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English language challenges

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  In my last post i’m going to talk about my experience with English. I’ll start with one of the challenges of this course which is weekly writing in a foreign language like english is to me. Thankfully it wasn’t really that difficult personally, but that is because I tend to write in English and sometimes help translate some stuff for my friends so I already had some training, but I do have to say that sometimes it took more time that I wanted, that’s my fault anyway I tend to want to correct things many times and I’m never completely content with it. The part about interacting with my classmates was something that I really liked, I genuinely enjoyed reading their entries and leaving comments, I also like reading the ones you all left me. Apart from this activity in particular the reasons I have improved my English have to do with me reading stuff in English (mostly literature, because reading academic papers it’s always a very hard and tedious task, hasn’t helped me at all),
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Summer plans

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This year has been so hectic that the summer plans haven’t even crossed my mind (if anything I have been thinking about how I’ll be able to sleep as much as I want to). I think that I will most likely be working this summer and saving up money, I don’t know where but I have been sending curriculum/resumé to different retail places that I feel comfortable working in. But I do wish I have some time to relax and maybe even travel somewhere, even if it’s just for a few days, which probably will be a beach near by, last summer I went to Papudo with my cousin, I think I could repeat that because I had a great time there, also hopefully I can make a quick trip with some friends, some of them my best friends from high school, since we’ve wanted to do that for a long long time but it hasn’t worked out. Getting out of Santiago with my family would be nice too, since we haven’t done that in a few years. But even if the trips aren’t possible for whatever reasons I hope I have time for my
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Changes to my study program

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In my career, Anthropology, we are already in the process of curricular innovation for ciclo básico , which is the first two years. This cycle it’s supposed to be an introduction to the discipline of Anthropology, but the way the study program is made makes it too focused on social anthropology, which to the younger me was boring and personally it confused me and made me think I needed to getaway from all that, so I took my major in physical anthropology but I got so used to the pace of my first two years that the first semester of this year was a NIGHTMARE, so I think the majors presence should be equal (archaeology, social and physical anthropology). Now I have two years of classes in my major and I would like to have both physical anthropology courses and social ones, now, after I complained last year I see that social anthropology should be kind of a bridge between the different disciplines, I see this as a problem because we tend to forget that before anything we are
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Postgraduate studies

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credit: Future Learn As i’ve stated before on these entries, the future and especially my labour future it’s a very scary topic for me. At the moment I’m studying physical anthropology but I also want to get a degree in sociocultural anthropology on this university, that’s a plan that I have but I’m not entirely sure about it. In the “my future post” I said that I wanted to work with alive populations instead of just the osteology part of my discipline, which is the most classic area, especially for the Universidad de Chile graduates. One of the things that really call my attention is medical anthropology and especially the debate around obstetrical violence, which is a field that’s connecting both social and biological anthropology. Having said that, Brunel University London offers a postgrad course of Medical anthropology in the department of Social Sciences, Media and Communications, there is also the same offer in SOAS University of London, which is a university that s
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My favorite show is back!!!!!!

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When I was in high school I used to watch a lot of tv shows and movies because I had the time for it, it relaxed me a lot and It was time for myself, but not anymore. Since I’m a college student doing non-school related stuff made me feel guilty so I just stopped watching stuff that I really liked :( but last year i found Mr. Robot, and it became my favorite show, now it's back and I will make time to watch it!!!! Difficult courses can wait!!!! Last year i was OBSESSED with it! And even if I didn’t like the second season as much as the first, I was very sad when I found out that the premiere of the third season was delayed, and now it has been more than a year since the last season finale which sucks, but at least it is back already! I couldn’t watch the premiere last night because I was with some friends but knowing that I can watch it when I get home and during the weekend makes me very happy!  I recommend the show to anyone who reads this, it can get kinda dark and a bit har
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My future job

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Hello, This is a very difficult topic for me, especially this year since I’ve been questioning what good can we do in the world and if I can really help other people through my future job, which is what really matters to me at the end of the day. Right now i’m majoring in Physical Anthropology but I’m also interested in taking a double major in social anthropology. I also like topics related with Education (my dad’s influence). Today I went to SOCHIAB’s  (Bioanthropological Chilean society) annual meeting, I saw a few expositions and listened to professionals talk about the work and research they are doing in the differents fields that physical anthropology can take part of. I especially enjoyed one of the presentations that talked about the “obstetric dilemma” and how other disciplines can make “fake assumptions” based on the discoveries that the paleoanthropology researchers have made in the past, but not necessarily being accurate with their use of this information. In Medici
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MAKEUP!!!!

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CREDIT: captaingabex - Instagram I love makeup, i like putting makeup on and i like watching others doing their makeup, it’s something that i really enjoy. Sadly because of my student Schedule i don’t really have time for it everyday, so the looks that take more time and in which I play with colors are reserved for my free time or when I’m having a stress crisis (It calms me down but also makes me more anxious afterwards because I spend time that I shouldn’t have haha). I love drag queen makeup technique (i don’t wear it but it’s so incredible!), “instagram makeup” and runway looks. Lately i’ve been obsessed over eyeshadow in primary colors and glittery lip gloss. I’m aware of makeup’s bad reputation and the preconceptions around people that enjoy make up but i really think it’s a way of expression and even when i’m not a fan of a certain trend i still think there is no right way of doing makeup and i especially enjoy when people break the so-called-rules. Even when the co
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