Thursday 23 September 2010

Post 4: Concerts in Santiago!


Hello, today I’m going to talk about the activities to do after this long weekend.
In next month’s come to Chile several bands to give concerts, you can go to enjoy the concerts of Incubus, Pixies, Queens of the Stone Age, Faith no More, Primus, etc.
I knew about these concerts because I listen to Sonar radio all days and I read
www.humonegro.com , in that web site always there are news about music, movies, etc.
I went to many concerts before and I enjoy so much listen to live music.
One of my favorite bands to give a concert is Rage Against The Machine (RATM). This concerts is important to me because is the first time that band comes to our country.
RATM gives a concert in two weeks more next to Mars Volta and other band that I don’t know how is her name. The concerts will be in “Bicentenario” stadium in the upcoming October 11.
I will go with my friends and I hope that the next day I haven’t nothing to do for college.
I recommend you to go to this concert or any of others concerts, I know that tickets are too expensive but I think that in this case or for example for Faith no more or Primus worth to pay for him.
Also I recommend you if you go to any concert that you eat bananas because let you keep you during all concert and not faint you and I recommend you of course drink water!
Greetings!

Friday 3 September 2010

Post 3: Privatization of Public Education

I think that the privatization of public education is a fact. The military dictatorship dismantled the public education system and education became a market commodity.
The military regime of Augusto Pinochet created conditions to facilitate the reproductive capacity of the market and prevent gestation of outbreaks of social power capable of challenging the power or to intervene in him.
From my perspective the solution to this is that the state takes the role again as before, be the "State Teacher" . The state should take over as operator and become the main agent of settlement of conflicts of interest. In this way, education acquires a high degree of independence, and to the extent that society tends to revolve around politics, makes that the state is the center of social activity, the education wins in autonomy and meets requirements different orders.
I think Universidad de Chile will continue to be public in paper but not in reality, I believe this government can convert our university in a PUC or UTFSM. I hope that doesn’t happen and it achieve a greater participation of educators in educational management, better terms of education and work, and it reduce the gap in the quality of education provided to more privileged social strata with regard to the popular sectors.

Thursday 2 September 2010

Post 2: England


Hello, today I’m going to talk about the country I’d like to visit.

I’d like to visit England because I find that their cities are full of history. I'd like to visit Manchester City, because I've seen pictures of the town and it is interesting for its history. Manchester was the first industrialized city in the world and played a central role during the Industrial Revolution.

Also I’d like to visit Manchester for its football, I love English football, especially the Manchester United team, I watch some games on TV and I think Sir Alex Ferguson is a great coach.

I’d like to live in this city because it has a great development and climate seems to be nice. Also I‘d like to visit London, because it's the capital and because it's full of museums, parks, palaces, etc.

I'd like to visit England alone, I thought about going with someone but not anymore, therefore I'm not saving money to go.

Greetings!