Education

In my experience, education it's in a bad situation in our country, and in the occidental world in general.

There is an extraordinary evidence of human creativity, this extraordinary capacity it’s truncated in the meantime we’re growing up. The society accepts the idea that we born, we grow up, we have a job useful and productive, we have children, we work all the life for having more and more things that we don’t even need, and then we die and we have to pay for do it. That’s life is it, this idea have become common sense. It’s very difficult for a person take the options that nobody is offering…“don’t be musicians, don’t’ do art”…. And the education had a very important, or the most important place in this topic. By means of education we are accepting what things we can do, and what we can not... The fact that separated disciplines exist show that we are understanding that phenomena in the world are given separately, and it is not true. Everything is related to everything. It does not mean that we should not separate them analytical to study them, but not from an alone discipline.

My opinion about education in this faculty is pessimistic to; I believe that the education in our faculty, or in the career of sociology it is in general bad. Surely because I believe that the career is bad

Why? The topics are very out of date… The big debates are it brings over of social classes and structures socially, I don’t think that’s wrong, but it’s necessary included many other topic that today are transcendental for the development of a new paradigm.

Well, good points are related with some teachers... there are some teachers who are not very popular in students opinion, but I think Developing interesting ideas and discussing good topics related with other areas too.

The 60s New York arts scene: a revolution in dance

The 60s in New York was for art, very similar than 1920 in Paris when a big group of artists; choreographers, painters, writers and musicians reinvent their art forms and founded a new way to see and practice art. In 1962 in New York Yey Rainer, who participated in the movement of 1920, whit a small group of experimental choreographers, founded de Judson Dance Theatre. This group was shaped not only by members related with dance; musicians, poets, visual artists, conceptual artist, and of course dancers and choreographers. This group was something like a community; they worked, travelled and lived together collaborating and influencing each other. The resolute was a big surprise, and changed the idea of art shows and the typical relation of artists and public.

One of the first ideas was extending visual art into performance and they created Pelican, their debut. It was an extraordinary show they mixed circus arts, acrobatics, whit music and dance. The next show was named Move: Chorographing You. This new show was presented at London’s Southbank Centre. This installation was created by William Forshyte and made its spectators become dancers, they too swing and clamber thought gymnast rings. It was a fascinating performance.

This movement was foundational in arts; planted a new concept between body and space, expression in art, relation between different areas of art and between public and artist.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2010/oct/12/new-york-60s-arts-scene

Léon, The Profesional

There are so many good movies! I think I can’t say what movie it’s my favorite. But I will speak about a movie that I sow last semester and I really love it. It’s named Léon, The Profesional . It’s a french movie directed by Luc Bresson. The principal actors are Jean Reno and Natalie Portman (Natalie Portman looks very young in this film).
The plot It’s really simple, talk about a men who is a great hitman or cleaner. Hhe lives his own life alone in an apartment , do his work, spend his free time nourishing his plant (he describe it as his best friend) and watching old musicals in the cinema . Some day Mathilda, a twelve years old girl, arrive to his life…I can’t tell what happens later, you must see the movie.

Really, is not a popular movie but I think it’s a master piece! The characters are so good done; the details of the movie are fantastics and touching . The wonderful of the movie is how it’s made, how the things happens, the rhytm of the movie is perfect and without realize it you are completely involved in the movie.

I strongly recommend it!

This is the link where you can see it online!!!!

http://the-professional-film.blogspot.com/

Parents adopting more open attitude to alcohol, drugs and sex

A UK study reveals that parents adopting liberal positions with regard to drug, alcohol and sex.

The study shows that a third of parents you agree with your child from experimenting with cannabis, because they consider it an inevitable stage of growth of their children.

Regarding alcohol, the study shows that most parents is agree with their children drink at home occasionally since age 13. In fact, a quarter of Londoners recognizes that allowed their children to drink from the age of 10.

As for the consumption of drugs and alcohol, parents are more liberal than mothers.

Regarding the sexual orientation of their children, parents are liberal, because 75% of parents stated that no problems if your child would be gay. But there are differences between fathers and mothers, as mothers are more open to address this issue.

Frank Furedi, a sociology professor at the University of Kent, argues that parents today are more liberal, because they make every effort to give their children the freedoms that they never had when they were young. In that sense, today's parents understand that their children have the right to expermentar to find their way in the life.

Santiago is not my favorite city, it's true that I was borned and raised in this place, but also it's true that santiago it's a noisy city, polluted, and its transport system is difficult and slow.

Anyway, Santiago had some fun and interesting places to visit. Now, I'm going to recomend for you some places to visit in Santigo, If you are going to Santiago can not miss the following places.

1. Salsoteca Maestra Vida: It's the place to dance salsa oldest Santiago. This is my favorite place because it's very fun and diverse, as people are varied You can go take a drink and dance salsa. Is in the Barrio Bellavista is a neighborhood for fun.

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2.Las 4 y 10: I strongly recomended this place!!! it's amazing... It is located in bellavista. It is a small bar, with small tables lit by candles. Adorned by cultural cartels, photographies, paintings. Every night they touch live music, specially trova. You have to visit it if you want to pass a nice night with some frends or your boyfriend

3. La Chimenea: It's placed in valentin letelier. It's a small club with music and good food. There are night of salsa, tango, cueca. If you want dance and eat good, come to this place!

4 Bar las Tejas: The best in terremotos!!!!!Restaurant of food and typical Chilean drinks. Seemed to the Piojera, more sheep and and without tourists!

5. Las Naciones: Sheep and nice place. Las Naciones it's located next to "Plaza de la Constitución" In Santiago. Good in chorrillanas! I liked this place because you can go there after cultural activities in the centre of Santiago.

Well I hope you liked and visit this places!!!

Bye!!!!

These are places I can recommend,

Good luck and have fun

Thailandia!

Really, I liked to meet Thailandia. It's a country in the south- west of Aisa. Bordering with Laos, Camboya, Malasia. Thai means free or freedom, so the name of this country is "the land of freedom". I think it's a fascinating country, full of mixes...

It has a great culture, since ten thousand years, here was living the first farmers of the world, the development of his civilization is magnificent.

The Buddihsm is the principal religion of the country. There exist very ancient and beutifull temples. One of the biggest cities it's Chiang Mai; it's the cultural centre of Tailandia. I've heard that people of this place it'swonderfull, they are nice and kind. In this places people is beautifull too. It is an old city, full of colors, with a great market that looks like a labyrinth, flood of small and hidden streets... it has too magnificent gardens, tribal villages on the mountain, schools for the elephants in the jungle!! and natural beauties like waterfalls, caves and high hills.

Thailandia it has too, the most wonderfull tropical beaches with white sands. Finally, as I read, the Thai kitchen mixes five fundamental flavors: sweet, piquant, tart, bitter and salty. Some common ingredients used in the Thai kitchen include the garlic, chilis, grass of lemon and sauce of fish. The basic food in Thailand is the rice, which is in almost all the eaten ones.

Well, I think would be wonderfull visit this place, or live in it!!!

LAST SEMESTER

Hello! This is my blog for English class. Today, I will talk a little about the last semester….

The last semester was a particularly more interesting semester for my learning. It was a semester of many important decisions. The students must choose subjets about a sociological area; the idea is you take an area of your career, and star working in it. In my career there are many topics you can develop from sociological perspective so it was a difficult choise. I wanted learn about environmental sociology. This is an area not very development in my career. The principal challenge was study many concepts, and theories who comes from other areas, like Physics or biology this areas had advanced a lot in this topic. It was very interesting and fascinating for me.

Well I had too other subjects, but nothing particularly problematic. The semester happened very fast, may be because I just wanted finished it (just like this semester). Well, I had too English III, it was funny and I learned a lot of things in class. I hope learn too this semester.

Well, that’s all for today. I hope you liked