Self Evaluation of My Academic Year (2009)

This essay is my evaluation of my school year, but first I will talk a little about myself.I study the initial nursery and primary education at the University of Chile. The career lasts 10 semesters and now I am in the sixth semester. The review of these six semesters has been very good. I met new people, I read interesting books but I've also worked hard.
When I think I'm in the third year of the career, although I can not believe that time has passed so quickly. I remember the first half, when I was so worried and nervous that I thought would fail all courses, but I approved all courses.

This school year, for me it was very good because I gained new experiences and new knowledge. I had were very diverse courses, some courses good and some courses bad. I liked some courses and others not. Among the subjects that I liked was "Family", this course was very important, because we saw education from its social roots and that to me is fundamental. Another class that I liked was "Language” that class helped me know the process of reading and writing in children, it was very interesting. But there were not so good classes, like "educational evaluation" deflating in time. This course started very well, but then stalled.

Also in this school year, I learned how to implement diverse projects and research. As I said, this school year helped me gain new experiences. The new experience was that I learned that many people do not work together, because there is a responsibility within the team and the friends are ineffective for work.

I think this school year has been better than the last, because I'm more mature and focused on the race. I've also learned over the practice in schools and that to me is very important. I think it was a nice and productive school year.

In conclusion I feel increasingly more prepared to perform as a teacher. I want to quickly finish my career in order to exercise and perform small but profound changes in Chilean education. But I hope to be ready to enter college and to teach all I know.I am increasingly confident that a quality education is the first step to defeat the social injustice. I believe that education enables people to think and analyze their actions. I am a lover of education, but of a quality education for all social sector and make possible to all children. And I also hope that the teachers we are a socially valued professionals.

Challenges in your Discipline

First the education is needed for society, so the challenges to be faced are important for society and education.

In the technology area the education must face the massive use of internet has children. For that the education must increase technological resources and the teachers must know about these resources.

The technology is necessary for education, because this way the education must advance. I think that each school independent of their social condition must have technology. For example each school must have computer (whit internet) for all students, school activities in web, data show in each classroom, and other technology resources.

In the social matters area, the education has a big debt, because the public schools don’t offer a quality education, and this is the real problem in education.
But the other problem in social matters area is the low salary of teacher. I think these problems can only be resolved when the education doesn’t think like a business

In Education area, the education must worry for the education in the Universities to get the teacher university degree, because the preparation in this profession is bad in many Universities and anyone can be teacher. I think the solution for this problem is checking the education that gives each university, because be a teacher is not a joke.

A piece of News

Pope John Paul II Statue couldn´t be built

The National Monument Council was not allowing built the John Paul II Statue because this statue could break the town-planning harmony.
This statue was donated for San Sebastian University, and his height is 12 meter. The statue could locate in the small square in Bellavista neighborhood and this statue could be in front of Law Faculty of Universidad de Chile.
The 2.ooo neighboring of Bellavista neighborhood was very upset, because this statue don’t respect whit neighborhood history and the big height break the landscape. But now the National Monument Council says no to the big statue.
The Statue architect says this monument could locate in a new place and the Cerro Navia mayor says that in his town could locate this statue.
I like hear read or watch on T.V is the cancer cure was founded, but the cure was natural remedy such as herb, because whit I think the traditional medical treatment such as chemotherapy is more harmful than the cancer.

Improving your Faculty Facilities

Now in this Faculty the facilities situation is the computer room, cafeteria, the library, the cold day we have central heating and the classroom have datashow.
But these facilities could be strengthening because the computers are insufficient in quantity for the students, the cafeteria is small, and the library doesn´t have many books.
The improvements that need are more computers, best service in cafeteria (and reasonable price) and best equipment in library, develop relax places, best toilets and best attention in secretary´s office.
The first steps to dealing this situation is convert the library in a real library; we would take a silent reading room, best service, more books, work room, armchairs and computers. This library would be like Philosophy library.
The solutions for these problems are better quality in food, drop the price, better variety in snacks and extend the cafeteria because is too small. In the relax places would take green areas seats, smoke area, comfortable armchairs and lunch area. The toilet would be take toilet paper and be clean.
The real benefits of these improvements are offering a pleasant environment to study. Whit a better library the students would be most motivate to study.

Does anybody like their school photographs?

Why these horrible traditions persist in the school?

I hate the school photographs because this photographs show the change from child to young.
I remember my first school photograph, this pictures was horrible. I had ugly hair cut in this photograph, but my mother put it in the living room. I had embarrassment.

For the students the school photographs are a tragedy and all students hates it. This pictures show us in our ugly years, for example when we had braces, shins, fat, ridiculous hair cut. Why the school years are the worst time in the life? And why they insist remember these years in a photograph?

The worst about this school photographs is our parents thinks that photographs is a nice living room decorates. And my mother shows the picture to all my friends. But the best about this school photographs is we can see the ugly years of our friend and we can laugh a lot.

Any way If anybody likes their school photographs I propose use the Photoshop and the problem is solved.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/oct/22/school-photographs

Election Day

I`m registered to vote since 2005. I went registered to vote whit my friends Macarena and Grisel. That day we felt adults. I think this process is very important in civilian life.
I think the electoral campaigns is massive spend of money, energy and insult between presidential candidates. In this electoral campaign the presidential candidates are worry to denigrate the competition and they aren´t worry to propose new ideas for the social and economic development.

A good presidential candidate must have these qualities: he/she should have social conscience; he/ she must work for economic equality and he/she must respect the democratic state.
I don´t ever consider to become a politician, but now whit this question I should think consider to become a politician. If I had to work in a ministry of the government I choose the Culture Ministry. I choose this ministry because I`d like that all people enjoy the art. I think the art is very restricted and the only people that enjoy it are the upper class.

I think the 5 problems in my country require an immediate solution are: social exclusion, the quality educational, the attention in public health, unemployed, delinquency

Criminal Laws

I Think capital punishment is not a good solution to reduce criminality, because the solution to reduce criminality is to make harder sentences for sexual crime, trafficking and murder. For this way the criminal doesn’t commit a crime again.

I think there aren’t pros in capital punishment, because the solution is not the dead. The cons in capital punishment is the easy way to reduce criminality like that we are exterminate animal plague.

The measure that government should take to reduce criminality rates in Santiago is attack the heart of the matter: “revolving doors”. Without the revolving doors, the criminality could be to reduce.

In my opinion the origin of the increasing criminality rates in Chile is for social exclusion. The social risk is most vulnerable for drugs problem, desert school problem and material restriction. The only and easy solution for their problems is the delinquency. The delinquency is social problem and the solution is to make program for attack the poverty.
I never been a victim of a crime, but my father was a fraud victim. In 1995 he and a “friend” make a new business, they made a lot of money thanks to the business, but the friend robbed all his money. The fraud was very hard for my father and never forgive a his friend.

What to do / where to go in Santiago

If you visit Santiago de Chile, you will not get bored because Santiago is too diverse. If you like the snow, you could visit the ski center “Valle Nevado”, “El Colorado” and “Portillo”. In this ski center you can practice ski and snowboard and also you can enjoy the spectacular view of the beautiful The Andes mountain.

If you like visit museum, you should go visit the Bellas Artes Museum. This Museum has an interesting Chilean painting collection, but if you like the moderm art, you should visit the MAVI museum. The museums are locate in Forestal neighborhood, in this zone you could stroll in Lastarria Street and you could found original clothes and objects. In the night you should visit the “Patio Bellavista”, this place is very enjoyable for take a good drink, but in this place you will not dance. If you like dance, you should go to “Constitucion Bar” or “Amanda Club”.
If you like you should visit my 5 favorite’s places. My first favorite place is “Mercado Central” in this place you will taste the delicious Chilean seafood and also you will see the real Chile. My second favorite place is located very near for the “Mercado Central”; this place is calling “La Piojera”. In this place you will taste the “Terremoto drink” and the traditional Chilean food; you should taste the “prietas” or “arrollado”. My third place is the “San Cristobal Hill”,in this place you will see the Virgen statue, you will visit the zoo and you will lunch in the “Enoteca Restaurants”. My fourth favorite place is the “Municipal Theater”, in this place you will enjoy the ballet show like as “Don Quijote Ballet”. My fifth and last favorite place is “Cajon Del Maipo”, in this place you will enjoy for the beautiful nature and you will practice “canopy” or “kayak”.

My education

Mi school was called “The Greenland School”. This school was mixed and their orientation was secular. In this school was very important sport so they offered classes in soccer, cheerleader, basketball, rugby, tennis, swimming and volleyball. But also in this school were important subjects of mathematics, language, history, English, physics, chemistry and biology. Each of these subjects was important and necessary for our training, but the music and arts subjects were not very important. In addition to these subjects and sports, the college offered workshops like chess, laboratory, confectionary, literature, theatre, choir and dance. These workshops were held at approximately the school day and were very interesting and entertaining. The relationship with teachers was very good; they were not authoritarian in their classrooms. Additionally, each teacher developed a course and could not perform other than their specialty. I have very fond memories of the language teacher Miss Karen, biology professor Carlos Zapata and history teacher Miss Roxana. They were very good teachers and was much beloved by students. The technology in my school was good. There datashow, multimedia room with TV, well equipped science laboratory and with many materials, computer room. And all these rooms were available to students every time we needed it. I think the level of education I received was good but could have been better, because the school had teachers and resources to deliver a better education. I also think this school was very new we were the fourth generation of graduates. But the school I give very good tools, as well as the values of respect and solidarity.
I would tell the authorities began to worry about education and not to remain only in words. As a first idea is to regulate the training of teachers, because now anyone can be a teacher, another idea is to run programs in the poorest schools to motivate students, as various educational workshops.

I believe that each person is responsible for his education, but also important is the quality of education they receive. For example if a child is motivated to study, but the education they receive is poor, he is no longer responsible. I believe that education is built, some students surrender, another teacher and another family.First time I hear this saying, but I think it means that without students there are no teachers, or when a student is good is because his teacher is too. But I believe that this is bizarre.

Transantiago: Before And After

I think that Transantiago was bad designed project, because the implemention was very rushed, the people and the street weren´t ready for the new system. I think that was his big mistake. The Engineers and Politicians didn´t think users of this new system. when "transantiago" was inaugurated,the people still didn´t know how they were going to operate these new buses.

But Transatiago is better than "yellow buses" because the air and noise pollution is more low and the street have less traffic. Also the new pay system is more quicker than old pay system. But the Transantiago is worse than "yellow buses" in the routes.

I don´t have much experience in the Transantiago, because I don´t take bus very often, but when I do, my experience is not bad compared to my friends. They tell me they take a long time to take a bus and when they take the bus is too full. But they tell me that this problem is improving little by little. Also I think that over time, "transantiago" will improve.

I think "transantiago" should improve the number of routes, so people wouldn´t wait long time to take a bus. Also the people should learn to respect the bus stops. I hope that "transantiago" may work well for people to have a good transportation

A country I would like to visit.

The country I would like to visit is Italy because I think Italy is a beautiful and magic place. As well Italy had a considerable art history with a famous artist, such as Miguel Angel. In Italy art is everywhere, just like love is in France.
I know about Italy some things such as the beautiful Toscana, the wonderful “Sixtina Charpel”, the “Roman Coliseum”, and the “Pisa tower”. Also I know that Italy is famous for here Mediterranean gastronomy: the pizza, pasta, risotto, polenta and wine. In politics, Italy was famous for the Mussolini dictatorship and the Berlusconi scandal.
If I travel to Italy I would like to visit the Vatican and Toscana. I would like to eat pasta, pizza and cannelloni in a “Trattoria”. Also I would enjoy the art, music and the opera. I would also like to know the schools and their teaching methods. Then I could implement these methods in Chilean schools
I would live there because my great-grandmother was Italian and I would like to know his country. Also I like the art world and this country is a great exponent. I think that Italy is a very quiet and also motivating country. I think the lifestyle in Italy is perfect for me, because it has everything I like.

First Term: Good and Bad Points

My first term was very gratifying for my training, because I learned very important subject such as Social Knowledge and Educational evaluation. Also I had to do a research on the relation between school, community and family, it was very interesting. But in the bad points of the first semester was little educational content of a subject.

In the first term I didn’t take any sport, but now I take Pilates and Power Fitness. And I go to these sports three times a week, because I think that is good to my health. I had one big challenge in my first term, it was the methodology subject. This subject was very difficult for me, I couldn’t understand anything because the teacher was boring.

The first term I couldn’t share a lot with my friends, because they were busy with the university. My family had a good first term, my father did well in his work and my sisters were good in their studies.

In my winter vacations I went to the beach called Algarrobo. The weather was cold but the company was good. Also I celebrated my birthday.

Second Semester

My Blogging Experience

My experience with the blog was very good, because the first time I have a blog and the first time that I write in English. When I knew I had to do a blog in English scared me a little because I thought it was very difficult. But it was not as difficult as I thought.

What I liked was writing about himself, for example: my vacation, my career, my favorite pictures, etc.

I think that was a good way to strengthen the English. I think that writing the blog was very interesting and important for English classes because we not only listen to the teacher. We also had to write our thoughts in English. With the blog I can see my mistakes which were to form sentences and write and also allows me to correct those errors.

I believe the blog is a good way to learn and practice English.

My ideal Job.

My ideal job would Not work, but this is impossible. That's why my ideal job might be working in an organization or a foundation for children at social risk.This organization would have art workshops such as singing, painting, sculpture, theater, dance, etc.The children all expressed through art, and may teach other subjects such as math through art.

In this fudación I'd like to do mathematics classes, but I would like to be director of the foundation, because I like order, directing (I am a little bossy) And they could do a nice job. On this foundation I would not want the children to be treated as poor indefensos.Me or would like to be treated as leaders, regardless of where children are at risk.
I work in a foundation, because I was lucky to have many things, a beautiful family, a nice house, good education, plus all the gifts my parents gave me. And working with children at risk would be back and everything I had. And they deliver to such a welcoming place where children learn, play and share.

Finally, with this job I will not make any money, but that I do not really matter.

My favourite subject

My favorite subjects were changing. At school I liked chemistry, physics and math, but I hated history and language. I think I liked science because my teachers were very good to teach and I could understand everything. I liked chemistry so much, I thought that at some point in studying something related to it. But then it was not. I've always liked math and easily understand my grades were good in this area. However language and history I did not like and I hated when I was into those classes.

Any change in university, because my career is not science subjects, but has a lot of history. Now I like the story, and I can say that I do well in that class.

But although I like math, so I specialize in this area in order to teach mathematics to children
Another subjects that I liked very much was "Desarrollo y Aprendizaje." This subjects was very interesting

Ken Robinson and Education

Ken Robinson's video was filmed in February 2006 in Monterey CaliforniaThis video is a lecture by Ken Robinson on education and how important this is. To introduce this topic Ken Robinson tells a joke about people working in education. He says that if at a dinner you ask someone about their work and the other person responds in education, this person never invited to dinner. After


Ken Robinson said that education is important because it educates for a future that nobody knows. Ken called special education is for this reason. He also said that education by the surprising innovation that has children.


Robinson said that children have a great talent, but adults do not see. Robinson said that education should be creative as important as literacy. Then Ken said in any school in the world, the most important is mathematics, language, and is then below are the arts (music and visual arts).But the school can not deny the arts and creativity, because they are elements of the intelligence and capabilities of individuals.

My Future

When I consider my career, I think travel for a year to United States to learn English. After learning English, I study a postgraduate abroad can be in Italy, Spain or England, but still not decided. Also if I study abroad, I can know more countries and cultures. When you return to Chile I would like to work in a school and an ONG.

Also in my plans is to create a company that mixes art and cuisine. I would like to become a cultural center where the show dance, theater, music and also have a restaurants. This company would be familiar, because my sister Isidora studying dance, my sister Daniela is studying arts, my uncle Manuel is a chef and each bring ideas.

I hope that my idea of working in an NGO, can follow with my work in the cultural center.

I personally would like a child before 32 and I do not care if I'm married or not. Still I don`t believe in marriage, because I think I am too young to think about that.I still have time to think about starting a family.

I hope that my plans are fulfilled, but if you are not satisfied I would not worry me, because I live like this moment, and not knowing what will happen tomorrow.

The best in my area

The best in my area, is not a teacher of Pre-school and elementary school, psychologist or someone is related to Pre-school education.

The best in my area is a distinguished academician in History and his name is Gabriel Salazar Vergara. Gabriel Salazar is devoted to studying and investigate the History the lower classes of society and the "self-education" of these classes.

Gabriel Salazar was born in Santiago in 1936 on January 31 and joined in 1960 to study history at the University of Chile, with parallel studies in philosophy and sociology.Also Salazar in 2006 won the "History National Award". Currently, Salazar works as a teacher in the History of Chile in the department of historical sciences from the University of Chile and gives the chair of Social History of Chile in the Law Faculty and Social Sciences Faculty at the same University.

I think that Salazar is a great example for any teacher, as they are interested in the study of social class people. this is very important to the work of the teacher who wants an education fair for all.

My Career

My career is Pre-school and elementary school teaching traning education who is located at the Social Sciences Faculty at the University of Chile. I chose this carrer because in my chance was the most safe and stable and Also I think the task of teaching in the public sector is very important.

I like about this career that they prepares us in the research area, who is very important and fundamental, because the education research complement our work in the classroom. Also I like this career is the multidisciplinary subject as psychology, anthropology, sociology and human development. But I don`t like about this career is in Chile the teacher professional is underestimete.

My professional expectation for future is going to study postgraduate course in Italy or Spain after that I would like make a establishment education for the social risk. In this establishment I would like teach art, dance and music.

My Favorite Photograph

I like this photograph very much, because I`m with my beloved friends. On the right site of the picture it is Maca, I`m in the middle and Yeni is on the left. Maca took this photograph in the Journalism Faculty toilet. I don`t remember very well the date of this photograph, but approximately it was in december or november of 2008.

In this photograph we were imitatetying the "Pokemona" Photoghaph and in that moment we were joking. That day we took many photographs but this is my favorite, because It is the most photogenic jajajajajaja

My Favorite Piece Of Techology

My favorite piece of techology is a cellphone. I got it six years ago, my mother given me for keep me (jajaja) and she given me for present to my birthday, in this time I don`t like the present and I don`t use for a long time because, I really felt that the cellphone was unnecessary and I felt that my mother keep me, she called all the time. But now my mother doesn`t call me everyday and I live with my cellphone stuck in my ear, I call a my friends, I send text message and I take photograph. At the beginning of January, I have a "plan" so I call without worrying because my dear father pays for it. The only problem was I lost two cellphone and one cellphone was broken screen so my father said that this is the last cellphone. This time I be more careful .
My life without my cellphone would be so boring, because my friend call me to organize the party, I feel disconnect from social life. Also I couldn´t call my sister Daniela to ask :Where are you?¡¡

My ( Fabulous) last Vacation

In my last vacation I went to Camboriu, Brasil with my sisters Daniela and Javiera. I went in February in the week from 18th to 26th. In this week was the celebration of "Carnaval" so the people celebrate all day, in the streets was heard "samba" and all danced.

I did too many thing, I danced samba, I drank a lot "caipirihna" ,I met a lot people,I went up in a railway from one beach to other beach, but that I didn´t like because I had vertigo.
Also I went on a big boat to where an entertaining dance show.

The weather was humid and too hot, but with a goods "caipirihna" heats was resolved. The only problem with the weather was my skin, I should get much sunscreen.

The moment I will never forget was when two brasilian taught Samba to me and my sisters, this moment was very funny because I didn´t dance a lot. And I will never forget the big party in the beach, it was started at 11 pm and finished at 9 am.
This vacation was very entertaining, the company of my sisters was enjoyable, the place was beautiful, and the party was great.

I expect the next summer come back to the camboriu..¡¡¡

My best Friend

My best friend is Antonieta, I met her in the Algarrobo beach in January 1995 in a party in my house. My dearest memory is when we danced as the "Spice Girls".
I like about Anto is the confidence and humor , but really I do not like that she is a little shallow.
Anto is so organized, and that I envy a little.

The best adventure whit my friend is when met the "BackStreet Boys" in the Miramar hotel, and we could photograph with them. Another adventure was to go to a party in the beach furtively of our parents.

I give to Anto unlimited quota on your credit card,It is also a gift that no car crash ever.

Me

Hi, I`m Priscilla Donoso, but everybody call me Pipi. I `m 21 years old and my birthday is the 25 of July... i hope yours gifts. I live with my big family and my pets.I`m studing in the Universidad de Chile the career Educacion Parvularia y básica inicial.