The Strike

The reasons to strike is to support a national mobilization regarding the demand for a free education, dignified and quality in it. In that sense it is an illusion to claim gains just by being radically mobilized, but they have earned profits in both grants and loans. On the other hand it is a reality that there is a detriment in the learning process because of the failure to attend classes, but I support that if people are really interested in a subject or knowledge, the classroom is not going to be an impediment to ask teachers for reading texts and then undertake self-development. I really believe that a teacher is not necessary to learn, only requires the initial motivation, Information is available to everybody unlike in the past

Regarding the news, it is certain that it seems good that they promise more public universities for regions, I think that  Bachelet and the Concertación over the last 20 years of government won the distrust of a significant part of the population, including mine . Therefore, the truth is that I do not believe them.

School kills creativity

Just like Robinson I think the school kills creativity in children.

The current educational system is a normalization process in which the desire is create equal subjects equally useful for the neoliberal capitalist system in which we live.

Those children, who are medicated because they cannot be 8 hours a day sitting still and quiet, are not sick, they only have personalities and ways of being that are not compatible with the current educational system. In my opinion children are not sick, but sickened by not letting them manifest their approach on life, by not letting them express who they really are, not what others want them to be.

Comes into my mind that phrase that says: "Everybody is a genius. But, if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it’ll spend its whole life believing that it is stupid."This sentence describes the current educational system, the PSU test as a form of entry to college is a test that measures" certain types of intelligence ", but the important thing is that it leaves out a universe of capabilities and intelligences that can not be measured on a standardized test.

Herbert Marcuse

In this reflexive work I'm going to tell you why i chose Herbert Marcuse, we remember that he came from the Frankfurt school of critical theory, he was known for his theorization of the effects of capitalism and modern technology.I picked up this author because it’s important for the development of social sciences.

I think it was a good presentation, but the short length in time didn´t let me explain the depth of the author´s proposal. Despite that, I think that the presentation had a good structure but if I had to change something i would talk less about the author´s life, and more about his intellectual work.

The most interesting part of the author’s theory is the mixture of a mind theory and an economic one, because normally these are studied in separate ways, when you analyze society in separately  you can’t understand in depth the advanced industrial society because as Marcuse says, people recognizes themselves in their commodities, they find their soul in their belongings, then if you see this in separate ways, you can´t really understand the problem, because all social interactions has economic influences.

These are my thoughts on my presentation, I hope you've enjoyed it in class, I'll see you there and wish you a happy long weekend.

Prague

I really don’t have a lot of ambitions, just a few but maybe could be difficult.  The thing what I really want to do is travel and visit as many countries as possible. But if I have to select one place in specific now, I have to say Praga the capital of Czech Republic, this city is considerate one of the most beautiful cites in the world, because this place don’t receive any big attacks in the period of worlds wars, indeed the city have a very big castle and enormous cathedral. I would like to achieve this ambition because I think if you travel around the world and see or feel other cultures you can understand the life in another way, I think is the only way to expand your mind.

 The inspiration of this travel comes with one friend, because he go to Praga in the summer and he told me all of his adventures, and mentioned all the wonders of the place, also in TV I saw a program of Praga and a traveller show the culture, the food, and I really like the place.

If I accomplish this ambition I can consider another place in the world to visit, other peoples to know, and another dream to realize.

See you soon. 

Goran Bregovic - Ederlezi (live, 2005)

This is some difficult to me. It’s hard select one song, because I have a lot of favorite’s songs. But in this moment, if I have to choose one that will be “Ederlezi” of Goran Bregovic.  This song has been used for the movie “Time of the Gypsies” by Emir Kusturica.

I heard this song for first time when I saw the film of Kusturica whit friends, 1 or 2 year ago and I liked immediately because this song reminds me what I want for my future, for my travels. It´s a dream for me to know all these regions, I want to know Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, etc. It´s my fantasy to know the culture, the people, the food and traditions of those areas.  I like this song too because the voice of the woman it’s so nice, she can transmit a lot of feelings with her voice, and sound of the instrument are greats, the musicians are a really good orchestra. Goran Bregovic it’s a really prodigious compositor, he can accomplish a complement between the sounds of instrument and the voice, really wonderful.

The sunset of Varaderos

Last year I traveled to Cuba and visited some cities of the island. I remember it was the seventh day of the trip, but it was the first day in Varaderos. In that city the only thing I did was go to the beach and enjoy the festivities and people.

That day I fell sleep in a beach chair, when I woke up I looked at the edge of the beach and saw one of the best sunsets I've seen. I took this photograph showing a sunset with two colors in the sky. I like this picture because it reminds me my trip to Cuba and the things that lived in that island. .

I use internet a lot. I visit 3 sites dearly: facebook, gmail and google. All days I have to view gmail because it’s my way for communicate with my people and university. If I don’t know anything I google it and that it’s resolve.  Indeed for all my college works I use the internet for do it. But I use the internet for fun too: games, movies, TV shows, etc.

My favorite website it’s www.simpsonizados.com , on that site you can see all the chapters of the Simpsons, my favorite TV show. The chapters are organized for seasons, you can see it in high definition with or without subtitles and you can choose if you want the original audio o the translated audio. Also, on the right hand side of the website you can see a list whit a lot of  titles of an others TV shows, for example: White collar, Modern family, The following, Friend, Two and a half men, The big bang theory, Spartacus, Dr house, etc. I discovered the web site on google, one day I wanted to see the Simpsons and the TV didn’t show it, and I google it. I visit the website a lot, 5 time a week or more.