English Language Challenges

Learning English in the university has been pretty good for me, but I would not say  "learning" It has been more like reinforcing what I already know about this language. Anyways, my English had a big improve by taking this class, I have learned more vocabulary and native expressions than ever, so I a so happy about my current level English, now I can write and talk English more easily and with more confidence. 

One the most used formats of learning in this English class is this, the English blogs. As I said, I feel more confident of my writing in English because of this format. Writing in English every week is a good way to improve your grammar and vocabulary in English. 

In spite of the improvement that my English has taken, I am still week in some aspects of the Language. When I have to talk it, my pronunciation and fluently are not like I wanted to be, I think is because we don't practice talking in the class, so all your progress in this aspect is all yours. So, my current plan to improve my talking is hearing more English and talking it more with someone or just with me. Hearing it more will improve my pronunciation and my glossary of commune expression, and talking it will improve my fluently. Outside the English class, I use the language very much, every day I can say. I watch a lot of "youtube" in my free time, and the 90% of the videos I watch are in English. Sometimes I use it to find some information that I cannot find in Spanish.

Changes to my study programme

The current programme of my career is actually pretty new, I met a lot of students from the same degree but older, and they always said "You are lucky, the new programme is awesome" And I agree with them. But is just a regroup of the old one. All the knowledge we learned from different subjects are instantly useful to understand everything, in that way, it’s pretty dynamic and I like it so much. So, in this moment I would not change anything from it. The subjects we have to study are all related with science, even math or English, I feel like I am learning so fast and going in just one direction: Science knowledge. Everything is related but that doesn't say it would be easy, on the contrary, It requires a lot of effort to stay in the race so the workload is very heavy. On the other hand, The faculty facilities is where we find some problems, for example, we don't have a huge place where we can have lunch with our friends, they are a few tables that cannot support the big amount of students we have, the laboratory has everything to work, but aesthetically, they are pretty old and unflattering same as classrooms. In spite of that, I am here for the professors and the prestige of the faculty, so that doesn't bother me so much. The teaching methods are very traditional, except in math that we learned using programs on the computer. The use of technology ,at this moment, is very week but I hope that we will use it more.

In my opinion...

Chile has many topics that divide our country, in this post I am gonna tell my opinion about some of them.

What is your opinion about legalizing marijuana and other drugs?

The Marijuana has been around or society for a long time in Chile, the laws that regulate it are so bad and contradictory that they are incapable to manage the situation. I think that the best path to reach an agreement is the modification of the current laws based in the pros and cons of it. I am not very informed about the effects of Marijuana because I am not a user, but I know that scientific researches demonstrated that Marijuana has positive effects in some treatments but they are very specific ones. In other hand, Marijuana is a drug; it's very addictive so you can have social, mental, systemic problems by abused of it. In my case, I will use it only if have a specific illness that can be treated with it.  

What is your opinion about Immigration?

The human being has been migrating for almost all his existence, It's a natural way to find a better place to live and fell comfort for you and your family. Immigration is something that cannot be deny to anyone but It has to be regulated by the laws to prevent some criminal activities. 

What is your opinion about women in the military?

Women are taking a big place in our society and they are reaching the military forces. This fact does not surprise me because woman participated in many big combats along our history and they are not just nurses or something similar, they were active soldiers in each one. I recommend a book called “The unwomanly face of war" by Svetlana Alexievich, I read this book long time ago and I learned a lot of woman in war.

The Human eye

The human body is a very complex system where you can find the most interesting creations of life. Our organs have been developing for thousands of years, and the results of this long time of evolution, are simply amazing. For me, the most amazing one is the eye, the organ that helps the brain to see the world by transforming the light into electrical impulses. Back in time, the eye was a huge advantage to survive, with the sense of vision we could see the predators around us and escape from them. We started using it to see what we were hunting, eating and distinguish colors, animals, in general, all the things in the world. In spite of the amount years of evolution, the eye has the same function has many years ago, as I said, with our eyes we can see the world and distinguish the things around us. If you forget where your eyes are, they are in the middle of our face, separated by our nose. The typical adult eye has an anterior to posterior diameter of 24 millimeters, a volume of six cubic centimeters, and a mass of 7.5 grams. 

However, they can be affected by some illnesses caused by many factors, the most common are: 

 

1. Cataracts

2. Diabetic Retinopathy

3. Macular Degeneration

4. Refractive Errors

5. Glaucoma

Here is some tips to protect your eyesight, by keeping it healthy. 

1. Find out if you are at higher risk for eye diseases.

2. Have regular physical exams to check for diabetes and high blood pressure

3. Look for warning signs of changes in your vision

4. Exercise more frequently.

5. Protect your eyes from harmful UV light.

6. Eat a healthy and balanced diet

7. Get your eyes checked at least every two years

8. Don't smoke. 

Post Graduate Studies

In 2018 thinking about continue your university studies with a master degree or a PhD it's a very good decision. Nowadays, the labor market is extremely competitive because of the big amount of people that is looking for a job like you. So, Post Graduate Studies are a way to mark the difference between you and the other persons with the same degree as you, so you can find a better job and a better salary. In the future I would like to do a master degree or a PhD related with clinical pharmacy or industry pharmacy, all the depends of which one I will choose. I prefer to study here in Chile, but if an opportunity to study abroad appears, I will take it. I would like to do it with a blended system, with that way I can combine studies with technology. By the moment I am focusing in the first year of the degree, my mom always says to me “One step at the time” so will probably think in a mayor degree or a PhD when I will be in the last years of my current degree. In spite of that, I already search some information about the post graduate studies that my university offers, but again, it’s something that is too far away from the point that I am now.

My future job

In the future, I would like to have a job that makes me happy and provides me economic stability to start a new family. Today, I am studying pharmacy but I really don't know where I am going to end up working. There are many work options for pharmacist and in my country is a field that is growing every year. As a pharmacist you can work in the industry, in the forensic chemistry at the police, in a clinic or hospital, and the most commune , in the pharmacy. It's hard to choose between many options even more if I am in the first year of the career, however, I feel more attract for the pharmaceutical industry and the clinic job. I would like to be in a industry working with different professionals inspired by my fathers, in another side, I would like to be in a clinic working with healthcare professionals and taking care of people. These two options are both well paid, related with more people, and indoors. These aspects are essentials to be happy at my job. I would like to travel around the world to learn from different places to improve my knowledge, so be a better professional. Finally, to reach all this dreams I must study a major in my university, it will be related with pharmaceutical industry or clinical pharmacy , all depends in which job I will want. 

Music in my life

For me music is a fundamental part of my life, I been a guitar player for five years and some things changed in my mind. For example, my memory got better, I saw music with a different perspective and I discovered a lot of new music, today I play the guitar when I am stress or just for fun. 

Four years ago, in class of biology, I was studying the central nervous system and I realized that a specific part of the brain works while we are listening or playing music. So, I thought ¿Why I don’t develop this part of my brain? That idea kept my motivate for a long time. Today I listen different styles of music; my favorites are Classic music (specifically the one of the romantic period), punk rock, metal, and the 80's music that my father’s listen in the car every day.

In films, music is so important to determinate the mood of a scene, there are many famous soundtracks that are brilliant, for example, Star wars or the lord of the rings, . The last soundtrack that fascinated me was the one of "The revenant" You should listen it and feel the atmosphere of it.