English, there I go!

Learning english is a great challenge to me. My education was very poor. In the secondary I didn’t have an english teacher for a while. She quit because the students were bullys. For a month, we only worked with translator, but unfortunately they gave up to the week. With or without professor the level english in my school was very low.

When I entered the university, I gave the english test and stayed in level one. For me, it was frustrating and sad, because to a certain extent I felt it was not my fault to know so little of the language. But then I understood that I had to keep improving and not be discouraged by that.

It has been a bit tiring to have to do the four levels, especially because it demands a lot of time and the class schedules are bad at ICEI. Or they are very early or late. I'm not very good at getting up early (I love sleeping, jeje)

Nowadays, I don’t handle the language very much. But in spite of that, I would like to learn much more. Actually, in the global world it becomes very necessary to know and speak this language, especially to be able to travel abroad. And I want to travel to many english-speaking countrys, so I have to do a lot of work to achieve this goal.

I think my main problem is to use a larger vocabulary and speak in a more fluid way. My repertoire of words in english is very basic and it’s hard to me express some ideas.

I have been able to learn more and improve a little. But I have a long way to go. I know, but I want to make an effort to continue learning.

PD: I miss writing on the blog. Bye, bye! :c

Journalism, a career that could be better

Hello! ¿How are you? (: 

Today, I will tell you about the changes I would make to the journalism career program. When I entered the university, I remember that I was very excited to start studying. When the months began to pass, I realized that the study programme was very poorly done and messy.

At that time, I felt some subjects were too demanding (considering that we were in first year) and others, were too basic and with a minimum level of complexity.

For example, I remember that in the first year I suffered a lot with Ethics and Journalistic Treatments, because the teacher. María Olivia Mönckeberg, made us read too much and despite my efforts, I always got bad grades. 

This subject is necessary because a journalist can’t work in the field without having an ethical sense. But perhaps, I would change the focus and make the subject more educational and entertaining.

In the journalism career there are some subjects of "basic academic training" that are very important for the professional development of our career as a interpersonal communication, the problem of knowledge and cultural studies.  I learned a lot in all these subjects and I think they have to be given more space in the study programme.

But, in present this semester we have too many subjects and should be better distributed in previous years. I remember that in the third year, we only had three compulsory subjects. It was wonderful! We had too much time (but now we suffer the consequences :c) 

That year, I went out almost every day to ride a bicycle after school and I read a lot for my own liking.

Now, I just want to end the research seminar, investigative and management journalism.  I only ask for pity! Force everyone we are finishing the semester!