Cindy

After reading Cindy’s last two entries, I come to realize some of her writing errors. There are wrong words, like (among others) “Majority” instead of “most” or “House friends” instead “my friends who live near my house” or something like that.
There is a word order problem, for example when she uses the word “also” which comes after the object:

“and ALSO in my house” ---> “ and in my house also”

Even though she’s got problems with punctuation, and usually deletes words in grammatical structures like “I didn’t not language classes”, she makes an effort and I can see that she recognizes some structures , for instance, when she says “I'd like to know more people who speak English” or “I liked listening to music in English” .

Blogging again :P

New semester, reloaded with energy...
mmmm....Have you ever felt so energized and suddenly something happens and it is like that energy was pumped out of your system????
Well, I felt like that for a moment, but as everything in life we must continue in the best way we can. Anyway, I`m excited about what this semester will bring to my and my friends lives. For instance, I`ll be helping Geography students to improve their English... which is challenging but at the same time fascinating because I`ll get to know little more about likes and dislikes of new people: Cindy, Eduardo and Pedro. Also, I had never known anyone studying Geography so I`ll have the chance to find out more about it.


.::nAtO::.

Blogger is a : Yes

What is it about blogs? Millions of people worldwide have integrated themselves to the BLOGGER family. In which they can realax and start objecting or supporting ideas, current events, or whichever topic they feel interested in, writing it and posting it to their blog.

During my first “working Experience” this semester, I have realized that students feel left apart from society. This is why, I believe it is so important that they create their own blogs. This is helpful for them, so they can let their stress out, empower their beliefs and also because that way they can read their other classmates blogs. Throughout this semester we had to open blog accounts and every Wednesday, and whenever we wanted to, writing was our main objective. I believe this is really positive for us, and I strongly think that teachers should give their students a chance to do the same. Why? Let us remember that through writing, we can practice “writing skills”, increase our vocabulary; for example if the teacher wants to know what students think about Environment and pollution in Santiago they would need specific words which they would find in a dictionary. Also group feedback, if they read their classmates’ entries they would be able to leave a respectful and enriching post. By doing that, students will even find out more about their friends. For instance, when we had to refer to the people who we would like to have a “face to face” and meet, I was very surprised to know that Jorge liked Elvis Presley as Bernardita did.

Those are for me the advantages of using the blog in the classroom, although as there are advantages there are disadvantages. The main difficulty I can think of is that posting requires practice. This depends on the time the teacher has for each class, it’s important to inform students the goal they need to reach before every “Blog class”. That way, they will not waste the time given for each session. Last but not least, it is imperative to give students freedom in their writing, but it is necessary to supervise the contents in their blogs. Since unsupervised blogs can wind up disturbing the main idea of being creative, critical, and contributive in their own learning process.

Concluding, as long as blogs are used in a respectful and risk-free way their practice in the classroom will only benefit, as I said before, students learning processes.

THE SCREAM

The Scream, the first time I saw it was on the TV, in a “People & Arts” program. I liked it because I imagined how Edvard Munch, the artist, must have felt to paint it. I thought everybody has felt that way during their lives, in a way overwhelmed and weakened by circumstances or the roller coaster of life. It doesn’t look very refreshing but I can feel identified by the sort of desperation shown in the painting. His hand are in his face, like if there is something he wants to say but he is not able to do it.

Maths... Ouch!

My worst nightmare ever, mathematics…. I studied it during my entire school education. It was not until high school that I really started hating it, why? I guess I could not keep up with all the numbers and rules to do the exercises. Just talking about it makes me feel a tiny bit upset. When I finished high school I thought it was over, I didn’t have to handle that should-not-be-named subject anymore. However, I was not so lucky and when I came into the university I was told I would have a semester of it. When I took the subject I have to admit that I almost failed it. At least, It is over for now.

Rumble Fish`s Main Characters

Rusty James: He was one of the main characters in “Rumble Fish”. He is a really young kid, who liked fighting and getting into trouble. “Rusty” is important to the book since is his real life, experiences and surroundings the ones that are described in the book.

The Motorcycle Boy: He is “Rusty James” brother. The Motorcycle boy is essential in the book because of his relationship with his brother and his impact on him.
Steve Hays: Rusty`s best friend. In the book it is represented as a good friend who never leaves “Rusty” alone, but that at the end of the story makes a decision and drifts apart from “Rusty James” for good.

Patty: Rusty James` girlfriend. She is in love with “Rusty” until she finds out that he cheated on her, that is when she ends up with their relationship. As we can read in the book, this really affects “Rusty James”.

Cassandra: Supposedly she was the motorcycle Boy’s girlfriend. She didn’t have a big role in the book, but it was very noticeable that Rusty didn’t like her at all. He mentions that is impossible that his brother is with her since she does dope.

Patterson: Member of the police department, a cop, who had been paying close attention to everything that the motorcycle boy and rusty james do. He wanted to get them and put them in jail.

Smokey: He is a young boy who at the end of the movie gets Patty’s attention. Rusty james realizes that he planned everything so that Patty would break up with him. He also shows off when saying that he was now the most important guy in the neighbourhood.
Rusty's parents: Rusty`s mother is gone, she left him when he was a couple of months old. On the other hand, his father became alcoholic when his wife left them alone, he was a lawyer but he doesn’t work. He only receives a pay check from the government and gives a little money to Rusty, unless he had already drunk it.

Correction of..."Something to Believe In.."

Pablo's Post:


Sir Ken Robinson talked about the consciousness of what we should aim for as future teachers: To encourage and to perfect children in order to they can develop themselves in what they really want to achieve. This is a very important thought and also I truly believe in it.

In addition, to make mistakes is something that culturally is not accepted, but If we can put ourselves in a more free position we would realize that it is only a trivial believe. The thing is that mistakes are part of our lives and they are important if we can take the learning of them.

Finally, it is really important to point out what Robinson said about Creativity : This is the potential that all human beings have born with. That is why we have to develop it in order to let children and also people to find what they are looking for in life.









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Sir Ken Robinson talked about being conscious of what should be our aim as future teachers: To encourage and to improve and enhance children’s capabilities and capacities in order to help them develop what they would like to achieve. This is a very important thought and I truly believe in it.
In addition, making mistakes is something that culturally is not accepted, but if we can put ourselves in a worry-free position, we would realize that it is only a trivial belief. Because mistakes are part of our lives and they are so valuable and beneficial when we can really learn from them.
Finally, it is really important to point out what Robinson said about Creativity: This is the potential that all human beings have come to life with. That is why we have to be able to develop our inner creativity in order to help or guide children and also people to find what they are looking for in life.