The last blog!

Hi today in this last blog I would like to write about the English programme challenges, I started the formation of English in the university in the level starter when I was going in the first year of Psychology, I had never had an experience like this, because it is the first time I wrote in a blog and in another language and for this it was very difficult for me, because in the school my class of English was very different, the teacher spent all the time explaining the contents like grammar, but comparing to the first year I have progressed a lot!

In the university it is different because I learn through in a practical way and for this I think that I learned more, but still I have many things to learn. I plan to exercise with my best friend because she is superb (it is a new word that I recently learned) in English, and she teaches me English and practices the language with me, I love her for this because she is a great support for me. Also I plan to practice English learning the songs of my favorite band “The National”, an alternative band from United States.

Now that I think in my first blogs I spent a lot of time in the process of writing because it was a challenge for me to write in English, and now it is easier but still I have check  the dictionary on the page wordreference.com, I hope that in the future I will be able to write without checking  the dictionary of English.   

Changes to my study program 

Hi, I'm student of Psychology, actually I´m in the third year of my career, if you ask me what changes I will do to my career, personally I think that a important change is about the curricular program, because some subjects don't have a important contribution for my formation such as psychologist, one subject I would like change is the subject of psychobiology this belong to the first year, in this subject the program it was centered in the conduct of the monkeys, in a work we had to go to the metropolitan zoo to observe for at least one or two hours to the monkeys, and  later we have to write about everything the monkeys did, this course in general is about the conduct of monkeys and for this

don't have a real contribution for my, I would like eliminate this subject for this.

The second change I would like to do is about make things easy for the selectec athletes, in my case when I was traveling to compete in Judo, usually I lost the test, and the date for recuperative tests always they are always at the end of the semester, when you have the final tests of all your subjects, for this I would like change the opportunities for selectec athletes of my university, so that the period for the recuperative tests in the future be more flexible.

Finally I would like change the curricular program, because in the first 3 years of my career we don't have practical subjects, and only in the last year you can see patients, I would like have more opportunities for see patients, for example, go to the mirror room in the CAPS. 

Hi, I'm not clear about what postgraduate chose for me, but I'm interested in the area of clinical psychology and the area of psychoanalysis, and for this I would like study a postgraduate about clinical psychology with adults, I don't have interest in work with children's. I'm interested in take the master in clinical psychology with adults or the degree of psychoanalytic clinic with adults, this postgraduate gives in my university (University of Chile). I would like learn more about the psychoanalysis, I think that a degree is a good opportunity for go deep into detail about this, because in undergraduate studies you don't can specialize in a theme. 

I would like study in other country but is so expensive, if I would chose I take a postgraduate in Europe, in France specifically because in this country there is advanced knowledge about psychoanalysis, my teachers of psychoanalysis usually travel to France for this reason. I would like study only in the morning, because in the evenings I will go for a walk for the streets of France.

I think that in the nowadays it is very important and it is necessary to get a good job, because the labor competence is very strong in these days, and there are many people who study psychology and this is a problem because there are many people applying to the same job.

My future job

Actually I'm studying Psychology in the third year, I really enjoy my career, when I chose to Psychology I was not clear  why I wanted this career, but now I am very happy for my choice. 

In the last months I have thinked in my future in that I will do when out of the university, I know that I am young and I have the opportunity for explore differents jobs, but honestly I don't know what line of Psychology follow, I think that the Psychoanalysis can help the person releasing it from herself, I believe in the cure through the word, but I'm not sure if I will dedicate myself to the Psychoanalysis. 

I imagine working with people diagnosed with serious pathologies like personality disorders, psychosis or paranoia. In a course of this semester, I visit the institution CORFAPES  wich is a rehabilitation center for people with psychic disabilities, in this place I learned about the value of group workshops for patients, in the healing that can be the art therapy, the theater and the poetry, all this accompanied by psychotherapy clearly. Because sometimes the social integration of these people matters more, I think we should leave aside the prejudices of certain diagnoses, so yo can see the person behind the diagnostic etiquette. I would like to work in a place like CORFAPES, a space where the treatments go much further than just the psychotherapy .

Hi, today I would like write about my passion for many years, the martial art of judo. I play Judo since the 8 years old, my father carried me with the Sensei Carlos Gonzales, because he wanted a daughter stronger with knowledges about autodefense. Many people think that the Judo is an aggressive sport, but they are wrong because in any combat the judoka fight with himself, I know this is difficult to understand at the first time, because  is part of the philosophy of Judo, when you achieve fight with your own fears, you will be a real Judoka!

My friends always made fun of me when I told them that I play Judo, because I am a tender person and they don’t imagine that I can have a part of me ruder. But I love this part of me, because I think that this way I keep the balance.

One of my best memories and achievements in Judo is the metropolitan championship of 2016, because there I win the first place in the category of women, I had never achieved it before, all the medals that I had were silver and bronze, for this I am very proud of my self ! 

Hi, today I would like write about my three favourite movies.

• Pearl Harbor is a dramatic movie, it was premiere in 2001 and address about of attack in Pearl Harbor during the Second World War. The history is about two friends Rafe McCawley and Daniel Walker, they are pilot of american armada, both fall in love with Evelyn Johnson and have a love triangle, because in a mission Rafe crash and all his friends believe that he died. In the end Evelyn and Rafe love together.

• The Green Mile is a police and fantastic movie, it was premiere in 1999 of movie directed by Frank Darabont and the protagonist is Tom Hans, the history is about an official of death passage of penitentiary Cold Mountain, among the prisoners there are prisoner with supernatural powers.

• A Walk To Remember is a romantic movie. It was premiere in 2002, the protagonist is Jamie an introverted girl with a diagnostic of leukemia, she fall in love of London the rebel boy of the class, they have a romance and then in the ending of movie they contract marriage. 

 

Holidays

I really love travelling, if I could choose what to do in my life, I´d choose to travel around the world. In the last summer I traveled to Rio de Janeiro with my family for three weeks. I stayed in an apartment in Copacabana, the apartment was very close to the beach about a three minutes walking. The first day I went to Ipanema and I stayed all day in the beach. Later in the night, I went to a party in Lapa, there I had heard this place for the bohemian life, and I can say it has been the best party, because the people danced in the street all night and there were free drinks for the girls. The next day, I took a tour for the island Angra Dos Reis, there I dived whit my brother and we saw many fish, it was a wonderful day, I really enjoyed!

In the three weeks I visited a lot of beaches, museums, I knew the Cristo Redentor of Rio de Janeiro and the Escadaria of Selaron. I recommend Rio de Janeiro for holidays, because it’s a beautiful place and there are people very friendly! 

Hi everyone, I would like to visit Thailand. A pair of months ago,  I watched a documentary of this place and I stayed in love of Thailand, because is a place with a lot attractions for visit, you can diving, take a walk in a small boat, go across the island Phuket in a motorbike  and enjoy of nightlife of Thailand. I prefer travel to places with landscapes natural, and is for this reason I choose Thailand for my next vacations. I would like visit the islands of Thailand like Phi Phi, Ko Tapu and  Ko Tao, they have a beautiful landscapes with crystalline waters and a leafy forest, as seen in the picture. I´d love to live in Thailand in the future, because the people there are more happy, since the culture it's marked by the buddhism and hinduism, and that's it what I like from this country.

This year I began work in Starbucks Coffee as barista, for save money for vacations, I hope that reach for my trip to Thailand!

Bye English III

In this semester in my second year studying psychology, I studied English at level 3 and surprisingly had a good time with the subject, because I stay with my friends that also took the course, for this reason the time in the class it became very short. In previous years when studied english was very boring and stressful, because I don't like the english, maybe now this is changing :) 

In the school my esperience with the English was so bad ! the teachers changed all the time, I don't know why but this obstuct my learning about english, so I never took seriously this subject. My knowledge of the language in the school is very poor, but since the University I learned a lot of english, now I can converse in english!  it is  wonderful. 

I expect that in the next semester when take the course English at level 4, my knowledge about the language increased in reference to the present. 

And advice for people that don't like the english, give him a chance!!!

Pychology of Personality

I´m a student of Psychology at the University of Chile and my favourite subject is Pychology of Personality, I had this subject in the second semester and was very important for keep studying Psychology. Nowadays I´m assistant in this subject because I want to enrich my knowledge about this topic.

Psychology of Personality treat about essential components of personality and obviously about his story and changes over time. I believe that all students of Psychology must be clear about the contents of this subject. I like it the theory of Foucault and Winnicott because they are perspectives most critical than authors of this issue. 

This subject it is related to psychoanalysis, because it is the  basic knowledge in this areas, because you need to know the various structures of  personalities of people and then so be able to work in the clinical area, because the structures of personalities ther are very misleading and easy to confuse, make a mistake in identifying the structures of personality of a person cause a wrong diagnosis. For this is a very important branch in the training of psychologists.

Michel Foucault

Foucault is a French psychologist and philosopher, he was born in October in 1926 and died in 1984 with 57 years old. The work of Michel Foucault have influence in important persons of Science Social, he be cooperated in different areas like the psychiatric, medicine, psychology, etc.   

The most important about Foucault for me like a student of psychology his contribution bring the clinical birth, because I consider his study about the area clinical relevant for the psychologist, because we need know about the criticize of the area clinical, because in this way could be a better professionals. Recognize this criticize permit release a therapy most complete about the patient, considering that let sideways the prejudice in the diagnostic of the patient and carry out a therapy more objective.

I knew of Michel Foucault, because I study Psychology and have a signature called "Personality psychology" and here I learned about the criticize of Foucault about the area clinical and in this moment I loved his discourse, because I making sense the power into a science like the psychology who divide the people in normal and abnormal.   

 My cousin's oath 

The last weekend my family from Temuco came because my cousin Natalia had to make the oath in the Corte Suprema de Chile. She is 26 years and recently licensed of law. In my home my parents were really excited for the visitors, they were all the week make ready the house for receive the new visitors.The waited day be arrive, the last Friday gone a celebration day. My mom go fast for the house attend to invited and my father talked with anyone in the home. 

Like a good Friday, I came late to my home because most of time I stay with my friends in the University spend time together. Then I came when the party be started, my mom be unpleasant with my, but I understand because I have to came more early. 

Anyway the party for my cousin's was wonderful! she feelings very happy and lucky for decided celebrate her oath front the Corte Suprema (the last step of her degree) with my family in Santiago. I have a fantastic weekend with the all family assembled in my home.  

The animal more human...

Gregory Colbert is a photographer with a project dedicate of the pictures in expeditions in Egipto, India, Burma, Kenia,Tonga and Namidia. I loved his pictures, because are beautiful and I experiment a trip for the word, when I see specifically this photography. Always I been love of the elephants, is far the only animal more wonderful and beauty that I acquaintance. This picture was taken in 1992 for Gregory Colbert in India and represent the culture in that place, with the boy reading to the elephant and the peace among they. Colbert try to discover the word where the animals and human life happy in harmony, for this Gregory called that picture " the animal more human" he says: the pictures show a word  that not have beginning nor end, nor past nor present. I liked this type of picture, because this I transport to better place that wish visit.  

My iPhone 

Definitely my iphone is my favorite piece of technology, because always check my phone in the day and is very important for my reunions of a work or for study. I'm a forgetful person then I need my phone for remember someone things. Also ckeck my Iphone for chat with my friends, because I use principally social network like the application called whatsapp or facebook, in this way frequently maintain contact with my family and friends.  I like it use my phone for anyone thing because is very useful, since running until search something in google for example. The phone nowadays is like bring a computer in your pocket all the day in anywhere place, and for this reason that is very popular in the people today have a phone. I'm not a technological person, but the phone is very important for my quotidian life and I grateful for have a phone. 

Why Psychology?

In the secondary I don't know who career prefer for study, even in the moment of send the application for the University about the three career that I prefer for study, I was really confused about who career chose, but I decide risk, and I'm happy about this decision because until today don't be regret, I love study Psychology, and you ask why? because is a career wonderful, where you always could be find interesting things about the people, include about you. 

The Psychology is a career with varied discipline for interest of each person, since behaviorism whom is a discipline more scientific dedicate to investigations, until the psychoanalysis for example that discipline is more subjective because be dedicate at the study of the unconscious, in my opinion the psychoanalysis is a discipline very interesting for the study, because always find things amazing about the mind of people.        

I imagine work as a psychologist, still I don't know in whom field of psychology, but I will consider work in the field social or clinical. But still remain three years for decide about this, now I prefer enjoy the experience of the University :) 

Legal abortion

The abortion always is a controvertial topic, in my country specifically is a taboo topic, because Chile is a country very conservative, even the political classify the abortion as illegal act.  This topic recently be reflexible for the people, especially in the old people that not consider change his opinion although the most people of the country be change his position of the topic of legal abortion.

Recently the legal abortion is change in my country, but still is consider a illegal act. The government today, in the year 2016 is change the political bring the abortion. In my opinion, I think that the topic of abortion have to change right now, if want called a developed country don't can consider as illegal the abortion that include the rights of people specifically of women's, them that's the take a important decision like this, because is your body, is your pregnant, and in your abdomen is where will be life, not  in the body of other people.

Even the abortion in Chile this is an issue that needs to be considered again, because this country stop it already with the conservative ideal. Is time for a change, this change have to begin in the mind of the people, the change begin for you !!!

My name is Sofía Toro, I'm 19 years old.  I live in Santiago of Chile in the commune of Puente Alto, I live with my parents and my eldest brother, I have a beautiful pet  called Toro, I rescued in the commune of Cerrillos in october the last year,  he is very loving and playful whit me. I study Psychology at the University of Chile, I´m in the second year of my career and I´m very happy with my choise.

Since childhood I began to practice Judo, until this day I keep  practicing this martial art; today I´m a part of the selection of Judo in my University, and in that place I have met many friends who have the same lifestyle that me.