~ Money ~

Money is very important in the world; Money gives you the opportunity to study in a good school, to study in the University, to have good clothes, to live in a good neighborhood, to travel to far countries, etc.
There are different types of money, for example: the coins, the bills, the checks or the plastic money (credit cards). The most usual kinds of money are the coins or the bills; you can see children with them, buying candies or cookies. Only adults can have checks or credit cards, because they have accounts in the banks and jobs with a salary.
I would like to be wealthy, because I think that is a very funny way of life. I would like to win the lottery or to inherit a lot of money. When I was a child I always watched the Donald Duck’s rich uncle in the TV and I always wanted to be like him. I also watched the movie called Richie Rich and I wanted to be rich and to have a mansion with an amusement park and a water park in the courtyard.
I would like to be rich and to have a big mansion, a lot of cars, a lot of clothes, the latest video games, a big room, the fastest PC, a lot of servants, a lot of yachts, a lot of jet skies, a lot of snowmobiles, a lot of motorbikes and a lot of houses on the beach, in the mountain and in the country.

A Green Planet

I think that there are few places where you can learn about environmentally friendly practices. There are organizations very active about the ecology issue, for example: Greenpeace. You can learn about the environmentally friendly practices if you join to the ecology organizations. You can learn about this issue searching information in Internet, for example, searching information in ecology web sites.
I haven’t incorporated recycling into my habits, because I don’t recycle anything, but I don’t throw the trash to the floor, I throw the trash to the trash can.
I don’t use a bike or a car, I just take the bus. I can’t go in bike to the University, because my house is very far from the there, and I can’t go in car, because I haven’t a car.
I haven’t joined or supported any ecology organisations, because I haven’t time and because is an issue that I don’t know very well. I help the ecology everyday, because I try to don’t contaminate it with trash.
I haven’t done anything else, but I would like to have more time to search information and to learn about this issue. I think that it is an interesting issue.
I don’t know what “carbon footprint” is, but I haven’t done anything, except what I have wrote before.
In our society is missing the conscience about this issue. If all people in Santiago didn’t contaminate or tried to contaminate less, Santiago would be a healthier city, with less pollution. I think that the government should be worried about the pollution, but it isn’t worry, I don’t know why. The government should make a lot of advertising about this issue. I think that the publicity is a good way to make people take conscience.
If the Santiago’s people were green people, Santiago would be a better place to live.

My High School Education

My high school education was very demanding, It helped me to confront the University difficulties. My High School is called Instituto Nacional and it is an emblematic School and High School. According to my opinion, my High School is the Best one in Chile.
In my High School I had a lot of different subjects, for example: Mathematics, Language, English, French, Science, Philosophy or Physical Education. I liked them, but my favorite ones were Mathematics, Language, English and French. The teachers were demanding, but they always were able to help me.
My High School’s Technology was very old, there weren’t Data Shows and the computers were very obsolete and old. I never saw a Power Point in class.
The level of education that I received in my High School was a very high one and it affected my decision in life later on. My High School gave me the tools to enter in the University and to be a good student.
I think that the current educational system is not good enough. I would like that the authorities don’t talk too much and that they make deep changes, because good Schools and High Schools are very expensive and poor people can’t access to them. There are few educational opportunities for poor people, but the opportunities exist.
I think that every person is responsible in his own education. The student is responsible for his own acts and if he doesn’t study, he won’t access to the University, or he won’t get a study grant.

Testing the limits of care for older people

In the website “The Guardian” (http://www.guardian.co.uk/) you can find a lot of pieces of news. I chose one of them, because it is connected to my future career. The headline of this piece of news says “Testing the limits of care for older people”.

Summary of the piece of news

Japan is the country with the oldest population. Japan people celebrate the Elderly Day on the third Monday each September. This is a national holiday to honour older citizens.
This Japanese celebration represents the stereotype of the positive Japanese tradition of family care for older people.
An official survey found that there is a high percent of old people who is maltreat or has relation to some form of abuse. In extreme cases, family "care" culminates in homicide.
Japan has neighbourhood mutual help associations (Jichikai). They have multiple functions to meet local needs. Among their functions we can find regular visits to older people living alone.
United Kingdom is interested in the use in Japan of care credits. This system is about earning credits by helping an older person in their neighbourhood. Credits can be exchanged for care of their own parents. This system is similar a voluntary mutual support system and it is operating in 30 Japan localities.
If you can read more about this piece of news, check the link below: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/sep/28/japan-elderly-care-mutual-support