The last post for English course

Hello Bloggers

This is the last post of the English course, and we have to talk about English.

In my experience, learning English at university is very different to learn English at school, because in my School my teachers used to focus in the grammatical area, and a little in the reading, but not too much in writing, speaking and listening. So as you can see, the learning at university is more focus in the practical area, more speaking, more writing.

The use of the blogs is a good tool to practise the writing, specially when we choose the theme that we want to speak because we could write and write many hours about this.

I think I need to improve more in listening, because I have problems to hear in my own mother language, and is more difficult in other; and speaking because I can't speak fluently, and pronounce well all the words. Also, I need to know more words and more vocabulary because sometimes I don't know what is the meaning of some word, or I can't explain something because I forgot a word or I don't know how do you say the word in English. That is bad, and I know that the best way to improve, is practising, but I don't have a person to talk in English, so sometimes I speak with myself in English, just like a game.

Really, outside the class I use English every day, specially in my music, although I have a too many songs in other languages, English is the most used. Now I'm taking song lessons, and the teacher asks us to sing songs in English. Also, I remove the subtitles in Spanish of the movies and change to English to practise the listening.  At University, in some subject is obligatory read books in English, and they aren't usually short lecture, so it takes more time to read in English than in Spanish, but I know that with these books, you can know more words related to your career. Last time, I've bought some books written in English about some theme that I like (crime, fantasy, etc) to read in the summer, so I'm anxious and expect to the summer vacation because I'll spend my free time reading books.

Goodbye Folks

Anthropology programme in Universidad de Chile

Hi folks!

This time I'm going to write about the changes I would like to make to my study programme.

As I told in older post, I'm studying anthropology and this is my second year, and I'm ending the last semester of the  'Basic Cycle'. My career has a formal duration of 5 years, but really it takes 7 years to end, including thesis and practice, very long.

Curriculum map in physical Anthropology 

In this Basic Cycle, you study 4 semester with 'general' subjects and formation, but really of 24 subjects,  2 are related to Physical Anthropology, 4 to Archaeology, and the rest with Social Anthropology, and I think that is not fair. So, since the beginning of the career, we have problems because there are three mention and the basic cycle only prepare for social mention, and I think this situation must be change.

Then we have to decide what mention we want to specialize. I like the mention of physical Anthropology and Archaeology, so I hope someday have the two mention.

 In this career you make your own path and you decide what study, but to have a good job, is necessary make a many scientific papers, because if you don't publish, you are not a good anthropologist, and that is sad.

In technology.. ufff... is terrible. The technology is very old, the most new is a Scanning Electron Microscope (the jewel of the faculty) but is more useful for student of science, not in Anthropology. The classroom are not enough big for the student (there are 60 persons is classroom for 30), laboratories haven't the capacity for student (with 4 persons, is full), when the weather is hot, we haven't air conditioning, in FACSO there are air vent but in class you can't ear to the teacher because it has a terrible sound. These things I would like to change.

In Teaching Methods.. I think it could be better, because we need more practice class, for example, more fieldwork, more laboratories (to prepare for Archaeology and Physical Anthropology), and not spend the majority of the time in lectures. I think with practice we learn more and we can remember more things.

That is all about my career.

Have a nice weekend

Next Summer Holidays

Hi folks!

Summer is comming and my body knows it (I have allergy to the sun :C). I hate the summer, I don't like hot weather, I prefer frosty days. The good thing is: there is no more classes and you can rest after a exhausting academic year. 

I usually work in summer to have my money and buy the things that I need, and travel to someplace where I want to go, for example, last summer my boyfriend and I went to Viña del Mar for 1 week and we met other places around. For this year -really, next year because only February is my rest moth-, I only want to travel to Queule (the place where I lived) with my boyfriend, we enjoy touring different places, we can trekking, eat fresh food, go across the river with kayak, visit legendary places (for example: 'La piedra bruja'), etc. I had no more plans at now but I'm open to new experiences and improvise travels.   

Caleta Queule

I talked to my family about Malalhue and the Lake of Panguipulli (the place where we make the fieldwork), and my dad is fascinated to know the place, so is probably that we will go to Panguipulli in 2017. I would like to go again, because we went one day and that wasn't enough, Panguipulli is amazing and I would like to meet surroundings. 

Malalhue

Lake of Panguipulli

I always read a lot in summer and this summer won't be the exception. I have many books to read and I hope end the majority. I like to read while I'm travelling, and I travel a lot in car or bus (I love it), but I also like see the landscape, so I read more when we cross cities.   

That's all for today.

Have a nice weekend!

Myths and legends

Hi blogger!

Today I have to speak about my favorite myths. Really, I don't have favorite myths, as a student of anthropology and reader of hundred myths and legends, I think all are interesting and each one says a lot about its culture, so if difficult to choose one.
This time I will talk about the legend of 'El Camahueto'. 

This is a legend from Chiloé, Chile. I remember I read it from books when I was child, and it talks about a big calf and a horn on its forehead, like an unicorn. The animal has a powerful force. Camahueto born by a horn bury in the ground and grow up under hills near the coast, and when is 'adult' (twenty or twenty five years later), it surface and go to the ocean to find the marine cow (Vaca Marina, other mythology figure of Chiloé). In the road to go to the sea, Camahueto left deep groove in the ground with its horn that can become in a stream. Is impetuous, furious and violent, destroy all that is found in its road. People who suppose that there is one of them in their property, call to a wizard (named 'lacero') or a machi, who create a special string to capture the Camahueto. The animal is calmed when the wizard cut its horn, because the horn is the source of the force and virility. Then, the wizard guides the Camahueto to the sea. Machi or Lacero uses the horns for magic purpose, for example, can create another Camahueto or can prepare mixture, unguent, etc., use the horn for curing or illness. People says that one potion (scraping of the horn) has the capacity to restore the manhood of older man. It too has the power for rejuvenate, cure rheumatism, anemia, infection in the skin, etc. 

Like an interesting detail, the game: Mitos y Leyendas of Icarito has a card of this mythological animal.




Have a nice weekend!

Post graduate studies in Anthropology

Hello Blogger!

This time, the post is about postgraduate courses I would like to take.

I have said before (in other post) that I want to study the mention of Physical Anthropology, so, if I end my career, I will have a bachelor's degree in Anthropology, mention in Physical Anthropology. But of course, I want to study always, forever and ever xD because I love to learn and makes me feel good help the people with my knowledge. 

I would like to know more about archaeology, forensic, and Egyptology, my dream is study and have graduate in these I mention, and of course, work in something related with these three subjects. I would like to take the: Biological Anthropological Science MPhil in University of Cambridge, Forensic or Medical Anthropology MSc in University of Edinburgh, Archaeology and Anthropology MPhil in University of Bristol and Egyptology in Spain or UK.

All the courses that I want to take are abroad, because in Chile these postgraduates are not enough developed. The best countries for study the things that I want are in North America or Europe, (UK, Spain, Germany), because there is more valuate these work and the payment is higher than in Chile (here you have to take more than one job for earn enough to sustain your home :C )  I prefer study in blended system because with this system I could work and study at the same time, to pay the postgraduate.
I don't know what will happen in the future, I hope be happy with my life and work, in equilibrium with me and the nature.

Have a nice weekend.

How will be my future job?

Hi people!

Is difficult to think about how will be my future job, because the future is uncertain, and sometimes our wishes can change and the life can prepare something different. But I like to think how could be work in physical anthropology in Chile or in the world.

I know that if I choose work with contract and in laboratory, is probably that I will had to work from 8-9 to 5-6, and that is not good, because I like have time to share with my family and friends, and have time for myself, is very important have your own space and time to relax. I would like to go out of Chile and work in Forensic Anthropology because in other countries the career is more value, the salary is more high, and there's other lines of investigation that I would like to follow.    

In the future, I see me working almost all the time in laboratories, and sometimes traveling to some place for remove the skeletal remains. I can see me working with other persons of different disciplines in investigation, I think it's very important. 

But I don't want to live only with a degree in Anthropology with mention in Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, I would like to study other careers to complement my education, and construct my own way in investigation and academic field. I would like to work in a job that allow me travel, have enough free time and develop my skills in other fields, like sports (I would like to know about other martial arts), other activities like sing (I love sing), play piano, etc., and I hope have long holidays :3 

I hope work enough to buy my own house and support many cats that I want to have xD

But for reach all these things, I have to get past these situation:

Have a nice looooong wekend!! Enjoy.

TV series: Criminal Minds

Hi blogger!

We have to speak about a TV series or soap operas we have an obsession with. In my case, at now I'm not obsessed with a Tv series because I haven't enough time. I like Tv series and movies about criminals, murderers, killers, and dark characters. The last series that I saw was Stranger Things during the strike (in july), but the series I used to be Obsessed is Criminal Minds, and that was 4 or 3 years ago.

Criminal Minds is an american police series television about drama and crime. I liked  (and I still like it) because it combines the music, poetry, physiology, life stories about the mean characters and the history of criminals of each chapter. I learned a lot with the chapters, because each chapter talks about a different criminal (who were serial killers), so the history, the pathology, and the way to solve the case always changes.  

 I loved the character of Spencer Reed (Matthew Gray Gubler), because is the cleverest man in the series, is a genius with many careers and PhD, he has an high IQ of 187, he can read 20000 words per minute, and has eidetic memory!!! He has problems to express his ideas, and can't understand hints, is very rational and no emotional (he has Asperger's syndrom). He is always reading many books, and the clothes he wears is not very common (maybe unfashionable but I like it). 

I used to see every day 2 or 3 chapters (because it has 12 season and every season has 12 chapters). When I was with my boyfriend and we were watching Tv, I didn't talk to him to see Criminal Minds :C But then I entered to the University and I see it less and less until I had no time to see Criminal Minds u.u And now I don't see more this because some of the actors are out of the Series, and I think all were important. But I still loving the opening of each chapter:

That's all.

Have a nice weekend, is Friday!!