Sports

Hi, today I talk about the sports. The Chilean people are destined to be losers in sports? I don´t think so.  The problem for why we don´t have a good level on sports is because the training and the support given to ours athletes is not the appropriate level to develop competitors of first level, able to be in the  first places of the internationals sports. I think that is necessary that there a greater support from part of the government, assigned to the elite competitors. Is essential invest since small, in addition with a better infrastructure and equipment.  The only option to increase the level of our athletes is investing in them.

Is true that occasionally we have star players such as Chino Rios, Alexis Sanchez, Chaleco López. While are few the Chilean players that reach the top to international level, is very common  that  in different sports Chilean players begin to position themselves within of the group of competitive players. I think that the Chilean players have increase is level   in the last years, in different sports, not only in the more known as soccer or tennis.

I like see sports, but I am not good practicing them. I like see soccer match, as national as international games. I see occasionally tennis match or the Olympics games. I enjoy very much see the soccer world championship, especially when Chile qualifies to participate in it. I think that the status of soccer in Chile is a medium level. We have very good material, and very passion for the soccer, but the leaders of the clubs not have a long term vision. They prefer invest bit to maximize the earnings, and when a club begging to reach a good level, the leaders sell all the good players, and the club down is level.

In conclusion, I think that we have material to be good players, but we have to change the mentality of the people that take the decision.

September

I think that September is a very good month. Because begin to change the weather and star the spring, and this produce a change in the encourage of the people, being more happy in this time. Besides in September is the celebration of  independency, with  holiday, that allows  that people travel to rest or use this time to dance at least in this days the traditional cueca, eat tipical chilean food such as empanadas, humitas, cazuela, choripan, and drink the traditional chicha or terremoto. The posibility to eat and drink in great cuantities this food, along with the typical roast, is a reason of why is one of my favourites months. 

Another reason of why i enjoy a lot in this festivities, is participate and see traditional activities, as chilean games, horse show and folk dances. I am very proud that the chilean people share the feeling of patriotism and that  share an atmosphere of enjoy.  

One of the negative stuff of this month is the irresponsable drivers that drive drunk and produce cars accidents and many people die in this weekend.

About the accident of Juan Fernandez I think that was a terrible tragedy for Chile, that produce a lot of pain in the comon people, that feels very close to  the famous people that die.

Blogging Experience

Generally enjoy the experience of blogging. When I've been busy with other things has been difficult to have time to write, and in these cases has been less enjoyable to write. The issues in general meeting have been of considerable interest, allowing important issues to talk about current issues as well as our most personal preferences on a particular topic. I liked the issue of transgenic food and the radioactive contamination in Japan. Also enjoy a photograph and the last movie view. In certain blogs was more difficult to complete the total number of words, while others cost less, depending on the subject of the blog. Has been very interesting to share ideas and learn the opinion of my classmates on various topics. Commenting on the blogs of classmates can generate a kind of conversation. 

I think the blog is a great tool to practice writing English, it allows us to begin to acquire fluency of words. On the other hand, can improve the grammar and connectors, as they generally tend to be harder to write than to speak or read English. Writing in English also helps to remember words and as written, along with learning new words, when we want to translate something you do not know how they say in English.

Overall I think it has helped me improve my English. Perhaps a good exercise would have to use certain words or connectors, thereby improving the use of words can be unknown. A possible disadvantage of blogging is the time you can spend on writing when there are many other tasks to perform. With regard to the advantages improves vocabulary, practice using different verbs and connectors, and improve the writing in general. Finally the best advantage is to receive corrections, to know that we were wrong, because it is where you really learn to read.

Transgenic food

One of the technologies that generated the most controversy is the transgenics, which involves transferring genes from one individual to another, either the same or different species. This technology offers great opportunities for the production of food, but also has potential risks to be taken into account. Potential benefits may be at different levels. One area which is currently generated benefices for the production of hormones used in the treatment of human diseases. So also in the area of health can generate compatible with human xenotransplantation. 

In the area of food production has great potential benefits, to produce individuals who produce more, which are resistant to various diseases, and have higher nutritional values. With this technology can solve nutritional problems and food shortages in some regions, as was the case of rice with more vitamins in the East. There are other potential benefits still unknown.

With regard to the problems, one is the possible decrease in genetic diversity within populations. Another potential problem is the monopoly that can be generated with this technology. A third problem is the possible unfair competition between transgenic and non-transgenic. With respect to potential health problems for humans, there is no evidence that this happens, but it cannot be ruled out.

In my opinion, this is a technology that can be helpful, but it is essential to use it with extreme care, making the preliminary studies required before selling a genetically engineered foods. I think the most important thing is that genes are used and how these genes interact with the natural, since it depends on use artificial genes, which have negative effects on animal and human populations. After all, depends on each one well informed about it and make a decision whether or not to consume transgenic foods, so if we have the right to know that we are selling.

Students protest

The student marches have aroused in the young the desire to be heard by the authorities. The mass demonstrations of thousands of young people clearly show that there are certain points in the Chilean education-both at school and university level- which doesn’t leave happy students and teachers. Clearly, this movement has attracted the attention of authorities in various policy sectors. While some have tried to capitalize on the educational issue to increase its popularity, others have tried to be an educational contribution to this conflict. This is how it passed the creation of a commission of inquiry in education by the House of Representatives, even though it was rejected weeks ago.

I think there are several problems within the Chilean education. First there is the issue of quality of education at school level. Clearly, private schools, with a few local schools have good educational quality. However most of the municipal schools have no educational desired quality. The idea of ​​create municipal schools of excellence is good as a first step, but bigger changes are needed in order to deliver quality education in all sectors. I'm not sure that turning schools into state is the solution.

With regard to university education is the problem of lack of funding in traditional universities. In this sense it has generated a progress of the state. The second problem is the cost of education. Here the generating cheaper credit is an advance, but should be a fund that students do not have to pay interest for study. Another problem is the profit with education. In this sense I find that there should be banned private universities, but whether to regulate their existence. If you generate profits, you must pay taxes and not receive public money. Also, to operate all universities should be accredited, regulating the quality and the amounts charged are not excessive. Finally should control the number of universities and quota for each profession, as the supply of professionals increasingly demand more than generating many doesn´t find job.