And now tha last entry of this blog or at least the last entry for english class [Although I dind’t planned it like that]. This time I’m going to review a Sir Ken Robinson’s speech about “how schools kills crativity” [That’s the title… but I’d go for something like “Why people doesn’t contribute to exploit the artistic capacities” Or something like that… Have you noticed that I tend to create really long titles?][Another thing: I know we need to write this according to certain rules… But since this is my blog and I’m wrinting about creativity I can bend a Little the rules]:
Ken Robinson explains that society in our days [And since 19th Century] have always valorated more “intelligence” over “Creativity”. Why is that? Because the begining of the educational system: It was in the middle of the Industrial Revolution an the only thing that matter at the time was to have a job and “to be someone” out of the factories [He dind’t say with that words… But I like to think that he wanted tos ay somthing like that].
Since then, every school in every country has followed this system and stigmatized creativity as some kind of “disease”, “lack of intelligence” or “failure”. So children is afraid to be wrong in what they do and try to adapt to what schools are “educating” for –as Robinson says- a University Professor. [That doesn’t seem to be “that bad”, right? Well, if you put in the same words as he does sounds terribly bad … People who tends only in their heads “and a Little to the side” and there’s no room to be “happy” or “fun” (Could you say that only write papers is fun?)]
Finally, he concludes his presentation with an “advice” [Something we all should to consider] calling us to reevaluate the way we educate [Because education is in school, but also in every men and women’s home] our children and we guide them for the best way they can go and don’t forcé them to “the only way we think it’s the best.”
[I hope this review makes some sense]
domingo, 12 de julio de 2009
My Blogging Experience [A.K.A. Blog Session 8]
Hi everyone!
“The end is near” and because of that we [the members of the english class] have to write about “our blogging experience” and that’s exactly what I’m going to do [I don’t like to keep in “one style of writing” so, maybe the style will change… but I hope you can follow the way I write]:
I must say that it was a pretty nice idea, and I’m sure that if we did’t have “tha strike” we would do a lot more and, of course, advance in our goal: To learn english. So, you know, I like the idea… But Did I enjoy it? Well… I must admit that I was really lazy about this. The main reason of that is because I had “more important things to do”, but don’t get me wrong I like to learn english but this year I wanted to raise my marks in the “obligatory courses” so I dedicated more time and efforts to that… Yes, I know it’s a bad thing tos ay when your teacher is Reading this but truth could be ugly, but it’s a lot better tan a pretty lie… don’t you think?... Oh, but back to the point. I REALLY enjoyed this experience.
Someone in the audience: But Carlos you haven’t told us why did you enjoy it?
Oh right… That. It’s an interactive way to learn this language, because we need to write like if it was our diary… so it was an “informal” way to speak [And this is the most common way to speak with an American, English, Australian or people from othe countries. So… in some way this experience help you out to improve your english writing and Reading it… Helping you to increase your vocabulary, punctuation, and ehm… Other important stuff xD].
I think that should do.
The same guy: Yeah, that’s good.
Ehm… To conclude this entry I will cover 2 improtant points: Advantages and Disadvantages about bloggin in the class
First we have the advantages, we could interact with the other students [We had included in the first tasks to comment other people’s entries] and even more important, we can improve our writing abilities [In the near future we will need to redact contracts or other things in english and we can’t afford a failure].
Now, the disadvantages… Well, I don’t see “a lot of them”, but the main one is [And maybe the main disadvantage of the coruse in general] the time slot where is located [17:10 PM is really late to a class… Even more when you need to wait for 4 hours to your class] Dx
Well I hope you enjoyed this blog as much as I enjoyed to write it.
[Maybe I’ll keep it and start a real blog… You know, commenting about my dairy life and other things]
Take Care.
“The end is near” and because of that we [the members of the english class] have to write about “our blogging experience” and that’s exactly what I’m going to do [I don’t like to keep in “one style of writing” so, maybe the style will change… but I hope you can follow the way I write]:
I must say that it was a pretty nice idea, and I’m sure that if we did’t have “tha strike” we would do a lot more and, of course, advance in our goal: To learn english. So, you know, I like the idea… But Did I enjoy it? Well… I must admit that I was really lazy about this. The main reason of that is because I had “more important things to do”, but don’t get me wrong I like to learn english but this year I wanted to raise my marks in the “obligatory courses” so I dedicated more time and efforts to that… Yes, I know it’s a bad thing tos ay when your teacher is Reading this but truth could be ugly, but it’s a lot better tan a pretty lie… don’t you think?... Oh, but back to the point. I REALLY enjoyed this experience.
Someone in the audience: But Carlos you haven’t told us why did you enjoy it?
Oh right… That. It’s an interactive way to learn this language, because we need to write like if it was our diary… so it was an “informal” way to speak [And this is the most common way to speak with an American, English, Australian or people from othe countries. So… in some way this experience help you out to improve your english writing and Reading it… Helping you to increase your vocabulary, punctuation, and ehm… Other important stuff xD].
I think that should do.
The same guy: Yeah, that’s good.
Ehm… To conclude this entry I will cover 2 improtant points: Advantages and Disadvantages about bloggin in the class
First we have the advantages, we could interact with the other students [We had included in the first tasks to comment other people’s entries] and even more important, we can improve our writing abilities [In the near future we will need to redact contracts or other things in english and we can’t afford a failure].
Now, the disadvantages… Well, I don’t see “a lot of them”, but the main one is [And maybe the main disadvantage of the coruse in general] the time slot where is located [17:10 PM is really late to a class… Even more when you need to wait for 4 hours to your class] Dx
Well I hope you enjoyed this blog as much as I enjoyed to write it.
[Maybe I’ll keep it and start a real blog… You know, commenting about my dairy life and other things]
Take Care.
jueves, 2 de julio de 2009
The Best in my Area (IMO)
Hi everyone, I'm here again. This time I'm going to talk/write about "the best in my area", which means that I need to talk about someone (A lawyer) who I consider as the best in what he/she does. But... Not only that! It must be someone that I admire. So join me in this brave adventure on discovering who *in the world* is the best:
After thinking a lot, I got to an Enrique Barros' book: 'Tratado de Responsabilidad Extracontractual'. And I though "Man, this guy is awesome." So, for your enjoyment I chose Enrique Barros Bourie. 'Who is he?' may you ask, but don't worry I'll tell you now: Enrique Barros Bourie is a lawyer (Duh!) from Universidad de Chile (Where he also teaches Civil Law). He earned a law degree in Germany and now he serves on the board of Centro de Estudios Públicos.
Barros, has written many (many many many) papers, articles, essays and a book (The one I named before). As a lawyer, I really don't know if he has done "anything important" But he's an eminence as teacher... And that's why I chose him... Thanks to him and his book a learned how to understand an important part of Civil Law: The damages. (I guess that I told What has he done and why I like him, but if I didn't I like him because all the knoledge that he acquired on the years and how he took that and put it on a book in an easy and didactical way... I guess that sounds pretty bad, "I don't like him. I like his book" but that's what I think... Because I haven't find a model to follow D=).
Yeah, I've spoken a little about him because what a really like is his book D=
About his Book:
He explain the nature of damages (Pecuniary Damage and Moral damage), how it has been applied in other countries legislation and how chilean courts understand it and how apply it.
Plus, if you need to find something on the book and if you don't know where it is, the book includes a "tematical index" (I don't know if that's the name... but I think it sounds just fine. Anyway, the index is ordered by subject [And not by page like a regular index]
Well... That's all I have to say about him (and his book, of course) so, until next time.
After thinking a lot, I got to an Enrique Barros' book: 'Tratado de Responsabilidad Extracontractual'. And I though "Man, this guy is awesome." So, for your enjoyment I chose Enrique Barros Bourie. 'Who is he?' may you ask, but don't worry I'll tell you now: Enrique Barros Bourie is a lawyer (Duh!) from Universidad de Chile (Where he also teaches Civil Law). He earned a law degree in Germany and now he serves on the board of Centro de Estudios Públicos.
Barros, has written many (many many many) papers, articles, essays and a book (The one I named before). As a lawyer, I really don't know if he has done "anything important" But he's an eminence as teacher... And that's why I chose him... Thanks to him and his book a learned how to understand an important part of Civil Law: The damages. (I guess that I told What has he done and why I like him, but if I didn't I like him because all the knoledge that he acquired on the years and how he took that and put it on a book in an easy and didactical way... I guess that sounds pretty bad, "I don't like him. I like his book" but that's what I think... Because I haven't find a model to follow D=).
Yeah, I've spoken a little about him because what a really like is his book D=
About his Book:
He explain the nature of damages (Pecuniary Damage and Moral damage), how it has been applied in other countries legislation and how chilean courts understand it and how apply it.
Plus, if you need to find something on the book and if you don't know where it is, the book includes a "tematical index" (I don't know if that's the name... but I think it sounds just fine. Anyway, the index is ordered by subject [And not by page like a regular index]
Well... That's all I have to say about him (and his book, of course) so, until next time.
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