I really need to pass this class

 

I have english classes since I was 4, so for me they feel like a routine and they are nothing too special in my life. I plan to do the official courses to get my knowledge of english language certificated very soon so they classes will continue…forever. 

In the area of physical anthropology we are trained to read everything in english because english is the latin of our era, so if you wanna know about something, well...read about in the english version of wikipedia. The most prominent journals in science are in english language, so if you don`t want to get behind the news, you ought to check in Nature and Science, so in consecuance you have to know how to read in english.

And that is why I like to write on the blogs so much. It gives me the chance to express instead of just get impressed by the things i read about. But I would prefer to write more about discussion of papers of stuff like that than to talk about vacations or things of that nature. I visit a website called “Science Daily” everyday (or almost) and I love it because the publish news about science in a very accessible language, like a new in a newspaper, so I can learn about theme foreign to me, like earth, physical and biological sciences and math. I think I would write more and better thing if the job assigned to the blogs were write stuff like that.

 I think I have a good level on listening and reading, but expressing myself is a lot harder and I really need to improve that skills.

I like English very much. It is economic with the use of words, pragmatic and very flexible so is easy to express ideas. It`s always around me too: when I`m not reading papers, I`m listening to music or reading some comic books that usually are in English, so it`s omnipresent in my life and I very pleased with it.

 

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 I already decided I want a major in paleopathology and another in forensic sciences and the best schools for that are either in the States or England. There I have my dilema: the States are broke, so it would be very difficult to get a good living condition and england is well...england (expensive, with low living conditions for students and very rainy). Neither is very attractive to me, so I think I`m gonna take my time to make a desicion about that.

I would like to work in a museum and  colaborating with cases of forensic interest when is needed. For one side, working in a museum is a job in wich I can easily get involved with the educational institutions and expanding the critical knowledge that bioarchaeology has to offer. For the other side, I think that a forensic anthropologist is one of the few kinds of anthropologist that get really involved with national contingency, not just like an observer but also as an social actor. And that sounds good to me, to be an active participant of the legal and mediatic cases of massive criminal events or helping with cases of natural disasters.

I would prefer a job that gives me a lot of flexibility and autonomy about the topics that are needed to get worked. I also like to have company, so having a lot of co-workers it would be nice.
 

About my strengths and weaknesses I don’t know what I would say in a job interview but I can tell you the truth. About my weakness, I am mega spacy and I don’t like to follow the rules when they don´t make sense to me. And strengths…I don’t feel I have a particular one. I feel I only work if someone is pushing me to do so, but to answer this part I just asked a long time classmate and she said I have skills in team work and good disposition to affront the adversity.

Amor veneris

Last Monday I was quite bored at home so I headed to a public library in Salvador. There, I started to search one book long enough to keep me entertained but short enough to finish it in one sitting (to say, three hours). Fortunately, the first book I took out from the bookshelf was very amusing and perfect for my requirements.

The book`s name is “The Anatomist”, written by Federico Andahazi. The book is about the Realdo Colombo, one famous anatomist of the XVI century from the University of Padua. He`s a celebrity not only because he wrote “re anatomica” or he was a disciple of Vesalio. He is also known for being the first one to describe the clitoris on an official anatomical book. The story is about the succession of events that leaded him to publish his “discovery”, from his infatuation with a prostitute to all the trouble with the Vaticano because of the scandal that meaned sexualize the women`s body.

I absolutely loved the book because the history was told in a way that appalled to sensation and emotional reactions to the twisted morality of the academic and ecclesiastic elite from Europe in that time. I totally recommend it, especially to people who like to know about science history.

At risk to be lame

Social relationships are complex and interesting. Relationships with animals are also beautiful. In my particular case, I had the most amazing experience with my family dogs, so I think that dogs are the best pets ever.

When I was a kid I had greyhound dog named Luna. With kids she was the most playful, loyal and protective dog you would want but she also was very skilled at haunting and winning in Chilean races, so she was a very useful and we were proud (well, we still are) of her. Sadly, one New Year eve´s she went out to our neighborhood and never came back. We looked for her a lot of days, but we didn´t get a clue.

Later, when I was a teenager, my niece`s grandmother gave us a poodle dog. I must to confess: I didn´t like him at first and I still don´t like poodle dogs. I think they are too small, too annoying, too spoiled, too fussy and they are rather stupid. 

But life has pleasant surprises and this one was special. He was the sweetest dog.  We named him Tontón (but later derived in Totó) because when he was little he liked to climb in the beds and furniture and then cried because he was too scared to get down. He also cried every morning when I left to school and he stayed alone in the house. But he was very funny, obedient and loving. He was my partner in crime and always accompanied me when I had to go somewhere near. Sadly again, he also went missing.

Then I had a turtle and now I have a rabbit, but with those two dogs I experienced one of the purest forms of love and made the happiest memories.

All by a chance encounter

Beach, friends, sun and vacations are the perfect combination, as I could tell two years ago in a trip to the beach with four of my best friends of high school.

We had a lot of time without seen each other, so when we accidentally bumped into ourselves in a bar, we inmediately planned a memorably trip, to reconnect and have a lots of fun. Luckily for us, our  families live in Copiapó -in consecuence we had the very best beaches of the whole country to visit-. One of us also had a car, so  our mobility went smooth.

We spent the first part of the day in Caldera,  eating the most delicious seafood “empanadas” and visiting the family of one of our friend. Next we went to Flamenco, where my parents have a house and we did a lot of sunbathing and played volleyball. In the afternoon, we went to Chañaral where we made a barbacue.  Then we went to  party in the beach, where we danced and sang a lot with strangers in a campfire.

It was just one day because we had jobs that summer, but really made it: That day we felt just like in the old happy days

POST 2: A COUNTRY I WOULD LIKE TO VISIT

I would really like to visit Belgium. I had a belgian classmate in high school and she told me a lot of great stuff about it. My reasons to choose this country are not just about their famous chocolates  (from whom I very fond) and cuisine, it is also about the marvellous landscapes, history, beautiful art and, above all,  the major role that plays folklore in that country. It takes a lot of elements of catholicism and paganism, just like our own religious festivities, and they also have big parades like La Tirana, so I think that it would be extremly nice be part of all of it with the perspective of a visitor.

I know that Belgium has very good colleges, but I don`t really know  how good  their anthropology schools are, so I would have to search about it before thinking in study there. I would prefer studying in England or in U.S for the matter, but if I had the opportunity I`d totally willing to work there, like in a historic cemetery or something like that.