Welcome

Hello everyone,

My name is Tania Cornejo Abarca and I am nineteen years old. I study public administration at the University of Chile. I live in Santiago for my studies, but I was born in Rengo City.

One of my weaknesses in this English course is understand the listening, because my language bases in the school and it was very bad. Rarely could we use the language and practice its pronunciation. On the other hand, one of my strength in this English course is to write in English.

What I expected from the class is to improve my pronunciation and have good vocabulary to be able to express myself in a better way. I really like music in English and I would like to understand it easily.

Post 1: I country I would like to visit

Hello everyone,

I write again to tell you about a country that I would like to visit. Honestly, I would love to travel to many places in the world (I have a traveling soul haha), but in this post I will talk about my desire to visit Italy, because since girl I have had a special inclination for this country. His language, cities and mores have always attracted my attention.

Italy has a variety of attractions to offer. Among the main destinations that I would like to visit in this country is Venice, with its hundreds of channels, it is one of the most curious and beautiful cities in the world in my opinion. On the other hand Rome, with its Roman Colosseum, one of the seven wonders of the world that I consider necessary to know. Tuscany, for its incredible rural landscapes. And finally Verona, to know the city of Romeo and Juliet for a person is fond of the idea of ​​love is inevitable.

In addition to these attractions, I emphasize that I am a fan of pasta, so I would love to try these dishes in their place of origin. Wow, they must be really yummy!

Anyway , among my plans for the future is to be able to continue my studies in this country and in this way know it and explore it as I want.

Mental health

Hi everyone! It's me again

For today's publication I will talk about a theme that caught my attention during this semester.  This theme is the Mental Health of the students. Currently mental health in students has been one of the most contingent themes. During this semester the students of different Universities have manifested by the huge academic charge that the professors impose in their subjects. The desire to have a good performance in the University now means having a great mental wear, which affects the personal life of the students and along with that their social relationships.

I have been interested in studying this subject given the many consequences that this mental deterioration brings to students, which is ignored by many of the authorities concerned. It is difficult to talk about sucidium, but unfortunately this is what can cause this problem in people who are too overwhelmed. This incident may be uncomfortable for most people due to its seriousness, but we can not longer ignore it. It is time for the system to accept our demands and realize that this is not the way you want to be training professionals. 

We can not let the University become a constant martyrdom. We are people and we need to have a life outside the University, we have duties, problems to worry about, families to attend to. Personally I think we never know what can happen in the mind or in the life of the other, we do not know the personal problems that this person may be coping with in their daily lives, whether they are family illnesses or other problems, and mix this with Good student performance often costs a very high price, as is mental deterioration. I believe in a more empathic system, I believe that we can achieve it, and still form ourselves as great professionals and reinforce all our capabilities.

A career-related website / an expert on your field

Hello everyone!

Today I will talk about a website and an author important for our professional training as Public Administrators. In the course of our career there is a lot of information that we must collect and having a good source to do it is essential.

As future professionals, we must work with the contingent issues of society, therefore, it is necessary know about the policies public, programs or laws that are being implemented in the present.

The library of the national congress It is a website that helps us with this need. This page is a common service of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, whose mission is

be the main reference of information and relevant, reliable and politically neutral knowledge for the Parliamentary Community; and an inclusive institution that offers all its stakeholders its bibliographic, documentary, legal and political history of the country. 

Here we can make a review of the laws executed and have access to a variety of information for our civic training. As a student, day by day I use this page for my works and to enrich my kanowledge about the foundations governing our actions.

Besides this page, I think it is important to mention an author who has followed me since my first year of University to the present. This author is Max Weber (1864-1920), who was a philosopher, economist, jurist, historian, political scientist and German sociologist, considered one of the founders of the modern study of sociology and public administration.

His writings have contributed much to the study of Public Administration, allowing is tudying various theories about what public work, the economy and society.

In my opinion, Max Weber must be a guide in the management of the government and the policy for any Public Administrator. Their knowledge is part of the foundation of our training.

Gender roles and stereotypes

Hello everyone,

Today I will talk about an important topic. This is: gender roles and stereotypes.

As we know, the gender roles they are defined as the set of social norms and behavior that are considered appropriate for men and women of a group and social system give.

Gender stereotypes, on the other hand, they are categorized as the "natural" differences between men and women. That is, how to man and woman should be and behave "by nature".

During to my infancy, I studied at a Catholic school and it was here that I learned these ideas of behavior is very permeate in the society.

Since we were kids they have made us believe that the color pink is for women and the color blue is for men. They have  taught us the women what are we more sensitive and delicate, while the man they are rude and strong.

The woman must be the owner of the house and the man must dedicate himself to work and "develop."  This is why in many moments the men show superiority position in fron the women and injustices are growg. They want to keep us submissive but little by little we are empowering ourselves. 

In my opinion, being a man or a woman can't be a conditional. People must be free to develop as they wish regardless of sex and all the social factors that may exist. It's time to eliminate the gaps!

Good moment

Hello everyone,

The photo that I will comment about in this post it is a important moment in my life. This picture was taken the day of my graduation, by my side are my mom and dad accompanying me as usual. Af the moment of this photo I had just finished the ceremony an had the emotions to flower of skin. 

I remember that I was very excited. To think that it would be the last moment next to my classmates they accompanied me most of my life it's sad.  When leaving high school we leave behind a million memories and many people who accompanied us in the process. After seeing everyday to those people, you can see them with luck 3 times a month and it is never the same. That process is hard. 

The secondary sees you grow, see you change and mature. The secondary I form you as a person to face the world. 

From that moment everything would change. From that moment I would start to fight for getting my dreams and undertake other directions.

My favourite hobbies / pastimes

Good day!

Today I will talk about my favourite pastimes. Thet must be clear that always is good take time for oneself and do things that you enjoy.
One of my favourite pastimes are watching movies and series. I really like romantic movies, as for example: the noteebook and the vow, but my favourite movie are those of Harry Potter. Among my favourite series are Game of Thrones and Prison Break. I am fascinated by these series, the story of both is incredible and exciting!

My second favourite pastimes is reading books of fantasy and science fiction. As I mentioned earlier, since was a child I like Harry Potter, so when I grew up I started reading all the books in this saga. I like the magical world and escape a bit from reality.

Finally, In addition to this, I like to go shopping and go for a walk in the park con my friends, my mom or my boyfriend on sunny days eating an rich ice-cream or any whim you have in mind (long live the food!).

Mentioning this I would like to learn how the cooking much more than I know until now (sweet and salty food). It's in my future plans and might become in one of my favourite hobbies.