Blog Session 5 ::: Sample Post

"Without music, life would be a mistake" F. Nitezsche

I'm going to write about Brazilian music and how much I love the music coming from that country. There's a singer I like, who I first listened to because of the film "Fast & Furious 5", which is not the kind of films I like but as it has Brazil as a setting, I watched part of it and just by coincidence the part where this song appears.

This singer is called Obando D2 and the name of the song is "Dasafabo deixa eu dizer", which literally means "Relief let me tell you", or something like that... I know very little about this singer but I think he's been singing for a long time because he has more than one hundred songs. He's in hip-hop and he's one of many singers who rap about the situation in Brazil, about poverty and crime in the favelas. Just like Os Paralamas do Suceso and other bands have also sung to protest as well as the many documentaries about their reality.

I like this song because of the lyrics, where he talks about what is to live in a favela and how he'd like Brazil to be. I'm interested in Brazilian culture, specially because I practice capoeira and I hope I can continue practicing it. With the different teachers we had and friends from there, who now live in Chile, (plus one or two boyfriends, I've learn't a great deal about the way Brazilians are... and they are a lot. The current population estimate for 2018 es 210.87 million.

Here you have the first song I mentioned: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz2iz6MEtLM

I can't help including Antonio Carlos Jobim, the greatest bossa nova singer ever...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44sp4W3WiBk

Belén

Blog Session 5 ::: Instructions

Dear Class,

Today, again, you can choose what to blog about. Maybe there's something about the uni, your friends, the country or music you want to write about...

Just keep in mind to write your post in 220 words minimum and please don't forget to make 3 comments on your classmates' posts and one in mine.

Best,

Belén

Sample Post 4 ::: Postgraduate Studies

Postgraduate Studies


As I have two jobs, it's difficult to choose a topic to continue studying. But I'll try so if it's something about the English language and teaching, I'd love to study Neurolinguistics. I really enjoy anything about the brain and the way it works when we learn something like languages.
In terms of Tourism, I'd love to study more languages! So we could offer our tours in other languages different from Spanish, English, Portuguese and Chilean sign language. In the meantime, I watch videos and tutorials and keep practicing studying what I know so far about the languages I can speak.

More than postgraduate studies, I believe in Continuing Education. I prefer a diploma more than a Postgraduate programme because they're shorter and more specific. You can find some diplomas or training programmes with really good teachers who don't teach in universities, where you usually study a postgraduate programme.

I dream about the country having educational programs for everybody. For example, people could go to the Municipalidad and register in a 3 or 6 months long training program. People having access to education is the best policy ever and in that way you could encourage people learning even if they're retired.

When I think about Tourism, apart from languages, I'd love to study abroad to learn more about accesible and inclusive tourism. There are countries in the region, like Ecuador, where you can find really nice and interesting tours and they're designed for everybody. So, it doesn't matter if you're blind, can' walk fast, use a wheelchair or if you're old or have 3 little kids.

Blog Session 4 ::: Instructions

Dear Class,

Today we have to think about the future in terms of studies. I know it's not always easy to think about what will happen after you graduate but remember it'll be only hypothetical ideas.
If you don't feel like writing about the future, please consider what other career you had chosen if you weren't studying what you are now.

For today's post, please include:

a) Reasons to do the course
b) Subject(s) you would like to study
c) Where you would like to study (Chile or abroad)
d) How you would like to study (distance learning, blended system, part-time course, etc.)
e) Any other relevant ideas

You need 200 words minimum and please don't forget to make comments on at least 3 of your classmates' posts + a comment on my post.

Best,

Belén

Sample Post 3 :::: Free Post

Two months

I still remember the long weekend after Labour Day last May and the news about the sit-in the faculty. We were not surprised because some students had mentioned a strike could be a possibility and considering the context this year, nothing but a sit-in would fit better.

I can't deny it was convenient for my family because we moved to a different region. We now live at the beach and we really like it, specially because of our baby boys. So, the time without teaching was perfect to sell some things, to give away some others and then pack everything... But this time was different because I didn't get as stressed out as last time.

During these months something really sad happened and that was the death of our little cousin Camilo. He was 4 years-old and died of a heart attack because he had a strange syndrome... as you can imagine it was shocking for the whole family.

As I wasn't teaching I had more time to tour foreigners, which is always fun. I don't care if it's the centre of the city, Santa Lucía o San Cristóbal hills, I always enjoy it. I also toured young people like you but younger, from segundo tercero and cuarto medio. They study in Puente Alto and went to the city centre for a 2-hour tour. That day I had the chance to practice my sign language, which it's difficult to practice with a deaf person but there it was José, a very nice and young student.

Blog Session 3 ::: Instructions

Dear Class,

After all this time I invite you to continue writing about you, your life in general, likes and dislikes, experiences or anything you'd like to share...

Today, you can choose the topic of your blog. Just remember to write your post in 180 words minimum and please do not forget to make comments. You need 3 comments on your classmates' posts and 1 on mine.

Best of luck and welcome back,


Belén