Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Money


I wouldn’t like to be wealthy. I would like to have a job and economic independency, but I don’t want a lot of money, because I think that I don’t need that many resources. I prefer earning enough salary to live well and supply my principal needs. People don’t need to have too much money to be comfortable, in fact, people can live with little cash.
If I inherited a lot of money, I would like to help some people in problems. For example, I help some close people with their careers and their expenses. Then, I would like to travel around the world with my family or my friends. I would visit Asia and Europe principally. When I return, I spend my time in my principal hobbies; painting, taking pictures, writing. I would probably buy some new cameras, but it would be difficult for me to change my old camera. Besides, I would buy several paints and canvas for painting. I would never drop my career.
If I was a millionaire, I would spend my money in my family and my interests. I would like to take some courses about literature, or painting, but I don’t have enough time. Also, I would invite my friends to travel for Chile and Latino America. I would buy several books and I would share some parties with my close friends.
Money is not very important to me. I think that I have enjoyed enough with little money. My hobbies are expensive maybe, but it’s possible to enjoy them in other ways.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Environment Cares are very important to preserve natural places and our lives. People learn environmentally friendly practices in school and from their families principally. Teachers instill to students good habits, for example, throwing wastes out or cleaning their desks. But the most important habits are learnt within familiar group.
Recycling hasn’t incorporated in my activities yet, because in my social and daily environment doesn’t have spaces that allow recycling. But I really like to include these healthy practices in my life. I would like that my neighborhood and university offer possibilities to recycle every kind of material.
I don’t like to use bike. I usually move with legs, I really like walking down street. In that way I keep my organism in healthy conditions and I careful environment. This city is much polluted, because many people use their cars and buses every day. People should begin to use other transport methods, like bike, segway scooter and their legs.
I never participate in an eco-organization, only small groups in my school. Actually, I don’t have time to join some organization, like Green Peace, but I really like participate in someone.
I think that I have well environmentally habits. I worry to keep clean every place that I use; my rooms, streets, my classroom, and etcetera. Beside I try to teach to other person good habits. I consider that I am very organized and tidy, and I try to share theses habits with my relatives and friends. As well I try to learn new ways to careful environment. I would like participate in a ecological group to clean beaches or forest in my next holidays.
I have decreased use of contaminants vehicles and artifacts, for example cars and buses, to reduce my carbon footprint. Society should incorporated institutions that teach people careful our planet. As well, government must include new educational reforms, which tackle environment cares, and create strict laws to prohibit bad practices, for example contaminate.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

My experience in high school was really nice. In first place, my classmates and teachers influenced me very much. They are so kind and funny people. My classmates are my brothers practically, although they are a little irresponsible with their tasks and works.
Most of my teachers were good and professional. I had a good teacher of Language, he taught me to write in a symbolic way or write with good orthography. My History teacher was very orderly, she taught me about universal history improving my knowledge in that area. Other teacher that I remember is my Biology teacher. He was an expert in microbiology and lab techniques. He worked in France and then he did classes in Medicine Faculty in Universidad de Chile. These persons were my best teachers and they influenced me in my interests and decisions.
My favorite subjects were Language, Mathematics, Biology, History and Art. My likes were fed by big knowledge and advices from my best teachers. I really liked mathematics, although I didn’t have good teachers. I just liked Language, because it let me create texts and short stories.
My school had some technological objects that help my teachers to make classes; data show, video room, microscopes, etcetera, but my school needs include new artifacts.
I think that my formation in school affected totally my decisions. My History teacher and I applied several vocational and skill tests to find some appropriate area for me. According to those results, I decide study Psychology. In my opinion I take a very good decision.
The authorities must include some reforms to improve educational development. For example, government must promote that more people interested in pedagogy careers. The authorities must also improve technology in all schools in this country.
Even though some teachers were very bad or unpleasant, I can say that I received a good education. Education depends on our efforts too, not only our teachers.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

I chose a little article about educational psychology: “Time for a rethink on special educational needs”. This text speaks about special needs in a classroom, specifically disadvantaged children. This article quotes to Ofsted, an institution of education in England. This entity recognizes that children with special needs or disability are generally excluded from school. Ofsted suggests simply that children have better teaching. This text says that suggestion is inappropriate and insufficient, because that don’t considers special needs of kids.
The great majority of prisoners apparently have bad reading and writing skills; probably their teachers are very incompetent. In a good school children special needs are considered, but sometimes is very difficult teach to thirty students or more. An insufficient education would be very detrimental for children, which falls by the wayside and then they feel failure.
Finally, give extra help to children with special needs is urgent, in this way children improve their literacy skills, which gives them best opportunities. Bad literacy skills of prisoners prove it. Ofsted should consider special needs and benefits of a good education in population of society.
This interesting article was extracted from:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/sep/16/time-rethink-special-educational-needs from “the guardian”, and the link of this page is: http://www.guardian.co.uk/