The article that I choose to comment was about the truancy on the schools.
This one can appear for many reasons, but the author of the article mentions two: the recession and the bullying.
About the recession he says that this is starting to have a huge impact on the houses, so the parents count a lot on their grown sons to run the house, so they can keep working to get money to live. He mentions that a lot of parents have been sent to jail for this reason, because they are preventing their children for truancy.
The bully is a reason of truancy, because the children that are victims of it don’t want to go to school anymore. This issue was treated on schools and the numbers of truancy for this reason were decreasing, but with the recession many schools decided to cut the budget and they are not investing on these problems.
In my opinion this is becoming a vicious circle because one thing gets to another. It is kind of silly that the parents make their children to drop out the school, because this causes them serious damage. It’s a fact that the people are like money needed, but it is not a good reason to put the money over the studies, because there are many ways to solve the household problem. Maybe they can divide the responsibilities of the house, and they can do the things together, supporting each other, when the whole family gets at home.
And about the bully, I think that is a very serious problem and we all know that it is increasing too fast all over the world, so they have to realize that the integrity of some students it is in danger due to the ones who commit the bully.
Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct/21/education-bullying-truancy-recession-care
jueves, 22 de octubre de 2009
jueves, 15 de octubre de 2009
Seventh Blog: "Election Day"
I am registered to vote, even when I always thought that I would never do it, because I used to go with my parents when they had to vote, and I hated it so much, because the weather it was always so hot, and we had to wait so much hours standing in a line, and I was very little so I got bored like right away.
This perspective was completely changed by the time when I was on third year of high school. It all happened thanks to my teacher of elective history. We were passing civic education on that subject, and there were explained things like how does function the law in Chile, and those kind of stuff, and between those it was the citizenship rights and duties. And when my teacher explained that, my vision changed and I knew that it was my duty as a citizen to get registered and to vote, because we have to choose who is going to represent us taking important decisions for the country, that’s what is about this, the logic thing is that you choose someone who propose things that you are agree with.
About the electoral campaigns I can say that in some ways are good, for example to show the proposals of the candidates, but on the other hand they are created to catch as much voters as possible so, sometimes you can notice that are a little superficial.
A person who’s running for president must be clear on what his or her is proposing, the candidates must show their knowledge, their astuteness, their personality, so we can notice which qualities has the candidate as a person and from that we can infer if they are capable of having this huge responsibility.
I have never consider becoming a politician, but if I think about it I wouldn’t become either, because on my perspective I see it like a little bubble that function always with the same people and it’s full of corruption.
In the case that I would be part of a ministry, I would like to work in the education. Because obviously is my career and I would like to be helpful using everything that I could learn here.
Five problems could be poverty, violence, delinquency, bad education and the disorganization and the disagreement that exists between the politicians.
This perspective was completely changed by the time when I was on third year of high school. It all happened thanks to my teacher of elective history. We were passing civic education on that subject, and there were explained things like how does function the law in Chile, and those kind of stuff, and between those it was the citizenship rights and duties. And when my teacher explained that, my vision changed and I knew that it was my duty as a citizen to get registered and to vote, because we have to choose who is going to represent us taking important decisions for the country, that’s what is about this, the logic thing is that you choose someone who propose things that you are agree with.
About the electoral campaigns I can say that in some ways are good, for example to show the proposals of the candidates, but on the other hand they are created to catch as much voters as possible so, sometimes you can notice that are a little superficial.
A person who’s running for president must be clear on what his or her is proposing, the candidates must show their knowledge, their astuteness, their personality, so we can notice which qualities has the candidate as a person and from that we can infer if they are capable of having this huge responsibility.
I have never consider becoming a politician, but if I think about it I wouldn’t become either, because on my perspective I see it like a little bubble that function always with the same people and it’s full of corruption.
In the case that I would be part of a ministry, I would like to work in the education. Because obviously is my career and I would like to be helpful using everything that I could learn here.
Five problems could be poverty, violence, delinquency, bad education and the disorganization and the disagreement that exists between the politicians.
jueves, 8 de octubre de 2009
Sixth Blog: "Criminal Laws".
In my opinion, and I have to admit that I consider myself ignorant in this subject; I think that the criminal laws in Chile are a little too lax. In despite of this I think that the capital punishment it would be too much for the type of crimes that exist in our country. Maybe it would be ok for some kind of criminal acts like rapes of women or children and any kind of murder, because the persons who do these things always have some kind of mental disorders, that actually those same people have admitted that they will never get cured, so it would be a benefit for the society that those criminals pay for all the pain they have caused to their victims.
The pros of capital punishment can be that with this you can get rid of the problem at once. But the cons can be stronger, because although it could be applied just to criminals, that doesn’t take them away their human being condition, so it would be a contradiction with the human rights.
I think that we all have seen that the jail experience it’s not reformative for the criminals at all, so with that we can say it’s not enough to reduce criminality. Inside the jail the prisoners don’t do anything productive, there they should have worked to do, classes, some workshop and psychological therapy, so that maybe they can improve and when they come out of jail they can do something better with their lives.
In my opinion I think that what increases criminality rates in Santiago is that the people who do these things are attracted to the easy ways, whether it is robbing or killing. If it is robbing, that’s an easy way to get material things, and killing an easy way to get rid of differences with another person.
Surprisingly I have never been a crime victim of any kind. I have never been robbed or violated in any way and I think that I will never be either, because I am very precautious.
The pros of capital punishment can be that with this you can get rid of the problem at once. But the cons can be stronger, because although it could be applied just to criminals, that doesn’t take them away their human being condition, so it would be a contradiction with the human rights.
I think that we all have seen that the jail experience it’s not reformative for the criminals at all, so with that we can say it’s not enough to reduce criminality. Inside the jail the prisoners don’t do anything productive, there they should have worked to do, classes, some workshop and psychological therapy, so that maybe they can improve and when they come out of jail they can do something better with their lives.
In my opinion I think that what increases criminality rates in Santiago is that the people who do these things are attracted to the easy ways, whether it is robbing or killing. If it is robbing, that’s an easy way to get material things, and killing an easy way to get rid of differences with another person.
Surprisingly I have never been a crime victim of any kind. I have never been robbed or violated in any way and I think that I will never be either, because I am very precautious.
jueves, 1 de octubre de 2009
Fifth Blog: What to do / Where to go in Santiago?
In Santiago there are a lot of places to go, if you want someone to know the city you definitely should take them to the center to know the “Santa Lucía” or “San Cristobal” hills, in the “Santa Lucía” hill there is a castle and the whole place has an amazing historic value & in the “San Cristobal” hill there is the metropolitan zoo and a huge statue of a virgin that was donated to Chile for France. Or you just can go over downtown streets walking around them.
There is the government palace “La Moneda”, where you can cross it by the inside garden, you’re not going to meet the president, but it’s ok to see it not just for the outside. And if someone come in winter they can go to the sky centers like “Valle Nevado” or “Farellones”. Somewhere you can take a tourist too is to “El cajón del Maipo”, it’s a little far away from the center but it’s very beautiful and quiet so it worth it.
A foreigner tourist in Santiago would do an excursion in some park near the mountains, like going to the “Mahuida” Park and go trekking, biking or do some picnic, while you appreciate a very nice view, because you can see the whole city from there.
A tourist has to go eating to “El Rincón de Azócar” restaurant, because there is the best sea food, and it’s a very cozy place where you can go with the whole family without any trouble. And if they don’t like the sea food you can always take them to a place where it’s served traditional dishes like “Donde El Peyo” restaurant, or the famous barbecues in “Los Buenos Muchachos” where they have a show showing the cultures of the country with different dances, and after that there is a band who plays music so the people can dance.
I think that the top five places to meet or activities to do are:
1. Going over the downtown streets, because you can see the reality with your own eyes, and there you can find anything you want.
2. Going to the “Mahuida” Park, because there you can know the green part of the city and do some sports, like the ones I already mentioned. And besides near the park it’s a place where you can do some extreme sports like bungee jumping, paintball, among others.
3. Go eating to any of the three restaurants I mentioned before, because they have some exquisite traditional dishes, that anyone would love, and they have a variety for everyone.
4. Going to “El Cajón del Maipo”, because it’s a very familiar town to go to, and there you can find some crafts around the square, and you can go to relax, and escape from the center a while.
5. Finally, I choose going to the “San Cristobal” hill, because you can travel on the funicular an see the whole city.
A foreigner tourist in Santiago would do an excursion in some park near the mountains, like going to the “Mahuida” Park and go trekking, biking or do some picnic, while you appreciate a very nice view, because you can see the whole city from there.
A tourist has to go eating to “El Rincón de Azócar” restaurant, because there is the best sea food, and it’s a very cozy place where you can go with the whole family without any trouble. And if they don’t like the sea food you can always take them to a place where it’s served traditional dishes like “Donde El Peyo” restaurant, or the famous barbecues in “Los Buenos Muchachos” where they have a show showing the cultures of the country with different dances, and after that there is a band who plays music so the people can dance.
I think that the top five places to meet or activities to do are:
1. Going over the downtown streets, because you can see the reality with your own eyes, and there you can find anything you want.
2. Going to the “Mahuida” Park, because there you can know the green part of the city and do some sports, like the ones I already mentioned. And besides near the park it’s a place where you can do some extreme sports like bungee jumping, paintball, among others.
3. Go eating to any of the three restaurants I mentioned before, because they have some exquisite traditional dishes, that anyone would love, and they have a variety for everyone.
4. Going to “El Cajón del Maipo”, because it’s a very familiar town to go to, and there you can find some crafts around the square, and you can go to relax, and escape from the center a while.
5. Finally, I choose going to the “San Cristobal” hill, because you can travel on the funicular an see the whole city.
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