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?