Challenges with English language

Hi there! Today I'm going to talk about the challenges I've had faced with my English studies or maybe just with the language itself. The first thing that comes to my mind is that I can't speak English publicly or maybe with people I don't know very well, that happens mostly because I don't even speak Spanish in public, with time I have become very introverted in public and I start stuttering or my voice trembles, so that plus a different language equals my tongue gets trapped and even though my words are understandable I know I can do better, a possible solution for this I think is practicing a lot before going public but if it's something spontaneous the solution would be to expose myself to public situations so the stuttering or voice trembles are more controlled. A second problem is that if I don't practice regularly I start to forget some words, the best solution for this is to have English classes, for example last year I didn't have English so this year I feel a little behind, also this problem gets exacerbated because my closest surroundings don't like English or don't understand it but I try to watch everything or read texts in English as practice. The last problem I can remember is that I get confused with the times in English, this has been a problem especially when I'm taking a test because even though the answer might be correct I used the incorrect time so everything gets bad graded, the solution for this it's to expend time studying seriously the times and the rules for each one…

Now I would like to know if you have problems with English too…

Changes to the Chilean study program

Hi there! Today I'm going to talk about the changes I would make to the study program in Chile. The first thing I think we need to change in the Chilean education is to make possible for everyone to have access to quality education, no matter what socioeconomic situation they have, with this I'm trying to say that education should be the same for everyone because education shouldn't be a lucrative business where if you can't pay you don't get prepared for things like the PSU or university. Secondly I would change the fact that everything it’s way too academic, like kids start being taught since they are like 3, a lot of times they don’t get to be kids and play around because they need to know everything before anyone else and be the “smartest”, nowadays the only thing that matters is the logic intelligence and that only leads to frustrated adults or professionals, so is important to change this, maybe that way we can change that sad future. And lastly I would change the rigid system as in using uniforms, having to go with certain colour of hair, etc., because I think those things are a way to keep students under control, like they are used to preventing the self-expression, and in my opinion self-expression is something very important in every person’s life but especially in students because around their age they're discovering who they are, and besides that maybe it would create less problems between students and the superiors, because is very common to see them fighting over the uniform or hair…

Now I would like to know your opinion about Chilean education…

Personal opinions

Hi there! Today I’m going to give my opinion about some questions…

What is your opinion about the immigration situation in Chile? I don’t really understand about a country’s economy or politics about immigration, so I’ll just say my mundane opinion; I think Chile is doing terrible with the immigrants, I mean they get steal all of their money for living in a matchbox, and I don’t even want to start with racism and xenophobia. I don’t understand why people can see that immigrants came here from their countries to find maybe a better life and how horrible has to be being treated with hate…

What is your opinion about tattoos? My opinion has evolved, when I was a kid I didn’t understand why people would decide to “mark” themselves because my mom taught me that tattoo equal delinquents, but now I truly like them because I know that there’s no relation between being “bad” and having tattoos. And personally I want to have tattoos but I’m sure my mom wouldn’t talk to me just like she did with my sister…

What is your opinion about the Chilean tradition called ‘mechoneo’? I’m pretty sure that my opinion has always been the same which is that the “mechoneo” is just a form of violence that people try to mask as a game and it makes me sick that people support this activity; I literally can’t find a good thing to say about “mechoneo”…

What is your opinion about legalizing abortion in some cases? I think it’s a good advance but there’s no way to deny that it’s the conservative solution so men can still be deciding for us, because there’s no freedom when a group of men tells you when to abort or not. That decision should only be made by persons with uterus…

My cellphone

Hi there! Today I’m going to talk about my favourite device which is my cellphone, I’m choosing it as my favourite one because is the device I use the most I pretty much always have it in my hand, so we spent a lot of time together, we have a bond. The reason why it’s my favourite device it’s because I can do basically everything with it, so I don’t need to use the computer which is great because I’m not a big fan of them, and the most important reason is that I can be communicated with my family and friends back in Puerto Montt, so for me the phone is the thing that prevents the feeling of loneliness in this city. As I said before I basically do everything with my phone, I print via wifi my texts, summaries and my works for college; sometimes I take notes about class with it; I put reminders for important things otherwise I would forget; I entertain myself with social media and lastly and most important I communicate with everyone I love. Even though my favourite device is my cellphone I don't understand when people spent lots and lots of money for a phone, for example with an iPhone, for me it’s simple I’m okay with a phone that it’s not “the cellphone of the year” as long as it’s functional and I don’t change it until it breaks or it gets steal.

Now I want to know if you think the cellphone is important in your life…