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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/21/hawaii-schools-fridays-furlough

Non education measure

Once again the education as public service suffers the consequences of a bad negotiations and bad administration. Thousands of schools in Hawaii have been closed on Friday for the economic recession. The drastic measure to consider that one of the solutions is to close schools like a form to save others publics services. The agreement to consider paying less to the teachers is a big form to take care the states`s money that to support Hawaii. But the government don`t consider thousands familys and childrens affect with this types measures. I think measures like this have many concequences but the politics don`t see it because are long term. One less day to study on week is a time valuable to lose, so I agree with the parents`s protest and specially with all the people poor of this state, because they don`t have the oportunity to pay private schools. With this types of situations I ask me if a country like US has so much power, why are they take dessition so stupid. Anybody is capacity to see the public services demand more atention that anything, because only form to take care people in desventage. Not even in Chile is so drastic!

Election Day

I`m not registered to vote because I thing I am misinformed and I consider that the vote must be responsible. I`m not yet ready, but this year I was determined to registered me to vote, but I decide to much later and I don´t get to last day.
The actual electoral campaigns for me is important but I been see that some presidential candidate don´t answer clearly in debates, and they answer they want, so the interesting topics is not tackle by them.
I think the presidential candidate must have determination and humility to see true society problems; also he/she must have enough knowledge to put into practice the solution for these problems. A future president must be a strong person but specially empathy with people and to be able to give them fast solutions.
I don´t ever consider to be politician because is a complicated topic and requires much commitment and dedication. I think politic is a vocation and requires a deep social motivation.
If I had the chance of to work in ministry of the government I would like do it in Transporter Ministry because I would like to restructure the Transantiago that has been a big disaster for conidian people life, it was rude and would be a form to give back respect to people.
Five of the immediate problems in our country that I think require an inmediate solution are: public health, public transport, unemployed, decent salary and decent housing.

Criminal Laws

The capital punishment, in my opinion, is not a good solution to reduce criminality for many reasons. Firstly, I think this type of sentence is very drastic and is opposite to human rights. Also I know some crimes are unpardonable for some peoples like murders, rapes or anything crime to childrens, but we don´t have the right to decide who lives and who dies.

Secondly, and for the seem reason, I am against the capital punishment so I have only cons in it because to decide the criterions for to impose this penalty should be difficult and each people should have their reasons in agree with their principles and as I saw before I think capital punishment is complete excessive because don´t gives second oportunity to person that to make crime.

In agree with my principles I shouldn´t impose the capital punishment but the government should implement rehabilitation programs into the jail as well precaution programs in the street and neighbourhoods. I think the origin of the increasing criminality generate by the flexible laws in this country and the punishments are slow, and the criminals to make again and again.

The last week I was victim of a pick pocketing in bus to home, but I didn´t realize.

What to do/where to go in Santiago

In Santiago there are many things to do at nigth and the day, just for adults or all family, but the most important thing is that all you do will be fun!

If you want to go out in the night you could go to Barrio Bellavista for a beer or others drinks with friends or in there to meet people, to dance and to talk a lot.

If you want to go out during the day you could visit some tipical places like San Cristobal hill, Santa Lucía hill , the Cathedral, Presidential House (La Moneda) and to walk down Santiago downtown where you will find many stores and street market.

In the next list you will find a program with five places for all seasons:

1- Yerba Loca camping: this place is a nature reserve of Chile. This place is suitable for the winter and the principal activity is trekking because in all track there are different landscapes, but the best attraction is to come to the glacier area, one of the best places to do climb on ice in Santiago.

2- Municipal Theater of Santiago: in this place you could enjoy of different musical plays, concert and a big theater with a lot of history. There you could watch the best national and international premiere.

3- Fantasilandia: is a big amusing park for the family and you could go the whole year but it is advisable in spring because it is open air and in Chile the summer is very very hot.

4- Santa Lucía Hill: this hill is so famous because it is in the middle of the city and you can to see all the landscapes and the highest buildings. To arrive you have to walk up through a big stone stairway. You can visit the hill whole year.

5- Municipal Cementery: this place can be visited the whole year but the best attraction is at nigths in winter, because a guard to do a tour for the most terrifying passages. Also you can visit the cementery during the day to appreciate the old and famous tombs.

Education

My school is called "Liceo Santa Teresita de Llo-Lleo", its orientation is Catholic and is just for girls I attended this school for all years.

My school was very traditional, even now I realize there are many things that did not work either, because now I see from the perspective that gives me my career to be studying. For example, the most important subjects were math and language were first, then History and English, but as was religious also used many hours a week in prayer, Mary Month, classes in the chapel, we also went to church which was very close, etc. That really was not the problem but it was as if time was lost and should be compensated as there was no time for feedback to teachers, more time to clarify doubts, and so on.

The relationship with teachers was very remote, they were an authority and had to keep aloof. Some teachers were the exception (I remember only one person) and some assistants and inspectors were much more friendly and accessible.

The technology in my school was good as the infrastructure, the rooms were large and had a TV in each classroom with closed circuit, there was datashow in other place and was special.

I think the level of education I received at school was not very level and would have liked more guidance on some things, though good student teachers are not motivated very much and so it took me so long to decide what he wanted to study. I think the good decisions I took my family through. I think that the school affects almost all areas of life, personally affected me so much of my future.

The current educational system is affected mainly by lack of resources and preparation of teachers. Comparing the private system with the public system we see that in the former takes into account various aspects and not just subjects. for example relationships, the environment and the active role of the student. This last point is extremely important because it engages the student with their own education, there is participation and responsibility for results, self-assessments and getting better and better.

I had never heard the phrase "When the student is ready the teacher appears" and I think it is a bit difficult to understand, but I guess that means that the student can master the same skills, if he is guided in a good way .

Transantiago: Before and after

In this moment the public transport in Santiago is called Transantiago. When Transantiago hadn`t started yet the people were frigthened and distrustful because on the news everybody saw that all routes were going to change. When this new system officially started the people were angry because they didn`t know what bus to take.

The Transantiago is not very difficult to me because I live in center of city, so I take the bus when I going to the university. I always use the subway or my boyfriend`s bike.

Two years ago I lived in Pedro Aguirre Cerda and I used this system for first time when just been started. I remember the full buses, anybody paid the fare and only some people had the BIP card. This place of the city is very far of center and far of the university, so I woke up very early and I had wait for many minutes or one hour for take the bus, because it was few and all the people didn`t fit in there.

One of the better things is there are less stils because we don`t need to bring to much money in bags, also is more clean, pleasant and pollute less . The big problem to me now is that the Transantiago is very slow. The pre-transantiago was more fast but there was more delinquency.

One of the changes that I would made is put more buses and more routes because the system useless to so many people.