Blog 9: Changes to my study programme

Hi there! Today we talk about the program of the career that we are studying and the things that we would change it. I study social work, which is a discipline of social sciences, and this means that it has a lot of subjects that points to the history of this. It has a lot of theoretical subjects, because that's the perspective of the career in this university, that the social work needs to be more investigative and not so practical. Because its a social science and mostly theory, we don't need a complex infrastructure or technology, like labs (at least not yet, because I'm in the second year). I really love the classrooms, because they are spacious and moderns (in some buildings), and the teaching method is basically speeches from the teachers, which I don't mind. Until now I only would change some subjects that are "in the air", I mean that there a few subjects that I think would be useful when I get graduated and get a job. I feel like there's a lot of things that in others universities teach but not here, because of the perspective that they have of social work, and I think that's okay, but I'm afraid of getting graduated, getting a job and not knowing what to do because nobody taught me what to do in real life, in that kind of social work that the teachers doesn't approve. I really hope that this fear doesn't make true and in the three years that I have left, I learn all of this haha.

Blog 8: Personal opinions

Hi everyone! Today we talk about our personal opinions 😊

What is your opinion about owning an exotic pet?

I have a strong opinion about pets in general. I think that animals should be in their habitats , and I disagree with the breeding of breeds and buy animals. This is because the animals should not be a product and because breeding is an inhuman practice, that brings a lot of pain to the females of the race. The only way that having an "exotic pet" it's okay is if it's not a pet, but it's in a sanctuary and only because that animal it's unable to live in his own habitat.

What is your opinion about killing stray dogs to prevent sanitary problems and animal overpopulation?

Kill dogs or any animal because "there are too many" it's abominable. The dogs that live in the street need to be sterilized (if the overpopulation is a problem), take care of them and gave in adoption, not kill them. 

What is your opinion about legalizing marijuana and other drugs?

I think that everything depends on the drug and how much addictive is, but I think is most important to work in the education and the mental health of the people, because a lot of issues and consequences about the drugs doesn't come because of the drug but of the context of the person and his quality of life.

What is your opinion about cloning?

I think that is something interesting, and that it can be a good thing in some cases, like if a specie it's close to being extinct. In humans, I don't sure about the consequences and the uses, but I pretty sure it would end badly.

Blog 7: Animated Pixar character

Hello there! Today we talk about our favorite character of Disney or Pixar, which for me is Flik of the movie A bug's life. Flik is part of an ant colony, and is known because of his inventions (for good or bad) that a are esigned to help and improve the quality of life of the other ants, who are exploited by the grasshoppers. The ants collect food and the grasshoppers ate it, and this relationship was based on the fear that the ants have to them. By an accident, all the colony is in danger, and Flik offers to find a solution. 

I like Flik because of this, in all the movie he tried his best to make the life of his people better, and even when a lot of people tried of getting him down, the most of the time he insisted because he knew that the things weren't right in the way it was. I really like one of the finals scenes, when Flik and Hopper (the leader of the grasshoppers) meet. Hopper comes with his speech justifying some sort of social-Darwinism, and even when almost kill him, Flik resists and open the eyes of his colony, showing that they are more than the grasshoppers and they deserve better. So in brief, one of my favorites characters of all time is Flik, because of his strength and his commitment to his people.

Blog 6: Postgraduate studies

Hello! today we talk about a postgraduate study that I would like to do. I haven't think of it so well but remembering the past blog about our dream job I have been thinking more about the future. I would like to take a postgraduate study about human and/or social rights, because I think that is something we need to work in Chile with people and organizations, and because I think that it would help me to work in what I want.

I would like to study in another country, a country that respects human rights in his history. This is because I don't think anyone can teach this here, because after all in our history we haven't seen justice, so there's no real example for us, landed to reality. But in another country where historically the rights of the people do respect (if there is one), and where the people and the teachers have lived in, they can teach by their practice and how their lives have been, and not only from their teory.

I would like to study in person because in that way I can speak with the people face to face and know their reality, not only what the teacher wants to say. I think that if a country like this exists, I really would love to study there.