Post 10: English challenges

My last blog of English class...well, I’m happy, and the reason is because  is theI end of the a process. The English class was an epic travel, I don’t know how I’m here – in this level of English-  because  I believe that I’m not good trainee. I can read in this language and usually can understand the message, my problem is talk and listen. I feel embarrasment when I speak with others, I forget the words, then my mind is empty. In relation to listen and comprehension, I’m the worst,  maybe to be  hard of hearing is not help. The sound are continous for me,  I can’t recognize the words, the conversations are very speedy. Friends and teachers advice me watch tv series or movies in English for resolve this problem. And I try, but my motivation is mayfly, for example: I tried to watch “the imitation game” movie, but I could understand all the interactions between the characteres of film so I was boring. 

I suposse that I must follow the advice of my friends and teacher, but my deep problem is that I see learn English as a problem, an obligation. I think that this can be the reason of my fear or aversion, of my dislike for this language. Besides, my self-efficacy is zero. Always I  think that I’m making bad the things. If I not resolve this, to learn English will be a hard task for me. For change this thinking a good way is to think in my future. Why?. I want to live in London. (Laugh) I want to study here someday (more laugh). 

I know that I’m not the better student, I’m a procrastinator person, l learn more slowly than other, I know all this fact, BUT I have something for give at the human knowledge. I’m creator of literary and mathematical worlds, and this it must not death here. This is beginning of my change of point of view: the English language how a tool and not how a problem. In psychological term had a change since an extrinsic motivation till an  intrinsic motivation.

Actually I don’t practice or use this language outside the English class. This is one reason because my slow learned. Although I have begun to read more papers. In fact, my English outside the English class is only to read papers. Even  though I’m not brilliant learned, my spirit is try and try read papers in English. I know that the lot knowledge is in English. For reason I try and try, sometimes I feel to break my head.

The creation of blogs was a chance for to get self-confidence and practice the writing. Other area that I must practice. 

Well, I hope not write other blog in a class English, because, I want to pass this subject. And I want too that all my classmates pass the English class. 

Bye.

Post 9: Changes to my Study Programme

Now, when I will start my practice how psychologist I believe that my curriculum had failure. For example, I had limites practice subject and I dind't have pre-practice. I think that the interaction is very important for get a therapist that produce changes. Then a poor training with real patient can influence in the feelings of self-efficacy of the future psychologist and consequently in the treatment. Maybe, I'm anxious, but I don't believe that I'm exaggerate. 

Regarding the subject, I think that I had lot theory subject, in detriment of practice subject or contents relationship with the professional work. I don't say that I didn't have practice subject but I think that I need learn more. I can resolve yet how implement a carrer with more practice subject without increase the years of study. A specialist profile can be the answer but with the generalist profile of this university can become more flexible psychologist. I don't have the answer. 

Regarding the workload subject, I had difficulties in my subjects, but I had personal problems, and I don't have that blame at the carrer of this. 

The buildings and infractruture had changes along of my residency. When I started to study psychology we studies in the social faculty, there the classroom are little and usually with incomfortable 

chairs. Now the classroom are big even the chairs are incomfortable yet. 

The technology is ok, I can't complain about the computer room, the students can print until one thousand papers free, only we must give the papers. I think that be a great help for us. Maybe, the teacher must learn to operate the electronic machine of the classroom. 

About the teaching methods, well some teacher aren’t good educator, but other are committed professional, they really want that we to learn. I think that the bad teacher are not bad professional, but they don’t want to teach to others. Then, they not pay attention if we learn the subject, they only repeat the content. But I believe that anybody can change their percepction of the things, and they – the bad teachers- can learn to teach.

Post 8: Summer Plans

Hi! ...In this summer I would like to visit to my parent in Chilloé. I have been to Chiloé before, but this time going to be very special because I going to travel with my boyfriend: Alfonso. My parent and brother don’t meet him, then in this summer they talk with him for first time.

Chiloé is an archipielago, there are many beautiful place that we can visit. We can go to Castro, and visit a special house call palafitos, go at the “feria municipal”. Also can visit to a grandmother, she lives outside of Ancud. But we prefer to go at natural places instead cities. Then we would like to visit Puñihuil Beach, where live penguin and the place seem a solitary beach of a pirate movie. Other touristic attraction are the forts, this building are interesting because it’s part of our history. Chiloé was the last place of the Spanish resistance, is for this reason in the island has a lot forts.

In addition, we going to eat typical food of the island. For example: milcaos, chapaleles, licor de oro, curanto. The milcao is a potato bread make of raw potato and cooked potato, united with lard. The milcao can be fried or baked. This meal can have (or not) chicharron. It’s very delicious. We would learn to cook milcaos and other typical food.

Also we are planning study in this summer, we would make course of e-learnig. 

Post 7: My Favorite TV show

When I was a girl, every weekend in the morning, I saw the “Beakman’s World”. This is an educational children’s tv show; that in Chile was transmitted by TVN channel.  Obviously, I saw the Latin Spanish dub version. The program was about some scientific topic that was translated to children language. The Beakman’s world had three character: Beakman a crazy scientific who was the main character; a young woman who was the assistants of Beakman (her name was different in each season), and a second assistants: a rat lab named Lester.

I forgot a lot things about this is TV show, then I can’t tell you one favorite episode, but I love the opening, it’s amazing. First, two penguin Arctic are to watch tv – the Beakman’s World –, they have a little conversation, and then… a high voice sings “Beakmaaaaaaan” and start the opening with its psychedelic imagines.  

Other thing that I love so much of this TV show is how represent to Lester. Lester is a rat, but they tell to audience that in fact “Lester is a man dress up as rat”. I think that they didn’t believe that the children are stupid. A boy or girl can recognize that Lester is a man dress up, and they didn’t try to sell other thing.

I don´t remember why I started to watch this tv show, I suppose that I saw because I was get up at this time, but I can tell you that the Beakman´s World became my favourite tv show.

And now….THE AMAZING OPENING:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgmKivlGg9w

Post 6: Postgraduate Studies

Last year, I didn't know what to study after that I graduated of psychology, but I took a subject of humanistic psychology...and I began to think in postgraduate studies. In fact, I never thought that I could want to do this. For academic training we  -the psychologist  - must do a degree. I would want to take the humanist clinical psychology degree, but I would like to study the organizational psychology degree too. On the other hand, and it doesn't have relationship with psychology, I would like to study mathematics. But this is other tale.

The reason I would like to take the humanist clinical psychology...besides that it's a requirement of the degree, is that I will work in the clinical psychology, specifically in this area. Then it's a good training before begining in the working field.

Where I would like to study? I think that I will do it in Chile, I feel safe here because I have difficulty with other languages. Maybe, I will do the Master another country...but it's the future.    

I wouldn't like the distance learning, I prefer in presencial study. Before I was intransigent about the part-time courses, but if I want to coordinate my job and the mathematics study, I must choose this option. I can`t leave the psychology because I have learned to love, and it has been a long process. In fact I don't want to leave the psychology.

Post 5: My Future Job

Well, in the future I will to be a jobless psychology. It`s a joke!. I want to have a good job. How do I want to be my  future job?. I would like to work in organizational psychology or humanist clinical psychology. If I job in orgnizational psychology I would like to work about the therapist's selfcare. I think that we  - the psychologists -  are their own tool of work. Then is very important that we care their own health. In the other side, If I job in the clinical psychology I would help at the procrastinator students. In my long student years I was a procrastinator student (specially for english class), but now I try every day to accomplish my agreements, and I believe that I am a better student than in the past. Really I want to help at other with this problem. 

I don`t interest if my job is outdoors or indoors, my motivation is with the patients or the students. But I think that I wouldn`t like to be in the same place all the time. I would like to meet diferent kind of people, because I could learn of they, the people is essential wisdom. I would like to travel in my job, maybe at postgraduate study or seminary, I don`t deeply think yet. 

I will probably work in at office, I don`t problem with this.     

Post 4: My Favorite Movie

When I think in my favourite  movie, I remember to Gattaca.

"In a near future, the people used genetic manipulation for claim that their childrens will be compentent in the society. Vicent- the protagonist -  is a "God's son", name that received the people what is conceived without use the genetic manipulation. This result in a hardly life for Vicent, who always remains outside of the good jobs. The problems is that Vicent want to be space traveller. He had a heart problem, and he's not destined to be a space  traveler. Vicent plans go into a Gattaca - somethings like that the NASA.And his  plans is replace to an competent individual (conceived with genetic manipulation)"...

In this way started Gattaca.

I like this movie because I feel identity with Vincent, he was born with adverse circumstances and he try and try reverse the situacion. He is very persistent. This is a characteristic that I valuate so much.

The movie is directed by Andrew Niccol and starring Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman.Ethan Hawke is Vincent and Ema Thurman is a woman of who Vincent is in love. But this can put in danger his plan.

 Besides the soundtrack is wonderful.

I don`t tell you how the film finish. My favourite part is the finish, but I want to  keep the secret.