My experience learning English at University

 

Unfortunately all my university experience has been online due to the pandemic, for this reason it is very boring to learn remotely in all the fields I have studied and the fault is not the teachers, but the context. As for English, it was a bit strange to do this subject again after a year without having it, I must admit that my English was a bit rusty and I had to get used to understanding grammar, verbs and when to use them, among others, If I'm honest, that part is boring for me, I prefer to read and try to understand on my own, but I know that grammar is necessary because it is the basis of the language.

From my perspective, writing in English and forming sentences is what is most difficult for me, I think I could improve this quality by reading more in English about grammar, watching videos on YouTube or perhaps doing a course in which they teach me from 0 to so I can learn in a better way.

The truth is that when I'm alone I try to speak in English, since with another person I get nervous and feel a bit ashamed, I imagine in my head different contexts in which I might need to speak in English and I form sentences that would help me answer questions or communicate, from time to time I write them down to review them and see where I am failing to improve. On the other hand, all the series and movies that I watch during my free time I leave them in English and with subtitles to be able to learn even more either speaking, typical phrases or even pronunciation.

Changes to My Study Programme

 

The career I study is geography, I am in second year and I will speak from my experience as an online student, By way of contextualizing, the courses that are taught cover both the social area (anthropology, history, culture, etc.) and the physical area (hydrology, geomorphology, climatology, etc.) so that in this way our training is more complete and interdisciplinary.

The first year I had 6 branches per semester

 1st semester: Mathematics, Physics, Social Geography, Physical Geography, Epistemology and Cartography 

In general I think this was the worst semester I have had because I was just getting used to university life, having to get up early, knowing how to organize, also in branches such as social geography we had to read very complex texts for first-year students who are just getting acquainted with the career, it was also the semester where we had more academic face.

2nd semester: Global Climatology, Social Geography, Introduction to GIS, Economic Geography and Geology 

This semester also had quite an academic load, because in 3 branches we had to read a lot and complex texts, in economic geography for example we had to read a text answer their respective questions, do an activity corresponding to the class, see the class because it was asynchronous and advance in a semester poster. I think that the branch that cost me the most was geology, there are many concepts and complex processes to learn.

In Second course 7 branches 3rd semester and the fourth semester (current) 6 branches 

3rd Semester: Local Climatology, Cultural Geography, Remote Sensing, Applied Economic Geography, Geomorphology, English III, Quantitative Research Methodology It was a quite relaxed semester in terms of academic load and I began to understand better the concepts of the career, what the professors talked about and my grades were still quite good

4th Semester: Hydrology, Applications in Sig I, Quaternary Geomorphology, English IV, Rural Geography, Qualitative Research Methodology 

This semester has not had much academic load and only in one branch we have proof, in the others they are weekly guides or semester works, also as we have to go on Thursdays it has become more bearable because sharing with my classmates and having face-to-face classes has served me a lot with stress and anxiety

As for the infrastructure of the faculty I can not say much because the last two years I have been with online classes and 2 months ago we began to go 1 time a week to the faculty but if I have to add a serious opinion that more rooms will be adapted so that more students can go in person to the university and that everyone has that opportunity since the pandemic it affects us all.

Time Travel to the Future

 

I had never thought about traveling to the future, I am more excited by the idea of traveling to the past, during the times of monarchies such as when it was the domain of Queen Elizabeth or "the virgin queen", also being part of the Vikings and part of the rituals and looting of theirs in the looting

 If they made me choose a specific place to visit in the future I would not know how to decide on just one, I think that, if I have enough money, I would travel around the world in a pink time machine and seats doormats of the same color, also to not go alone I would take the opportunity to travel with a friend to share the experience and take photos with robots that dominate the world

I would like to travel about 300 years in the future, I am hopeful that in that time the human evolves and stops destroying his own planet, also I think it is a good range of time for really inviting technological advances such as flying cars, houses in the sky and robots that have feelings, I just hope they do not become evil and want to destroy the human race

The truth is that I would not like to stay in the future, the idea of being surrounded by so much technology every day is a bit uncomfortable and overwhelming, and if we are realistic due to global warming, deforestation and overpopulation, I do not think we have more than 50 years left because the planet is being destroyed

My Future Job

The geography career is so broad that there are many branches in which you can specialize, I am still a little undecided since every day that passes or new branch that I have I am interested in different things, but if I like geomorphology very much, science that studies the processes that formed the landscapes millions of years ago that are the current inhabited and how these behave before the current processes of modeling of the relief.

Therefore, I would like to dedicate myself to territorial planning to be able to evaluate in a geomorphological way the spaces that people inhabit and reduce the risks before extraordinary climatic events, I care a lot about helping people, so I think it is important to work on something that in addition to giving me money makes me happy

I really like office work for the expensive and cute outfits that can be worn, be it shoes, blazers, wallets and coats, but in the same way I am excited about the idea of working in the field, knowing landscapes, being in contact with nature and traveling to many places. In fact I will impose the idea that even if you study something related to earth sciences and fieldwork nothing should prevent you from arriving one day of office work dressed as a  model.

My Bucket List

 I have never written a bucket list but there is always a first time for everything:

1º Finish my geography degree and be a great professional

2º Being able to help create a more sustainable world and stop global warming

 

3º Live in the house of my dreams and be able to pay for all the expenses and luxuries that I want

4th Meet Harry Styles because he is the love of my life

 

5th Not having children, because I have a horrible phobia of being a mother

 I am trying to fulfill my wish number 1 with each passing day, striving in my studies, being responsible and also absorbing all the knowledge that is given to me, and even doing research on my own.

I believe that the most difficult to achieve would be wish number 2 since what is happening with the devastation of planet earth is not only a problem at the societal level, companies and government agencies are the main ecocides.

One of the wishes that I do not name and I think is important, is that when I was little I dreamed of dedicating myself to something related to the world of fashion, in fact one of my favorite films is "Elt Devil Wears Prada" and my greatest aspiration was to be the head of a publishing house like Miranda Priestly, but I had to abandon it since everyone told me it was crazy and that I should think of more realistic things.

My Favorite Movie

 

I have many favorite movies, but this time I will talk about "Pride and Prejudice" released in 2005, which is based on the eponymous book published in 1813, written by Jane Austen, an English woman. I have seen her more than 30, everything in her is perfect, the dresses, the landscapes, the vocabulary that the characters use, so polite and delicate, but above all, the love story between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, In fact, it is so special that it is my mother's favorite, it is also a connection that we both have.

The most iconic phrase is when Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy meet on the hill and he says

 "My feelings and my wishes have not changed, but a word from him will silence me forever." ... However, if your feelings have changed, I must tell you that you have bewitched my body and my soul and that I love you, I love you and I love you and that nothing can separate me from you. "

I like to watch all kinds of movies, except horror movies, I hate horror movies because I'm very scared and because of them I can't sleep well at night, but my favorites are romantics, comedy, action and fantasy, in fact my favorite saga is Harry Potter.

I have not seen any movies recently but if the new Korean series "The Squid Game" I highly recommend it, action, mystery, friendship and betrayal. I also recommend the third season of sex education.

For those who wish to see the film and are not satisfied with the ending (I will not give details so as not to make a spoiler) I will attach an alternative ending that was never added to the film.

The Best Concert Ever

One direction is a British boyband created on July 23,2010 by Simon Cowell in te television program "The X Factor" , is formed by Louis Tomlinson , Harry Styles , Liam Payne , Niall Horan and Zayn Malik who left the band on March 25 , 2015 , is currently on indefinite break , so each member decided to enhance theu career as a soloist . The band made many tours but one of the most important yeras was 2014 when they made their world tour " Where We Are Tour 2014" wich had as a motive to promote their new album "Midnight Memories"

The date scheduled for Chile were two and i attended the concert on April 30 , 2014 at the national stadium . I remember when I arrived at the place I couldn't believed that what i had dreamed of for a long time was really going on , it was  mixture of beautiful emotions and seeing so many completely unknow people in the band´s t-shirts , sang the songs , laughed and cried  together as if we had  known each other all our lives was a really beautiful thing . I waited for 8 hours before the concert started and when the 5 guys came out on stage to sang i shouted with all my desire , in fact , the nigth arrived at my home without a voice 

For me that day is one of the most important of my life , One Direction left a very important mark on me and after 9 years I continue listening to his songs with nostalgia , joy and remembering one of the best times of my adolescence