Animals

Hi to everyone! Today I’m going to write about the animals. I love dogs and cats, especially when they are still puppies and kitties, but I’m not precisely an animal lover, because I think that a real animal lover must be dedicated and committed with the animal’s right and also devote part of each day to care and play with your pets if you have one. However, I have two pets, both are Yorkshires. They are a little grumpy but very loving.
I think that all kind of animals deserves minimal conditions of life. Actually, the human ambition use animal for their own good and forget about the animal suffering. In my country there are lot of animal rights groups that defends animals. Immediately comes to my mind “Elige Veganismo” an organization that promotes vegan lifestyle. Personally, I think it's a little extremist to stop drinking milk, and stop use clothes made by animal’s products. Anyway, this organization is characterized by consistent and have clear arguments for their cause.
In my country there are around 250 endangered species, due to human exploitation and the destruction of the environment
Animals are usually used in circuses, zoos, aquariums and traditional sports. In these cases they are not provided with the space and minimal conditions. Also, the suffering of animals used in experimentation is common, they are locked and humans, causes them to get diseases. Also, the use of animals to try cosmetics
If animals could make a documentary movie about humans, they definitely show the exploitation and denouncing our abuses.
If I could be an animal, I will be a Pudú because they are small, live in the south and are very friendly.

Environment care

The environment care practices likethe recycling is growing in importance in many countries and more people are realising, that if they recycle their products instead of throwing them away they can help to prevent and reduce the polution.

There are some campaigns on television that talk about saving energy, and there are also eco-friendly groups in university that try and promote a greener lifestyle. I try to make recycling one of my habits, but it’s still not a habit of mine, and I don’t have many opportunities outside of university to make a recycling etiquette. Anyway, I try to saving energy at home or to not throw garbage on the street or prefer recyclables product when Im buying something, …very basics habits. Since I live very far away from college, I mostly use public transportation.

Santiago doesn’t have a municipal recycling program and in proper legislation and social consciousness regarding this issue. The environmentalism shouldn`t be a consign only of one organization, shoul be a consign of all, goverments, people and organization.

I have never joined or supported an eco-organization because I’ve never had enough time or information, and because I think that the enviroment care must be first of all part of the public policy, specially because there are some countries (imperialist countries like the USA) that consume all the resources and development their industry and economy through pollution and natural resources exploitation of many countries. I mean that the reciclyng and all the good habits to care the environment are very usefull, they are not enough they must be accompained by a sustainable development plan respected by all.

Music! (:

When I’m at home studing, doing the cleaning, resting or cooking, also when I go out and I'm in the metro or walking by the street: music is a very important part of my life and of each situation. The differents melodies can be a company that later, when you are older will be part of your memories.

I like a wide range ol music, like cumbia, hip-hop, trova, blues, reggae, and argentine rock specially the 80’s and 90’s like Charly garcia and Fito Paéz. I like this music because have a great rithym and content in the lyrics and also because when I was a child mi Dad used to listened this music, so my first memory of learning a song is “11 y 6” by Fito Páez. I think all kind of music is valuable althought there is some music that I’don’t listen like Pop music, or heavy metall beacause It doesn’t transmit anything.

My music resources are internet (specially blogs) and a little collection of cd’s that I buy once in Argentina or that I buy when they are sheaper. Also, I loved concerts (massive or more private) I remember a great concert in the 2008 called “Salvador Allende, cien años, mil sueños”.
I don’t know how to play any instrument, this is very sad because I love singing with my friends and their guitars or just in the shower.For me, the importance of the music is the ability to transmited, share feelings and be part of your memory.

Democracy begins at home

How Child care can contribute to a mature and selfness society? An interesting article about the work of Sue Gerhardt, a psychotherapist, attempts to answer this question. Sue has been working on the development of infants; a few years ago she published the book “The selfish society”, it states a relation between the infant's brain and the global challenges of the planet.

According to this book, if everyone improves care and attention we give to our children, we can create a better society. The key is the emotional development, specifically by changing the experience of early dependence on others into a positive experience for increasing numbers of children, there will be more capacity to extend concern to the wider community.

The Psychotherapist take the story of a little boy called George, who received the best education and he had everything he wanted except an emotional security so when he grow up he seek positions of power to reclaim a sense of self-esteem and he became president George Bush .

The rearing environment and the experiences for a baby are very important. Also for a child to have at least one permanent relationship with an adult of his family who listens and cares
Sue suggests certain claims to work in childcare like the right to flexible work, access to parent-infant psychotherapy and some money to support parents.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/may/01/childcare-sue-gerhardt-psychotherapist

Euthanasia

When I heard the word euthanasia I think immediately in a sick person who is suffering with his condition. I know that voluntary euthanasia is illegal in many countries except United States and involuntary euthanasia is illegal in the majority of countries. In this moment I don’t remember a famous case of this but I remember a very good movie called “Mar adentro”. This movie talks about this topic and is base on a true story. It’s about a man who was left quadriplegic after an accident, his condition is incurable and he was 29 years lying on a bed, this man try to do legal his own euthanasia but he can`t get the consent for the state so he committed suicide in collusion with various family members and friends who were never charged, because he developed a sophisticated plan to protect them. I don’t practice any religion, but the Catholicism (that is practice for the most of the Chileans) prohibits the euthanasia, in my personal opinion the government doesn’t have the right to keep a person alive considering the pain and the decision of the sick person and his family, In my case, I’m agree with euthanasia and I think that the discernment have to be more flexible.

*The image of this post is from the movie "Mar adentro"

A new and strange term

I would say that I dont have many academic expectation about this new term because is too short and the subjects that I`m taking are too boring like Introduction to the Psychologycal evaluation or Cognitive neuroscience. I know that this sounds very pessimist but it`s difficult form me go back to class afther six month on strike learning and doing more intresting things that are more usefull for life.

Apart from that, having class in summer makes me feel automatically tired. The idea of take a test a day after new year its sad and I can`t imagine the suffocating warm in the classroom

Anyway, I prefer to think that this two months will be past as fast is possible and all the time that we were on strike was necessary for a incipient construction for this student movement.

Bloggin experience

Maybe this is the last post in this blog, so today I will talk about the blogging experience during this semester in the English class. I can develop very much the write comprehension and my abilities to improve this language, now I think that a good way to learn another language Is with practical activities like this, so listening a talk and later write about it like we do once is a excellent way to put on exercise the techniques aspects of grammar, also write about interesting subjects is an extra motivation that becomes this homework in something more funny. In my personal opinion I think that write about our career or our favorite movie or photograph give us a better relation with these assignments, I enjoy writing about these topics and especially talking about my best friend because I have the opportunity to express little things of myself and think about important topics like education. In other aspects, reading the ideas or thought of my classmates I can knew more about different point of view or the interests of them. According with this I would say that the blogging experience has many advantages and good qualities and it becomes to me in an interesting and also a creative experience
In an ambit maybe a little lazier an a kind of trivial I would say that sometimes the requirement of have to write with a minimum of words was difficult in my case because it wasn`t easy think in more things to say in English (as now in this post), however I understand that do this duty is a important way to manage a good English and the ability to develop ideas.