English at University

This year I studied English again.

An entire year had passed since I finished the school. 2009 was my beginning at the university. When I started to study Journalism I thought that I was going to have English as subject from the first year, but it wasn’t like that. I just have had this one the last and the current semester.

It wasn’t hard to take it up again (at least, I think so).

Well, I guess English at the university has been a good experience. It has been useful for me, because I have remembered a lot of things that I learnt in my years at the school.

But I think, too, it has been relatively easy for me because I like it. English is my favourite language. I love to watch films in English (with subtitles… I hate the dubbed movies), to listen to Anglo music and practice it. Of course, I hope to improve my knowledge and my pronunciation, so I guess I will take a course in some years.

Throughout this year I have came back to study this language. With the classes we have had, I have learnt to hear better, to realize which my mistakes are (especially in the written tests). Besides, although I did not like it when we started in the first semester, I must admit the blog was a very good tool to practice our skills and to “let go the hand” (I don’t know how to say “soltar la mano” :P ).

And in the classes I think we have had a teacher who has made a very good job with us. She has tried to make the contents more interesting, for example, with songs.

To finish my work on this blog (which is the first and the last I am going to have… I hope so), I will say that I think we should keep the English classes during the entire career. Because, according to my modest point of view, we must finish it with a real high level in this language. At least in Journalism, I believe we need to know a lot to be good professionals.

Books and reading

Well, if now I have got to talk about books I’ll do it, but if someone asks me which was the first one a read… I really do not remember.

Of course I keep in my mind many children’s books, for example, La bruja Mon, El dragon color frambuesa, and others.

Obviously couldn’t be absent the Disney classics: Rapunzel, Cinderella, between others. I think there is no child in the world (well, at least the occidental world) who has not read or heard about them.

But, apart from the books of my childhood, I must say that I like to read books. But not all of them, because there are many books which are truly boring or tedious, and I do not like them. I prefer to read a book of which topic is interesting for me or which story is entertaining.

Maybe somebody can think this one is for children, but I like Harry Potter. At the beginning (by the first books of the saga), I did not like it. I thought it was too fantastic and dull, but when I read the Harry Potter and the sorcerer’s stone I discovered a whole new world!! No, I’m kidding. The truth is a found it good. It has many characters, many stories and in every book it gets better (though there is no comparison between the books and the movies… the books are better).

I have thought many times if there is one author or more that I consider my favourite. Always I have came to the conclusion that I’ve got no one. I guess that is because I am not a fanatic of reading.

And if I have to choose what kind of books I enjoy the most… I don’t know hahhaha

Really, it depends on many things: the author, the topic, my interests, my necessities and that sort of business.

Protecting the environment...

Well, today we have got an interesting topic, although I don’t practice it so much.

First of all, according to me, people learn about environmentally friendly practices in their own families. If the parents do not teach to their children how to protect the nature, they can not know if to throw paper in the street, for example, is right or not. It depends on the education from the family and, of course, the school.

Personally, I have not incorporated recycling into my habits. It doesn’t mean I’m going destroying the environment along my life, but I am not the kind of person who always goes to special places to throw plastic or glass.

I usually use the car or Transantiago buses to go from my house to somewhere. And I must say I don’t like to have to walk every day 10 minutes to get the bus stop (from Monday to Friday), so my mom takes me, but only in the morning (though sometimes I call her in the evening… just when I am tired :P ).

I haven’t joined to any organization, like Greenpeace. Because I am not a fan of this topic. But it doesn’t mean I don’t care about it, ‘cause I hate the people and the companies which kill animals (whales, for example).

I would like to make something else to protect the nature, I don’t know what; maybe just contribute recycling materials (to start for somewhere).

Nowadays the carbon footprint is ”in”. Talking about what I have done to reduce it, I think I haven’t done so much. I know, I should… and I will try.

In our society, especially in the cities like Santiago, we need more information about this kind of topic. Most of people know the basic, but we all must take more care and protect the environment.