The challenge of learning a new language

English is a very useful language, both for everyday life and for academic environments, that is why from my point of view learning English is an essential part of my academic education.

English has always been a challenge for me, since school I never had a good command of English, even now I find it hard to speak, I find it difficult to find the right words to say in a conversation, which makes it very difficult for me to have a fluent conversation. Another aspect that I find very difficult in English is to read some texts. In conclusion I would say that English is very difficult for me in general. Obviously all these difficulties can be overcome with practice, I believe that practice is the basis for learning a new language. Trying to return a habit more, speaking English is a very good way to learn it, use it more frequently, make it part of my.

Currently in my daily life I try to practice English as much as I can, sometimes with my sister or with friends, it is very fun. In addition, on the part of the University I have an English course that has helped me to learn many things, although teaching methodologies can always be better, I believe that until now its function has been well accomplished. In this course we have the task of writing a weekly blog on any subject, from hobbies to studies, this variety of topics makes it a very fun task. Also, I think this activity has helped me a lot to improve my writing in English.

Well, as you may notice for me English is a great challenge, but at the end of the day it is satisfactory when I realize the things I have learned.

Changes In My Study Programme

Since I was little I've always dreamed of going to study at the university, always dreamed of reaching the university campus, where everything was different from the school, where everyone was there for the sole interest of learning new things, where there were giant buildings, huge rooms for more than 100 people, etc.   

Today with my 20 years old, currently studying chemistry and pharmacy at the University of Chile, I realize that things are not as I imagined them (well I guess not everything is perfect). Both my faculty and my career need urgent changes, changes that can’t be made to wait. My career, chemistry and pharmacy had a recent curricular innovation, in which many courses were removed and added, until that point everything is fine, the problem is that many of these courses have been implemented badly. I put the case of a course I had the previous semester, called research for pharmaceutical sciences where somehow it was to encourage the scientific interest of students, but this was not done in a pleasant way, they filled us with jobs (which were not at all pleasant) whose dynamics did not allow you to learn anything, I also remember that they made us read English papers, which was not good at first, not all students had the same level of English, so those of us who knew less were it made this task very difficult for us. This is one of the many examples of the changes that must be made to the current curriculum of my career.   

Now speaking at the faculty level, it lacks green areas, has very few and those that have are in poor condition. The lack of places that protect students on rainy days is also present, another important issue is the acoustics of the rooms, which is very bad.

So I could continue for a long time more enumerating things that should be changed, despite this I feel extremely proud of belonging to a University like this and I’m 100% sure that when I finished my career I will be grateful for everything I have learned in this place .

My summer holidays

The academic year has been very hard, at least for me. Sleeping little, leaving friends, family and many of my hobbies are some of the sacrifices I had to make to get good grades, which is why there is nothing else I want at this time than the summer vacation.



For this summer vacation I plan to take my backpack, some money and go with my girlfriend to travel south, we are still not clear the places we will visit, but the trip will be independent of everything. we have some ideas of where we would like to go as, visit the towers of the paine, the island of chiloe and its churches, nature reserves, forests, among others. Mainly we would like to stay in places where we can camp to live a closer experience with nature.

After returning from this trip, I would like to go to the beach with my friends, I have a friend who has a house on the beach, so we could go and stay a few days there. All these plans would be contemplated for December and January, since during February I want to dedicate myself to rest and recuperate all the possible energies to have a good return to class.

Once at home and resting, I would also like to read books, watch many series and play video games, since all this I could not do during the academic year.

Good my dear readers, I hope you have not bored them, see you.

Drugs

University life is subject to much stress. Exams, papers, dissertations, reports and a long list of things are the causes of this stress. For this reason it is that one as a student is forced to resort to certain chemical substances to facilitate the task or more to facilitate it, in order to make more bearable the stress that entails studying at the university. 

In my case I usually consume a lot of coffee in order to be active and stay awake at night when I have to study until very late. I also sometimes use it in the mornings so that I can start my day in a good way and be as attentive as possible in the classes. In the moments of relaxation I usually drink alcohol with my university friends, as a way to de-stress after all the tests and jobs. I should also say that I have occasionally used cannabis looking for the same relaxation effect as this. When I probe marijuana or cannabis, it produced a relaxation effect and a sense of well-being, that the truth was what I was looking for, it also produces an evident state of saddles.

I would say my experience with marijuana was good, have a nice time. Also my experience with alcohol has been good, as long as you do not abuse him, he is a good companion during the holidays. Regarding the benefits of drugs the truth the ignore but speaking of ignorance I do not think they have many. With the exception of medicinal uses, since recreational use is only for the purpose of having fun and trying out new sensations. 

The truth is I do not know anyone who is a drug addict as such, but I do know people who often abuse drugs like alcohol (although it's something we all do from time to time). From my knowledge I know that the effects of abstinence occur when the individual ceases to consume the drug in question, which produces a feeling of vulnerability and widespread discomfort in the body. Drugs in society are a latent issue that the truth is very difficult to draw a conclusion on this subject, personally I believe that each one is responsible for what consumes and therefore one must be careful when trying new substances.

My post graduate studies

Hi, guys, how are you? I hope so, today I'm going to talk about the postgraduate courses that I would like to take in the future. I am currently studying pharmacy at the Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Chile. 

I love my career since I love chemical and biological sciences, I also like laboratory work and is part of the health area, which is why I would like to do a post-graduate degree in pharmacology. Pharmacology is a fundamental science, which is responsible for studying the interaction of drugs (specifically their molecules with the organism). This seems to me very interesting, so much to study it in the not too distant future, I hope ... In this post-graduate course I would like to study things like the interaction of the body with the different molecules, what makes certain drugs so special, I would like to have some course where they instruct me on the creation of new drugs or molecules to treat diseases, all this seems incredible. This is a topic that I would like to study if or if in the future after finishing my career, if possible I would like to study it in some foreign university, since these are much more advanced in science than the Chilean universities. I would like to study the whole course in the foreigner, in person (obviously) and one finished this, I would return to Chile to apply my new knowledge and be able to give my contribution to the scientific community and the community in general. Well my dear readers, I hope you have not bored them ... thank you very much for reading !!!

My future work.

Since I was little I always knew that I wanted to do something important, something that could help people. I remember when I saw the television programs where people appeared with important jobs that helped in some way in society. Until that moment I never knew clearly what I wanted to work with, I had my ideas like every child, I wanted to be a firefighter, detective, doctor, lawyer, etc.

Now with 20 years, although my tastes have changed, I still want to work on something that can help people, and over time I developed an incredible curiosity for the unknown, it is for all this I would like to work investigating, but not any type of research, but in something that can somehow help people.

 I would like to work in a laboratory where new treatments or ways of curing diseases are investigated, the very idea of ​​thinking about a job like this motivates me every morning to finish my studies sooner. Also, if I dedicated myself to the research I would be obliged to travel abroad constantly, which I would like quite a bit.

 I am thinking of taking a major in pharmacology or pharmaceutical technology as they could be very useful to work on the development of new drugs or treatments for diseases.  I would also like to work on these topics.

Sports

If I had to choose my favorite hobby, I would have to say that they are sports in general. Since I was a child I have always liked sports, of all kinds. I can remember when I watched sports on TV in my childhood with my parents every weekend. 

Sports are very enjoyable, practiced anywhere, even at home, you do not need to go to the gym or sports center. You just need the desire to play sports and if you can do it with a friend is better, there is nothing like running or doing a routine with a friend.

The sports are very important for me because it helps me to cope with the stress of the university, it also distracts me from day to day. I try to practice all weeks and always that I can, I practice sports since I was 3 years old (I learned to swim at the 3 year old). Currently among others I like play football, basketball, swim, dance, table tennis, also I like to do resistance routines.  I always like to learn new sports, in the future I would like to learn Mountain Climbing or trekking. 

There is only one sport that would not practice and is the hobby horsing, I find it really ridiculous, in my opinion should not be a sport.

I would recommend to all my readers that they try to practice sport frequently is something really rewarding.