Last Post

I have much distress… this is the last English post of this year!  I didn’t imagine that this day was coming  :(.
I was on three other English courses at University, and this is that one I like, mainly because the hours of class are very comfortable for me. Furthermore the other classes had very basic issues and the activities were like on the school.

I like this class because is very practical. Mondays with blogs sessions, and Wednesdays with vocabulary practice has given me tools to enhance the language. But I recognized that still I have much to learn. I have many problems with speak and wrote in English. I listen and reading very well the language, but on the other cases I get very nervous and sometimes forgot the words or conjugates because this.

With the  Blogs Sessions I improve on writing, but not very much. I think that blogs are very good idea to practice language, but the activity need more feedback of teachers. Like grammatical corrections for example, because sometimes I think that it’s everything is OK on the post, but that is not really.

I plan improve my English with more practice and maybe one more course in an institute or similar, because I think that very important to have another language on journalism career. Today I work very much with websites and social networks, and in that world, know other languages (especially English) are very necessary.

On this days I was  reading a lot of documents in English, and I think that this last English course helped very much to improve my reading.  By the way, sometimes I don’t need subtitles on movies or TV series, because I understand clearly the language  :)!

I know that I’ m not the best student of the class but I know that I need to improve. maybe when I can devote more time to English.

a strange superhero

I don't like very much the superhero movies, except some exceptions like  Nolan's Batman trilogy, Avengers, V for Vendetta, or Watchmen,  I think that cinema versions lose the essence of original comic characters, because them don't have the same profundity that in the graphic novels.
But on the genre I  enjoyed one specially, not  for the great  profundity, or the great story behind, but that movie is practically the same as comicbook, furthermore is  very entertaiment.

the movie called "Kick-Ass" and story tells about the life of a geek boy that not have any power  but he  wants to be a superhero. But he don't have many idea of the dangers of the city. Because of this,  in his first  mission he received a  great beat up by thugs.

 He begin to be known by video records by cellphones and people uploads this to internet  and social networks. He became  very popular but when he involucred with the big bosses of  crime, he knows how violent is that world.

This movie is very violent, lot of  arms and blood like Tarantino's Kill Bill,  I saw in it. Furthermore  "Kick-Ass" have a lot of black humor and very good action sequences.

The Movie is starring by Aaron Johnson (Kick-Ass), Clöe Grace Moretz (as Hit Girl.. best character of movie!) and Nicolas Cage (as a superhero called "Big Daddy") .... Really I hate the last movies of Nicolas Cage because are very boooring, but this is the exception.

I saw this movie on cinema with one of my best  friends. We had great expectations, and when we leave cinema we are very satisfy. We are sorprise because the movie was  for a very short time on chilean theaters. In general "Kick-Ass" had a low audience, but today is considered as a cult movie.

Today I waiting for the second part (with special guest starring like Jim Carrey) and i want to believe that will premiere on chilean cinemas.

Chilean democracy?

I’ am a part of the many people that didn’t vote. I living in La Granja and this commune had the same major since 1996. For these elections he not participates but his politician party (Democracia Cristiana) presented other man to replace him.  

This candidate was present the same program that him predecessor; basically his campaign’s slogan says “the growth continues”.  And I say… “What growth?” really I don’t understand what they calling “growth”.  They thinking only on new constructions like repair roads or remodel squares, but education, health and public politics for community are like only words on program but don’t have any proposal of this.

I was decide not vote because this candidate (that the people says “el mal menor”) not convinced to me,  and never  choose the other option because This man is  of “Renovación Nacinal”, and I not shared my ideals with this party.

I believe that many people didn’t vote because people don’t satisfy with political system. The students protest at 2011 demonstrates a great upset with all of the political class, and this was demonstrated on elections.

The politicians don’t understand that, but actual Chilean democracy is not a really space for representation.

What is the next step for the Chilean politicians after that?  I don’t  know, but politics needs more direct participation of people, not only vote, a real participation.

I think of that very much  and I have a question…  People didn’t vote if  vote wasn’t voluntary? 

When I read the question “how is the greatest Chilean of all time?” on teacher’s blog, I really don’t imagine a guy that I consider  the best guy of this country. If question was  “how is the worst Chilean…?”, many people appears on my mind (and the answers had been  more easy), but that is not the case.
 For this answer I didn’t choose a historical character or an emblematic political, I choose  two important audiovisual creative   of this time. They are Pedro Peirano and Alvaro Díaz.
They are the masterminds behind great tv programs, like “Plan Z” or “31 Minutos”, two of the most memorable of Chilean television. They began studying journalism at Universidad de Chile and one of their first programs was their university thesis. This is called “El Factor Humano”, a program of mini documentaries in a first person cam. This meant a new audiovisual language for Chilean TV and today is considered a cult program.
One of the special characteristic of their work is the mix of interesting issues and humor. For example, in “31 Minutos” (a puppet show) had a section calls “La Ruta verde” where a Bunny called “Juan Carlos Bodoque” taught the children to protect environment, with gags and unusual situations.
They are an inspiration for me because I want to specialize on audiovisual production, and make good programs like those.

The results of my practice test are very regular. The first exercises were very simple. The two first items were about reading little paragraphs to answer the questions. Often short extension, the paragraph had to read with careful because the answers had some word for confuse. The third reading item was a text more extensive, but the difficulty not changed much. In this activities I had all the answers correct.
On the next two items, difficult increases a little because these were a listening exercise. In the first exercise, I had all answers correct, but on second item I had only half correct.
The follow item was very simple. This was to complete a sentence with a correct word. In this I have seventeen of twenty five correct answers.
But the last two excercises were very difficult for me. One of my weaknesses on english class is when I writing texts, and that  exercise was that. I had two correct answers on the first exercise, and on  last exercise I tried much  to answered correctly, but still more attempts, I got a few of correct answer.
I think that I do practice more on write exercises because this is my principal weakness. I understand the English language very good when I listen or read . But when I write or speak on the language, I get nervous and I ever forgot the words.

a freak present

had a lot of presents in my high school graduation that was a very special moment for me and my family. But one of these presents was very freak, and still today I try to sell it.

To contextualize, I studied industrial mechanics at a technical high school, and on the last year I had to go two days at the week to school, and three days to an enterprise for the practice. On the graduation ceremony, the high school gave presents for the students with the best marks, and too for the students well regarded  at the practice’s enterprises. 

I knew that I wasn’t the best student on my class because I ever was the "second best student" on the four years of high school. I didn’t have any hopes to take a present, but I was very surprised when the presenter says my name: “And the prize for the best student on the practice of this class is… Iván Cea”.

Whaaaat?? I didn’t understand this. I really hated the career, the enterprise, and this high school, but all considered me the best student. I stood up to take the present, and I received a little box. I was very curious to know what was, and when I opened this I saw… what?? A SCIENTIST CALCULATOR!!

Well… my classmate that wins the “best student's  prize, obtained a hand drill.

Today I'm studying journalism at university and I never used the calculator, I tried to sell  it in every e-commerce website like “mercadolibre.cl”, but I don’t have any results. 

I think that this "present" is a reminder that I shouldn’t do or study something that I really don’t like.

first day at U

I remember much my first day at University. That day I felt very nervous because I had a sabbatical year, and I hadn’t classes a year ago. I felt that lost the study habits, and I thought that it would have detrimental effects. 

That day I woke up very early, an unusual feature of me, because I always arrive late to every place. When I arrive to U, I saw a lot of people very confused. They were my classmates and were waiting the teacher coming. 

I already knew a group of my classmates, because we had a meeting to know each other a week before the class begin. 

My first class was with María Olivia Monckeberg, a famous Chilean journalist with a lot of published research.  This class called “ethic and journalism treatments”, and I thought that was a very interesting class, but on this case teacher only read the class program, and she talked us all the class about her and her books.

After this I and my classmates go to the auditorium for the official welcome of the university authorities. When that act finished a photographer took the official picture of the first grade of journalism career. 

Next my classmate were gathered on the “pastos” a typical place at Juan Gomez Millas campus for the social life and parties, for converse and knows each other better. I could not stay along because on that moment I had a girlfriend and I was get together with her… but this an another history.