Always a polemic topic...

Education… always a polemic topic. In Chile, not everyone have access to good education, but it´s a right for all the kids. The law says that 12 years of education are the minimums for a Chilean citizen, but doesn´t say anything about quality. I think this is the main problem of education. Good education must be a right for everybody, and not just education for carry out this 12 year that law says. However, there´s good education, but is given for privates schools. If you can pay, you can have it. If you can´t, you are doomed to have a mediocre education; in that case, the opportunities to continue with your studies (superiors), are less than a student of a private school.
Education was better before the dictatorship. There were privates schools too, but free education was a good one. Superior education was less in numbers of students and institutions, but it was much cheaper, free in most cases. Today, education is a business, everything is about money. The schools half publics, half privates, are an example of that. Mi school in Rancagua was of this type and it wasn´t very good; in fact, was, and still is, a mediocre school, these were good teachers too, but in general, quality was poor. Principal and owner of the school was interesting only in money, everybody knew it. For that reason, I don´t think that increase subvention for this type of school is a good idea, but that is what President Piñera wants; it give an incentive to make money with education.

My favorite movie.... Espiritrompa!

It´s very difficult to me think in my favorite movie. I loved movies; it is an art that always admired. Cinema Paradiso, Modern Times, Psycho, Citizen Kane, are one of my favorites. Even I buy the DVD of all of them. However, in this case I choose “La Lengua de las Mariposas”, a Spanish film directed by José Luis Cuerda. It is a beautiful movie, and I cried all the time when I watched. It´s wear, because I never cry about problems of real life.
The story is about a kid who started to go to a public school, and meet a teacher who changes his way to see the world. The context of the film is the civil way in Spain, precisely before it started. The father of the child, his friends, and the teacher are contrary to Franco and the military.
I saw it for the first time in my home. A friend told me that was a great movie, and he knows a lot about films, so I watched. My mom saw it with me, and both loved it. After that, I always recommended.
I think that this movie is better than others, ´cause is not just entertainment, is an historical film, and shows who is possible to fight for ideals, not only with a big uprising, but teaching and being a master too. The relationship between the teacher and the child of the movie is, for me, an emblem of that. Is that what makes me cry…
Please, see this movie, and find out why the author named like this.

English galore!!! =P

Today all the class visited a web page in English. This particular page is like a public class, because you can learn vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar, and is not just another boring page for students; in fact, it is even fun.
When I saw the page, the first think that I notice was the BBC in the title. That made me thinks that it is a serious page, so I could visit it with no problems, and learn online. Internet is more than msn and Facebook page!
I visited a section called “The Flatmates”, were you can listen a group of friends talking in normal situations of life. I listen some dialogues, one about a nurse and his boss, and others between two friends. I read his biographies and I notice that there are characters of different races. I think that is a great idea, considering that in Great Britain there are many immigrants.
I listed some pronunciation classes, and it was OK, but I´m not use to Britain accent. I think that is easier the American accent, but Britain´s sound better, don´t you think so?
By the way, here is the link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
Greetings,
Victoria

A day that couldn´t be worse, but it was.

The night of February 27th I was in home. That night I was planning to go out, have a few drinks and play poker with my friends. So, about 11:00 pm I took the public transport but it was crashed, so I couldn’t go out. In fact, I went to the Regional Hospital from Rancagua, and I was there for like three hours, accompany with some people of the police to state injures. After the consult with a doctor, and check that everything was right, I went home with my parents. My brother and sister were in home waiting for me.
I had a bump on the head, and I wasn´t feeling so good, so I ate something and went to bed. Finally I could be comfortable in my bed, thinking that this terrible day was over… Or that was I believe… five minutes later, an earthquake started! Luckily I wasn´t scared, so I get up of bed, totally calm and, with my sister, wait until the earthquake was over. Then, went down to the first floor of my house, I slept there with all my family.
Now, with my friends say to me that with my accident, we saved all of us.

A little about me

Hi everyone! I´m Victoria and this is my first blog, so I will try to do my best. So... let´s get strarted! I´m going to say a little about me first. I was born in Rancagua, my family and best friends are from there, but since 2007 I´m in Santiago, studying. If I got time, I try to go to my home. Fortunately, is just one hour in bus, so isn´t complicated. Here in Santiago I study Sociology, this is my fourth year. I love my career.
Well...that´s for today!
Greetings