences I fall asleep, because I had not strength or the late-night practice. My father (I supposed) takes me in his arms and moved to my bed. I didn’t wake up at the other day, when I realized what happened: I had lost an eclipse!

While no longer a “novelty” see eclipses, that day I imbued with the fact of amazed at events as “natural” and “supernatural” at time. Also the taste of contemplation emerges that day. Well, pleasant sensation of being among the parents.

That is my history.
Bye!