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English Language Challenges

This is my first semester having English at the University and it’s been so good because I haven’t had English as a subject since, I graduated from the school on 2015, so it’s has been very nice to practice it again. Also I have learned new words like “major”, “public management” and some others, Doings blogs has helped me to practice writing and to think in English. Also, I have learned about the interests of my partners and it has been good to know their opinions about some very interesting topics, like drugs legalization and abortion. I think that I need to keep improving my English, because I still get so nervous when I’m speaking. Also sometimes I forget about the verbal tenses, so that’s something that I have to practice. Although that, I think that my English is good and I can understand almost everything when someone is talking to me and when I am reading books or watching TV series or anything in English. Lately I’ve been using English a lot. Last Tuesday I was wal...
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Changes to my study program

I’m not so sure about what changes I would make to the curriculum map. Maybe I’d remove one or two of the subjects related to the investigation, because we have a new subject related to it every semester until now and I think that I don’t learn new things on them. They are too reiterative! Also, right now we only get exempted of the finals exams if we have more than a 6.0 in our final grade of the semester in each subject, but I think that is a very high grade! It must be a 5.5! And talking about the faculty facilities, there are a lot of things that I think this University needs to change on its infrastructure. For example, there are some computers that doesn’t work well, they are too slow. Also, we need to have more printers, it’s unbelievable that we only have one for the whole university! And a bigger library with more places to study, its necessary because the one that we have now is so small and sometimes you can’t find places to sit there to study And related to the com...
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Personal Opinions

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What is your opinion about legalizing marijuana and other drugs? I support the legalization of marijuana because It can help to reduce the drug trafficking. But if it gets legalized it must be only for adults, and it must be sell on special places. I think that the way that Uruguay legalized the marijuana is a good example to follow. Marijuana is the only drug that I’d legalize, because I believe that other drugs are dangerous and noxious. What is your opinion about the Chilean tradition called “mechoneo”? I think that the “mechoneo” must be stopped in all the Universities. It is a stupid “tradition” and I think that it can be very humiliating and dangerous. It should be changed for funny and friendly activities. I'm glad that I didn’t have a “mecheneo” the two times that I was a “mechona”. What is your opinion about tattoos? I think that we are free to do whatever we want to do on our bodies, so if you like them, go ahead! I don’t have tattoos but so...
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Postgraduate studies

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I think that nowadays is really necessary and important to have postgraduate studies, because you may have a better job and a better salary if you do it, and it’s an opportunity to become a better professional, with more knowledge. I think that finishing the major of Public Management, I’d like to study the Master in Government and Public Management at the University of Chile.  Then, I’d like to study another Master, but this time related to International Affairs, because I want to work on the Ministry of International Affairs. I would like to study it on Spain, specifically at the "Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona", because it is one of the best Universities in the world and I would like to live in Barcelona for some time because I really love that city and there are a lot of things that I would like to do there! For that reason, I would like to study it as a part-time course, so during my free time I can travel to other countries in Europe and visit some football...
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My future job

I’m not sure yet about what kind of job I want to have. I think that as a Public Manager there are a lot of options! But I’d like to work on a Ministry and my first option is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, because I love the International relations and politics and I’d like to travel to other countries too, so that would be for sure my dream job! But If it’s not possible to work there, I also have other interests too. I like sports a lot (specially football) so it would be nice too to work at the Ministry of Sport, because I think that this country needs to have a healthier life and I’d like to help on it. And the other option, would be the Ministry of Women and Gender Equity, because is really important for me to fight for women rights. Actually, the salary doesn’t matter if I’m working in something that I love, but if its possible to work in a place that I like and earn a lot of money I’d be really happy, of course! I don’t know yet what major I want to study, but if ...
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Studying Public Management

I wanted to study Public Management since I was 16 years old, but my parents and friends did not like the idea so much. They said that I had to study law because I was so good at arguing and I’d get a better job and a better salary. So, because I was so young and immature I entered to the law school of the Universidad de Chile, but later I realized that I didn’t like it and I only studied one year. Then, I decided to study what I really wanted to study: Public Management. I liked it because the curriculum map looked nice. Actually, I didn’t know so much about this major, but I liked the idea about the places where we could work. This University was my only option. I wanted to study on a traditional University, and the only other university that had this major was USACH but I didn’t like their curriculum map because they had a lot of mathematics on it. Actually, I don’t know yet if I like this major or not. Sometimes I think that I like it, but other times I think that is r...
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Animals

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There are a lot of animals that I like lot, but my favorite ones are dogs. I have had a few of them during my life, and for sure they are “man’s best friend”, because they are so loyal and they will love you no matter what.  I really think that humans don’t deserve dogs,  they are so good for us. I have three dogs and they make me happy every day of my life. The oldest one is called Tommy (but actually he is young), he is four years old. When I was 16 I really wanted to have a dog, and my parents gave me my best friend as a birthday gift. He is one of the best things of my life! I have another dog. She is called Rumba and is two years old! She is so cute and loves to play all day! Here is a photo of us together, it was taken last weekend: And the last one (but not less important!) is their son, called Denver. He is only 7 months old, and of course he is so playful and loves to eat all day.  He was the fattest of all the puppies!  He...
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