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Dear all.

First I have to say that it's been a crazy year,  as usual. But this post is more about reflecting about the year than merely having to describe it. 

Write about:
> Good things that have happened
> Situations that haven't worked so well
> Your achievements
> Other things you want to mention

 Alright then, let's see... 2018 was supposed to be a good year in my head, at least in economic terms. And I must say it hasn't been what I planned. In the beginning I had three job opportunities and of those 3, U de Chile is the only one that remained viable. The other two jobs didn't start and at this point I've just discarded them. That made me make the decision of having U de Chile as my only employer for what's left of this year. 

One really bad thing that happened is that my mighty vaporizer got stolen :( I still have a tiny hope of having a positive answer from the faculty as to what happened with it. I forgot it in a classroom and it should have turned up by now :(.


But not only bad things happen, one must open their eyes and observe that in between "negative" things, good or positive things can be found. 

This year I consolidated a complicated relationship with my girlfriend, we designed our house, and right after I finish writing this post, we'll go to start building the foundations of our new home. That's awesome!!

Lastly, I'll mention something that's new for me. For the first time working at U de CHile, my students have asked me to share and celebrate the end of the course with a "convivencia" which I find really cute and sweet. 
Now it's your turn, tell me: How's your year going?
Leave comments in my post and three of your classmates (no pictures needed this time).
Wordcount: 200 

Have you had a good year, so far?

Post 9

A Subject you've enjoyed studying this semester



We're in the final stage of the semester, and in the final posts. If we count this session, we only have 2 left.

 Today's post will be about: "A Subject I've enjoyed studying this semester"
I know you have very different subjects or courses each semester, most students have 5/7 courses, and they can be divided into practical courses (doing and putting theory into practise) and theoretical courses. 


Was the subject practical/theoretical?
Did you choose it because of the teacher or the schedule?
What would you change to this course if you could?
What was your favorite aspect of this course? 

The questions above are meant to help you start writing :)

Don't forget to mention these:

> Name
> Describe what you do in classes
> Mention the main contents you have seen
> Explain why you like the subject


Word Count: 190

Make comments on 3 of your patners' posts.

Post 8

​Animals

What would be of us without them?

This eighth post is the final chosen topic, but we still have two posts pending to end the blogs. 

I don't have a clear idea of what you meant when the topic was picked, so I'll  have to write some of my various thoughts about them.

Animals are not food.

Well, maybe for you they still are. But hey! This is my post haha

Many people engage in discussions wether or not humans are naturally set to eat meat, I believe we are not. Many carnivorous animals have bodies and capacities to hunt and eat others that we simply do not have I.e agility, claws, fangs, etc. Having said this, and after six years of being a vegetarian, I must say the food industry, more specifically the meat industry does everything it can to remain on top of the food culture of most individuals, do you ever think about it?

Now I can also dedicate a few words to animals as companions, or pets. Since they do not communicate using words like us, building a relationship with any "domestic" animal requires trust and learning to understand what their needs are and how they express them. I must say I really don't like people that treat animals as furniture.

Now it's your turn, what aspect of animals will you cover in your post? that's up to you ;)

Wordcount 180.
Don't forget at least one picture, and of course comments in mine and three classmates' posts.

Post 7

Hi everone!

We're still going through the chaos that this semester has been and we're now in the seventh post for this 10-blog-activity. This time we'll develop a post whose topic was chosen in class.

Sports.

This topic is, sincerely, not very easy for me to write since I don't do many sports and only enjoy watching some. My favorites to watch are soccer, tennis, basketball and swimming.
When it comes to soccer there's only one real team that I'm interested in, and that's Universidad de Chile. Not even the national team feels as important as U de Chile. I actually worked for a year in the CDA which is were the main team and young players train. It was a great experience.
As for others, I remember when I followed some great campaing that Fernando González and Nicolás Massú had when I was younger, those were some great matches!

A sport I'm great at, is growing cacti. Wait, what? that's not a sport? alright. A sport I'm great at is Chess! what now? that's not a sport either? mmm then I guess I'm not very good at doing sports.
I did play some basketball when I was in primary and I believe I wasn't a total failure.


A piece of historical humor! jeje I hope it doesn't bother CC fans.

Post 6

Movies!!

It's finally time for our first chosen topic. This time we'll write about movies. As the topic is very open, I'll give you freedom to chose: what's a great movie you recommend? what's the worst movie you've ever seen? or maybe what's a movie that you feel represents you in your current life?
All these are questions that you can use to develop your ideas for this post.

In my case I'm not a big fan of movies, I do enjoy comedy, drama and action movies but I believe that series can develop deeper characters and that helps the viewers to become more acquainted with the pieces of the story.
Anyway, I'll tell you about my favorite movie:


"You met me at a very strange time in my life." Fight club, 1999.

This is probably one of my favorite movies of all time, at least one I'd re watch and would still be enjoyable. I won't tell you what it is about because.. well, because of the first rule of the fight club!
If you saw this, you know what I mean. This is probably an intense and deep movie for some people, but that's not the only type of styles I like. As I said I do enjoy other types as well.

Now it's your turn!!
Wordcount:160.
Leave comments in this post and in three of your classmates'.

Post 5

Hello everyone!
It's time for our fifth post.
This time you have to choose only ONE of these 2 options:


A career-related website that you enjoy visiting.

You have to:

- provide the link
- describe the website (sections, features,etc)
- say how often you visit the site
- explain why you like the site.


>Add comments to 3 of your classmates’ blogs + a comment on your teacher's post



A person/expert on your field that you admire.

Say:

-Who she/he is. (short biography)
-What she/he has done. (examples of their work)
-Why you like her/him.
-Include his/her image

> About 150 words
>Add comments to 3 of your classmates’ blogs + a comment on your teacher's post.


_____________________________________________________



A career related website I use all the time is Word-reference.com.
I've even recommended you using it for your posts, as it includes examples of the words as well as discussion about uncertain translation and other expressions.

I visit this website on a daily basis, because as you know, english is my second language too, so I learn new words very often, also to remind myself of the spelling of words I don't use regularly. One of the most recurring situations in which I use this site, is when my students ask me technical words related to their careers.

The sight of this page is very nice in my opinion, it uses soft colors and that usually helps people to relax, also it provides links to different useful sites, as well as dictionaries in several languages that are one click away!

 

Now it's your turn.

Post 4

A photography you like and its story!

Hi girls and boys!
This week's post is about a photography you like, any of them! It can be one you took, or a famous one taken by a photographer of your choice.

Here's mine!

 In the picture, you can see George Harrison, and Bob Marley (and two other people I don't know)

I've liked these musicians for a long time now. Harrison, former guitar player and my favorite Beatle, is also the name of my first dog. And Marley, family name of one of the greatest artists/activists I know, is the name of my first cat :)

 Here's my version of it. These are my Harrison and Marley :)

This took place in Copiapó, where I adopted Marley. She was about 4 months old in the picture, Harrison had never lived with a cat before, but he's such a lovely dog that he never had problems with her. This picture is special because it reminds me good times. It was taken back in 2014 when I lived in the Atacama Region. The reason why I chose this picture is because these animals were my family then, since I lived alone and knew nobody there. 

EXTRA!!! Just because they look so cute!

So...
What's your favorite picture?
Where was it taken?
Who took it?
Why is it special for you?

- 150 words minimum.
- Include at least one picture. 
- Comment on your teacher's post and 3 of your classmates’ blogs.

Post 3

Hello everyone!

Welcome to the third post of the blog assessment, today we'll write about our favourite pieces of technology

I'll start by saying that I have a weird relationship with technology, I love it, but on the other hand I feel it causes us many problems.

Having a smartphone nowadays is a very common thing among people from our generations, and I'm not the exception. Mine is not a very advanced one, and even though it's not, it can do many amazing things, if you think about it.

To have, in one device, the possibility of doing practically anything, from taking pictures, using it as a lantern, listening to music, filming videos, writing and reading texts, to name a few options, is something that makes me wonder if we're really using technology as we should, or if maybe we're only using it as a means of instant fun.


These days the phone I have is an Iphone 5S and I've found it to be quite good. I must say that I haven't been an Apple user for long so I still feel I haven't used the whole potencial of my device, but I do feel it offers some great possibilities. As many of you, I use my phone every day, many times a day, so my life without it would be very peaceful, but I'd miss some of its functions!

Now it's your turn!

Here there are some things you can say:

What it is.
When you got it.
How you use it.
How often you use it.
Why you like it.
What life would be like without it.


- 140 words minimum.
- Include a picture. 
- Comment on your teacher's post and 3 of your classmates’ blogs.

Post 2

Hello Students!

Why did I choose this career?

Well, to be honest, I just wanted to be an English teacher, I didn’t really know why. I remember as a child I liked English, but I didn’t want to become a teacher back then. In those days I was interested in archaeology and later on cooking. I actually studied cooking in highschool and nowadays I’m a pretty good cook.

Even though sometimes “Pedagogia” can become “pega jodida”, I have enjoyed being a teacher: I’ve worked with different stages of education and I’ve had students of very different ages, for example first year primary students all the wat into adults that had already finished university. I worked for a year as the head of the English Opens Doors Program of the Ministry of education in Atacama, and I also had the opportunity to work in my favorite soccer team, U de chile, where I was the teacher of English for the young players of the team.

 Here with an 'I'm a future english teacher' shirt, back in 2010

Here's a plate I prepared, sauté mushrooms, onions and zuccinis, rice and fried vegan fries tortilla :3

And here as the Master of Ceremony at the Spelling Bee tournament in Copiapó, 2014.

Today's post will be about your thoughts around this question:

Why did I choose this career?

Here there are some questions that can help you start writing!

- your dream jobs when you were a child

- other career options that you had at the moment of applying to university

- what made you decide in the end

- your experience at university until now

- the kind of job you would like to have

 > word count: 130 words

 > don't forget to leave comments on 3 of your classmates posts and on your teacher's post as well.

Post 1

My Autobiography.

Hello everyone!
For today, and as the first official post of this semester, you have to write your auto biographies.
Include:

- Birth info (where, when you were born, what hospital, etc) 
- Studies info (elementary/high school/ univ)
- Family Info
- Hobbies
- Other info you find important to define your identity.

> Number of words: 120 (minimum)
> Make comments on three of your classmates posts and also leave a comment on the teacher's post.

Here's my post as an example:
 

 
Victor Manuel Rubio Fuenzalida, born on April 23th 1988, in the city of Santiago. Second son of Patricio and Cristina. He studied his whole primary school in La Granja, at Teniente Dagoberto Godoy school. Later on, he continued his secondary education in La Cisterna, at the Ministro Abdon Cifuentes High School, where he studied cooking.

During 2006, and after 3 months of experience in the kitchen, while doing the internship, he decided to become an English teacher, which led him to enter Universidad Autónoma de Chile. In 2009 he applies for a scholarship to go and study abroad, and there he studied for one semester at the Iowa Central Community College.

Once he got back to Chile, he finished his career and started working as a teacher for different schools in La Cisterna, Pedro Aguirre Cerda, and Lo Prado. As a professional he's worked for many institutions such as Instituto Chileno Británico, Ministerio de Educación, Club Deportivo Universidad de Chile and currently he's working at the University of Chile.

Nowadays Victor lives alone with his pets in Curacaví and enjoys his time by 

gardening, his favorite hobby.

 

That was my post, now it's your turn!
Write at least 120 words, and don't forget to leave a comment here and on 3 of your classmates posts'.

NO TRANSLATOR ;)

POST 0

Hello Everyone!
This is our first time using the blogs! In this post I want you to comment telling the following:

- A short description of your expectations using blogs, or writing online in english. (50 words minimum)
- Your full name and blog address.
That's it!