Post # 12 (last post!): A brief essay

Technology it’s a tool to the studies, because exist so many programs to make easier our university student work, like word (to write essays or for made researches) or excel (to calculate things like scores in a test or to do a statistic analysis) or SPSS (to made statistic research) and tools like msn messenger because it’s a good way to talk with your partners or internet with Google, because it simplify our searching for research or to complement the study, with articles and exercises. Summarizing, technology helps us to do a better work at the university, in a good quality and esthetic form. In other way, helps to study more completely.

In a first point, I use SPSS, word and excel; in other topic I use Google for my different subjects, like Laws (to search the different laws like 18575 or 19880 and then edit it in word), in Macroeconomics I just use one time Google to find the Phillips curve, who represent the connection of unemployment and salary. In Sociologic theory I used SPSS, because we have to do a sociologic research and in my group decided to do a survey, so we have to made a information base that we have to examine with this program, using descriptive statistics, like frequencies and contingency tables. In a similar way at Method class we have to use this program to for statistic analysis, and we use word to do tables. In this subject we have to do a research to, so we have to use Internet to search useful information. In English, we have to use internet to do exercises in English, and we have to use a Blog to talk about so many topics, like music, Transantiago, Places that we want to go, and more. At least, in accountancy I use excel for calculate in an easier way.

So, I think I have been so connected with technology at this year, overall in this last semester because I have to do two researches that need necessarily specific computer programs, first because these programs simplify our work and because they were obligatory for the subject contents. But, I think that helps me to learn more about the different uses of the different programs and obviously it helps me for delivered esthetic works and it serves for gave me more information to complement my knowledge and learning.

So, I think that this semester be a good way to become familiar with the different technologies in a best way, to complement my knowledge about this topic. I think technology it’s a great tool for people to simplify their life, and overall for the students who have to use a lot of different programs to do their researches and university works or homework. The point lie to the access that we have to this tool, because not everybody can have the opportunity to have a computer or a laptop, or their computers don’t have the minimum abilities to have all the necessary programs to their careers. So he must to pay attention at this point.

Post # 11: Commenting the news

I think the most important news of this year, or maybe the most important event for Chile considering the year that we are living right now it’s the presidencial election . This is a local story because it’s the chilean election and would be define the politics point of view that would command our country for thw next four years, and define what would be the most important topic to the develop of the country. This kind of news are displaying in many mass media like internet (in newspapers or blogs, twitter and facebook), you can see at tv in the news or in the debate, and in the newspaper too. You can see this kind of news everyday in every mass media, because, if you have to choose the next president, it’s the labour of the journalists delivered the necessary information (and unnecessary too) to have you informed and you have a big kind of information to have a best point of view, with a lot of arguments to discuss. I think this news are so important for me, and specially for the country, because, as I said before, it would define de politics point of view and the importance gived to the most important needs like education, health, culture, sports and many other things that would command our country for the next four years.
I think that it’s an special election because there are four men who wants to be the next chilean president, three who have a more chance and two of them are so closed in the surveys, so we must have put attention on it.
In other way, we are choosing the bicentenary president! So we must think that in next generations, because they where remember that, because it’s an important date to the country.

Post # 10: Challenges in your discipline

This discipline it’s not just about one topic, in fact covers areas like economic, statitstics, laws, sociology, politic science. So, we have to be according at all the changes that those disciplines could do. But, if we have to talk about the challenges in general in de public management we can say that we have a big kind of social and educational challenges, overall if we considered Chile like the point of discussion.
We have to be atending all the society requirements, because we want to work for them.
In my personal opinion, the most important challenge would be the education, because I think that this topic it’s the key for the development. I think if the people have a good education from this begginings they surely would be better persons, because the knowing give tools to be a better persons, and the surely will have better works and will be more considerated with the other people.
So, if we teach with tolerance and respect, we surely have a better society.
I know, those things sounds utopic, but i’m a convenced person who think if we only take the education like the fundamental base of society, I believe that the chilean situation would improve a lot.
The government have to increase the percentage of the education spend, because it’s the only way to improve in this area. Improve the education stablishment, their infrastructure. In other way, the government have to put attention at the professors work, they have to promote their job, and the importance that they have in the society formation, and society must considered too. They are forming the future society, so they have to be people of quality, with values and knowing who need to be according the state requirements.
In technology we have to improve in things like the way that we are attending the bureaucracy, because technology give tools to simplify the government employee work, and I think that we don’t used like it would to be. This challenge it’s important because we have to simplify people’s life, not complicated more with (sometimes) useless deals.

Post # 9: Improving your faculty facilities.

In this faculty we can find a lot of problems about the environment like the chairs, the computers, we don’t have any grass where you can sit and study or talking with your friends. In other way, we don’t have so much space to eat or study, because this palace it’s very little to the number of people that study or work here. But, in the past year we can find a lot of solutions: they put new computers and make a study and reading room, and they put air conditioning to the winter and summer. So, we can’t say that we are in a worst situation, but obviously we have to think in other improvements that we can do in this place.
I think the painting must be improved because when you bring here a friend who doesn’t came before they think that this place it’s a bad place where nobody cares about it, but if you fix that we can stay in a most beautiful place, where the people take care about it. After all, this place it’s a national patrimony, and the last Sunday of may, anyone can visit it. Another thing that can be improved could be the place where we eat, in the “garden” or in the casino. In the first place, we can find aphids, and they fall down the trees and stay in our food, a really disgusting thing. In the second place that I mentioned, when we are eating, the cock pigeons enter to the casino and fly and walk in the tables, and the smell of the food are disgusting too.
We have to solutions those things, because the different situations are unpleasant. But, if we don’t have the institutions support, we can’t fix anything, because we don’t have to money and it’s a thing that don’t correspond to the students. This improvements can make more comfortable our study and stay in this palace.

Post # 8: Free Time and Technology

Technology have a very important place in the dairy life, because they simplify our life with simple but complex things at the same time. There are a lot of things that we can use all the time, like mp3, mp4, pen drives, laptops, palms etc. And in other spaces we have washing machine, wash dishes, etc.
The problem is that people think that technology will save our life, but they forget some important things. For example, if you are all the time at your home staying connected in internet, you wouldn’t’ t have the opportunity to get out and meet other people in real life, you can’t feel the sun, the rain, the air, and you miss opportunities to do new things, go to the parks, go to eat an ice cream with your friends, etc.
I think I don’t have so much free time right now, I think I use 3 hours in a day because in university time I have so much work to do, like tests, or extra program things, like go to seminaries and things like that. On weekend, I “took” Saturday for myself and I to things like go out with my boyfriend and my friends to many places, like parks, expositions, the mall, the cinema, and go to eat something like ice cream, fried potatoes, or things that we cook together, like pasta or a new invention.
In other way, when I have a big free time like vacation time I like to stay at the computer playing games or talking with my friends, see online movies and if I have so much free time I like to read a good book, or do handmade things, like hair accessories or painting or useful things. One day I do a cork board with a draw and a little paper box where you can put pencils, rubbers, and other office things. I like to travel too, and go to visit my grandparents or visit to my boyfriend’s sister or go to the beach, or visit friends who lives out of the city, or go to meet other places.
If I have more free time I will read more, because I love Latin-American literature, and I have a lot of books that I can’t read it yet!
But, vacations are coming, and I will do all those things, and that makes me feel very happy! :D

Post # 7: summary from a career-related article from The Guardian

“Rise in unemployment less than expected”
The article talks about the unemployment at the UK, probably for the consequences of the economic crisis. The economist expecting was wrong, and 1.6268 million people are unemployed. This number it’s the high since April 97, and the people are talking about the benefits that the government have to give it to them. This information was delivered by de The Office of National Statistics (ONS). In other words, the people out of work ascend to 7.9%.
For other way, the economists are optimists, because they think that the recession would pass soon, and the economy will giving jobs, "until the economy is growing back at potential or above, and that is still some way off", how tells Alan Clarke of BNP Paribas
But people just want work or benefits to live, and they are claming for this above six months.
In other case, there are people that think that the business have to recovered first, because are so many firms that are fighting for surviving yet.
Alan Tomlinson said that the cash flow are uncertain and the companies have to dismiss people to stay at the market.
But other problem are the age of the most unemployed 16-24 years old, because this generation are becoming a “lost generation”. The firms don’t have money to hire for complacency, they need the fair and necessary employees.
In conclusion, they need to end the unemployment, because they are missing big talents and people who have the ability to do things for their country.
"Every one of those unemployed is a real person with real talents that can make a difference to this country.", Martina Millburn, chief executive of “the Prince’s Trust
This summary was maded about this link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/oct/14/unemployment-rise-lower-than-expected

Post # 6: a world of sport

Personally I don’t do any sports, because when I was younger I have a heart illness, and I have four operations, two of those were open heart surgery. So I can’t do much sports, because I get tired in just a few minutes, and I don’t train in all my life, so I don’t have a good physical conditions.
Anyway, I think sports are so many important for people and for the nation, because sports gives you important values like effort, perseverance, responsibility and love and respect for the body, and for other way you have best physical conditions, so when you get old you have best chances to live more longer than the people who don’t do any sport in their life.
For the country, sports are a good way to decrease the delinquency, and improve the people’s life quality, with a healthy life style.
But nowadays sport are don’t considerate at the governments, because some topics are more important, who it’s true, but they don’t think about little things who can change the vision and the attitudes of the people. And education doesn’t considered too, because for example the sports psychologists can’t study this mayor in Chile, they have to do in other countries, and people doesn’t know the importance of this mayor or the changes who can be if we admit their importance. That would be a form to encourage people to do some sports, incentive them to do sports, show the importance to do sports in simple life.
I considerer “rodeo a la chilena” a popular sport, but I think that the bad treatment to animals don’t are a good way to express the values of the make sports, so I think that bullfight it’s doesn’t deserved call a sport or a good activity.
I think that all the activities who gave values and make an improvement in the simple life are good practices for people, and sports gives you relax and a way to improve yourself.

Post # 5: What to do & where to go in Santiago

When you come to Santiago, one of the places that you can visit is La Moneda, because it’s the place when the most important part of the government works, like the president. Other places could be O’Higgins Park, Padre Hurtado’s Park, neighbourhood Lastarria, National library, Municipal Theatre, National Stadium, Ex Congress, Central Market and all historic patrimonies of the center of the city, because there you can see the old architecture, everywhere you go.
So, there you can eat typical food like empanadas, barbecue, mote with huesillos, or traditional food like ice cream (obviously handmade, because they are so much tasty), or Barros Luco (it’s a sandiwich with hot cheese and beef). Then you can buy handicrafts to give to your family or friends (probably they would be expecting about your trip and they surely wants a present who serves to know about the country that you visited).
So, the top list of the places that you can visit when you come to Santiago are:
- La Moneda, the place where the government works, and receive the most important personalities, like the other presidents of different countries or writers, actors, scientists, painters. I think it’s the most important place that you can visit, because it represents the Chilean State.
- Municipal Theatre, it’s the place where you can listen to beautiful pieces of music and she ballet, with an spectacular cast and musicians, and this architecture shows the European influences, and inside you can see a lot of wonderful details, specially in the armchairs, boxes and the roof. I recommended it because it’s a beautiful place, full of art and mental peace.
- Central Market, it’s the place where you can find traditional Chilean food, overall shellfish and many kinds of fishes. I think this place its very important because you can eat in a very traditional place, and its very good food.
- O Higgins Park, it’s a very extensive park when you have a lot of activities like pedals boat, skating, bicycle, walking, in a lovely place. It’s a family place, you can find all type of people and you can eat an icecream or pop corn, cotton candy or drink a soda.
- At least, but no more important could be National Library, when you can find all kinds of books, magazines, and a really nice architecture. It’s a big collection of literature because their have been collecting above 150 years or more. It’s a beautiful place, so relaxing and you can study and concentrate very well.

Post # 4: the role of music

Music represents for me: the most beautiful way to express feelings, the things that represent you and your own history, your life experiences, and all the things that you like. In other words, music shows places, histories, feelings, emotions…It’s a great form to express with poetry and sounds.
I listen to so many kinds of music: pop, rock, classical, and so much more, because the great majority of kind of music have their own essence, a special way to express what they want to show.
I get my music by internet or taking music of my mp3 friends, because I don’t always like all the music of one group or singer, I just want one or two songs, and I don’t have the money to buy the cd’s. I like very much mp3 or mp4 (but my favorite it’s Ipod) to listen de music, because you can stay with music the most part of the day, for the easy way that you can transport them.
I think I don’t follow any group or singers, but I like so much Michelle Branch (The Wreckers too), Vanessa Carlton and Backstreet Boys, I have all of their cd’s.
I listen the same music all the time, maybe I change it when I have to study very very hard and concentrate, then I listen to classical music, specially Mozart, Beethoven, Bach and Tchaikovsky. I think when I have very strong emotions I adapted the music that I listen to, but that not passed all the time.
I think music fills my life, because I can’t live without music, its an accompaniment, my way to relieve, to be in peace with myself the most part of time, I need to heard sounds all the time.

Post3: What is your opinion of Transantiago?

I think Transantiago is better than yellow buses system, because I think it’s more organized (the routes and colors of the different kinds of buses like Orange in Vitacura, Las Condes and Lo Barnechea communes and troncales who crosses almost all the city) and modern (the Bip! card it’s a good example, or the GPS system in some buses). I think the tariffs are a little bit expensive, but it’s the governments way to weigh the not pay of some users.
When the yellow buses system where active I have to walk a lot, because I don’t have a bus stop near my home, and usually I have to take more buses to get to the places that I want to go. In other way, I don’t know so much routes because I don’t have a place to search, I have to ask to someone else. Now, I have the information that I need at www.transantiagoinforma.cl, the routes, the different kinds to go to the different places, I have to pay just one time to get to the place that I want and I have a bus stop near my house, and I now exactly what buses passed there.
The changes I want to apply would be more GPS systems, new busses (more comfortable), more metro lines, more frequency buses and more routes and bus stop. Other thing that I want to change would be more places to charge the Bip! card.

Well, I have to go now
Greetings!

Post # 2: A country I would like to visit

I want to go to Greece because I love his culture and History. I think they have an incredible historical patrimony like the Acropolis or Pompey or the Parthenon. I think antique Greeks were so much intelligent in so many ways: mathematics, philosophy, architecture, craft, literature, sculpture and things so much interesting like the religion: his gods and histories are so much creative and demonstrate so much love to they customs. In his history, we can find so much moments like Punic and Persian wars, and we can find a lot of historical prominent figures like Plato, Aristotle, Homer, Socrates, Alexander and so many more. They invented the Olympic Games, and they gave us books like the Iliad and the Odyssey, or Antigona and so much things more.

I want to go there precisely for that, for they history and patrimony.

I know so much about this history, and his culture, and I thing they have a beautiful country.
I want to go and meet all this places that I mentioned before, and see with my eyes the incredible things that they do in a very very long time ago.

If I have the opportunity to live or study or work (for so much time) there I think I refuse, because I love Chile and I want to work here all my life. I want to go there just for meet this country, I think no more than three months. I hope that someday I can visited finally, because I wanted for practically all my life. When I was young I love to see photos of Greece and I read a lot of his mythology histories and I just fall in love with his history. I think they have an extraordinary culture, and they gave us so much things that we used for centuries, and this things don’t pass in the whole world.

Post # 1: First term, good and bad points. Introducing myself

In first place I want to introduce myself. My name is Daniela Paz, I have twenty years old and I study Public Management at Universidad de Chile, I live in Santiago de Chile in Vitacura. My family are composed by: my mother, and a brother and a sister and a cat, and for the other way are my father, his wife and my little sister (and one more in December).
Then, to describe the experiences during this term of this year, I have to start saying that I think this year have been very nice for me, because I learned very much in many knowing areas.
I learn about different topics. They are: Laws, Statistics, Science Theory, Administration Theory and Microeconomic.
The most important for me were Statistic, Administration Theory and Microeconomic, because they are topics that I love, because I think they are the most interesting and who gave to me a lot of tools to the area that I want to work: Culture.
In other part of my life, I did so many things like: travelled to Los Vilos, went to the cinema, museums, places to eat, went to the mall, listened to music, watched tv and played at the computer, being with my friends, or with my family, or with my boyfriend.
I have to face the coming of my sister (Who will born at December), the coming of my cousin because she wants to come to study Commercial Engineer at this University (In December too) and I have to pass my classes too! But I don’t stress too much for this because that things makes me feel very happy.