Post 10, Final Post

English Language Challenges

Depending on the person, English can be very hard or very easy. Whether you're on the "easy" or "hard" group of people, one thing never changes: learning a new language always has its challenges.
For example the image below:

Were the sentences above difficult to understand/pronounce? Maybe at your level it's still is a bit difficult to pronounce some of those words, maybe there are even some you don't know at all. Anyway, that's not what the post is about.

For this post, you'll have to tell me about the challenges the english language presents you.
The questions that follow the next image can help you develop this last post. In this image there's a list of things that make English look easy as compared with other languages such as Spanish, German or French. 

> What comments can you make about your experience learning English at university? What about the use of blogs?
> What aspects of your English need to be improved and how do you plan to do this?
> Outside the English class, how much are you using English these days? What for?
> What's something you would like to do, in a professional context, with English?

- Wordcount: 260
- Make comments on 3 of your classmates' posts.

Post 9

CHANGES TO MY STUDY PROGRAMME

Write about some changes that could be made to your study program (career)
Among others, think about:

> The curriculum (the subjects you have to study) Are they in logical order? are they all relevant? what is missing? etc
> Workload and length of studies Are all the courses well justified in the program? are the schedules of classes efficient? 

> Faculty facilities (buildings and infrastructure) Do you feel comfortable in the provided space? what features do you like/dislike of this building? what would make it more comfortable?

> Use of technologyAre computers/softwares/technology well implemented? are they used to they're full potential?

> Teaching methodsDo Professors teach well? do you feel supported  by them? Give a general comment about them.

- Word Count: 250
- Leave comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts.

Post 8

Personal Opinions

Dear all, for this eight post session we won't have one topic to develop. 
This time you will choose only 4 from the following list of questions:

What is your opinion about legalizing marijuana and other drugs?

What is your opinion about water scarcity?
What is your opinion about "vertical ghettos"?
What is your opinion about the Chilean traditions?
What is your opinion about cloning?

What is your opinion about recycling?

What is your opinion about the US, Chilean, Argentine, and Brazilian far right governments and how they will impact our neighboring countries?

What is your opinion about “barras bravas” (hooligans)?

What is your opinion about legalizing abortion in all cases?
What is your opinion about obstetric violence?

What is your opinion about contraception?
What is your opinion about owning an exotic pet?

What is your opinion about the military? 
What is your opinion about child labor?

What is your opinion about television?

What is your opinion about tatoos?
What is your opinion about banks?

What is your opinion about current controversial events? (give one example)

And you will write a short text giving your opinion about the chosen questions. (60 words per answer)

Here's a couple of my answers:

What is your opinion about contraceptive methods?

I believe it is very important for human beings to experience pleasure, and sex is a great source of it, we've done it since we were literally monkeys, so it's a big deal that we can have intercourse without ugly consecuences such as STDs (sexually transmitted deseases) and more importantly, unplanned pregnancies which can impact many people's lives.
To avoid getting pregnant, our freemarket society offers many methods, most of them though, are focused on women only. Pills, hormones, patches, implants, etc. Most of these methods imply a direct responsibility on women and it's my understanding that this issue concerns both sexual partners, so I think these methods should evolve and be more in tune with the way things are now.

What is your opinion about the military? 


In general, I believe they're obsolete. I'm not saying they shouldn't exist, I just think the military-industrial complex is a very perverse force in our current society. A monster that feeds on war, death and destruction of what's left of our world. In an ideal world, they'll only act as helpers in natural catastrophies and whenever help was needed in terms of preserving life in our planet, but hey, I bet that's too much of a dream these days. 

- Make comments on 3 of your partners' posts + a comment on mine.
- Number of words: 240 minimum.