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English

To notice how much the process of learning and mastering the English language has evolved throughout history will never fail to impress me. Back in the day, learning English was not perceived to be something as essential as it is in the globalized world in which we currently live. Additionally, the mere fact of knowing even the most elementary notions of this language was usually a sign of an enormous amount of socioeconomical privilege, since the access to comprehensive study material was severely limited. Therefore, having the ability to work on my English at university as well as a having access to a virtually infinite database of information through the internet is something I am certainly very grateful for. This semester’s English class has been a fundamental pillar when it comes to consolidating and further improving my previously acquired knowledge regarding pronunciation, writing, listening and specially grammar and vocabulary. This, in turn, has helped me to integrate Englis

Capitalist Education

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Before beginning to deliberate about this topic, I would like to do a disclaimer in regards to the apparent vagueness of my remarks, that, despite what it may seem, has nothing to do with a lack of work on my part as much as it has to do with the inherent attractiveness of the topic being discussed. There is so much room for discussion that It's difficult to reach a very strong conclusion. As probably almost all of us have thought throughout our university experience, the chilean educational model leaves formative education behind in favor of an instructive approach, producing highly qualified professionals  (under a scientist-rational perspective)  to the market as a result,  even if they just reproduce knowledge instead of producing it.  Without disregarding this situation, I think that, at least in FACSO, university decreases it   due to professors's required hardwork to impart  a humanist education since they share their mental/cognitive tools, stimulating our abilities o

Quarantine

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The Coronavirus pandemic has been a situational fluctuation as for my emotions, what is connected with the different people I've been surrounded by throughout this period.  Initially I lived quarantine with my paternal family at Linares, which is one of the worst moments I've faced through in last years on account of the terrible family life we had. Fortunately, at the same time that classes got started, I came to live to my mom's house at Osorno, in where everything contributes to have a great well-being because we all want it. In this line, we try to spend as much time as we can in family,   watching a serie or just remembering family anecdotes. Also, we have many identity characteristics in common, so no one bothers each other making a good space to don't let the studies become a big problem and to try to achieve some quarantine goals, which personally are handle a better english than before and keep my emotions away from suffering. I haven't done another activi