First of  all, I think that is necessary to think strikes as a way to express not only particular opinions, but collective demands. In that way, I think that university strikes in Chile as high school strikes are mechanisms of expressions that are internally legitimated. I mean, internally because, as a way of expression, it cause different impressions and feelings in population. Anyway, if there are bad opinions and feelings about strikes, I don't see them as a bad thing, because that's the point of striking.

So, I agree with this way of expression, then I participate too. Last year I didn't have the chance to participate always, because I had to work during that time, but now I'm not working so I’m expecting to participate as I would to. As I said, strikes are internally legitimated, not only because it has become a traditional way to express, but also because is a way to disturb the routine of the institutions and the routine of the people related with institutions that seems to be affected with strikes (I mean, institutions like universities, schools, education minister, government, and so on). As a result of that disturb, institutions are obligated to give answers to students demands. I think that the problem is that institutional answers are not always satisfactory because, at the time, there are not true intentions to make structural changes. So, related with that, there are some troubles that appear like losing classes. I think that both things are related because while we are not having classes, we have not the time to think how to recuperate them without the damage of our knowledge. But, in the other hand, there are not responses to our demands or projects that change the structural problems so, even if we recuperate our classes, educational system is still getting worse.

As a conclusion, I think that to resolve that issue (losing classes), is necessary to stop, to strike, everyone and everything, to disturb and interrupt the course of this bad-educational-system and resolve in real terms the structural problems. Then, it would be possibly to restart our classes and have a good (and free) education and will have not to strike anymore. 

About my presentation today... I talked about Michel Foucault. A philosopher that I really like, and have read a lot, so i choosed him to talk about because I thought that it would be easily. But... the thing is that I hate to speak english in public. I mean, I hate speaking in public in general (english or spanish), but it makes me really nervous to speak in english. I think that it may be really funny to see me when I'm speaking, because I blush so fast and so red, hahah. Also, i think i speak in english like Slavoj Zizek (a Yugoslavian philosopher that speak in english with a funny accent. Here is a video of him if you wanna know how he speak: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/video/2014/dec/03/slavoj-zizek-philosopher-what-is-freedom-today-video). Anyway, it was a short presentation so I didn't suffer too much.
That's all. Hope you're all ok. Regards

When I was a child, every family celebration was by going out to eat. I doesn’t matter the motive or the situation. We always went out to eat. So, birthays, graduations, anniversaries,  or any motive, was equal to going out… and eat. Anyway, my mother used  to cook delicious food in my house, so the entertaining thing was not eating by itself. The enjoyable thing was to get served, and the time for talking calmly and have some fun, without my mum working alone for everyone. It was a lovely meeting time. 

When my parents got divorced,  many things changed. But not the habit to celebrate by eating out. Now, we have to go twice: one time with my mother, and other with my father (I think that’s why I’m becoming fat, maybe haha). So, we ussually eat out at different places. One of my favorites is called “New Horizon”, and it’s located in Merced, Santiago. It serves indian food. I love it, because is good, attractive and affordable. They have some vegetarian tasty alternatives. I’ve been vegetarian for almost five years, and since I’ve become veggie, I really love this place for eating out.

I like to eat white rice with vegetals seasoned with  curry and some other indian ingredients. It’s really  really good. 

Hi bloggers

Here's my performance on the activities:  

Activity 1 : 

I choose this computer: HP Envy 23-o014 Core i5 23-Inch Touch-Screen All-In-One Desktop Computer + 8GB Memory + 1TB Hard Drive (Refurbished), and a simple living wood computer desk:

Activity 2: 

-Here are my results on the quiz: 

Total Question(s): 10

Question(s) Answered: 10
Correct Answer(s): 9

I Just failed on the question that asked me about the three most commonly used Boolean operators (I really had no idea about what was the question), but I learned that the trhee most commonly were  "and, or, not".

-On the second quiz, my final score was 49. I'm really impressed about that, but I don't kow if that is good or bad (I was expecting something wrong, like one thousand points ahahah).

Activity 3: 

-My results were 100%

Activity 4: 

I choosed an article named: 10 things That Aren't Free Speech, because I thought that it wpuld be interesting. I did not find enough information in the arcticle beacause it were anything of what I was expecting for. The most interesting thing that I learned about was some speech topics that U.S. does not admit.  

I really don't know what's my favorite piece of technology. I use them a lot during the day. My cellphone, the computer and tablet are some of them. I have  strange feelings about it, because sometimes i think that they are stealing my freedom; they're keeping me chain to internet and social networks. But they also save me a lot of time. Anyway, if i have to choose one, I may say that my cellphone is my favorite one.

Is embarrassing to me to say that, in the past, I used to hate the relation that people had created with cellphones. I've always laughted seeing people everywhere, and every day, fixed to the screens. But I have to admit that now I'm one of them, since two years ago. My father gave it to me for christmas, in 2014. Since that moment, I use it everytime, all day and night. Everytime I'm awake  I see the screen to check if something new has appeared; a message, an e-mail or social networks notifications. As I said, i've many fellings about it, the same as bad as good. But some of the good reasons are that I save a lot of time searching information, reading, communicating with  people, taking photos, listening to music, seeing videos, playing games, and all the oportunnities that I get by using this object. Even when I refuse to interact with someone (in real life) I use my cellphone (not in a bad way, I do it because i'm shy).

I like to think how would be life  if cellphones does not exist. Obviously, we have some idea. Cellphones are really new. Even five years ago, having a cellphone was different than having one now. I mean that not everybody has mobile internet, or an access to wifi,  so the use of the object was different. I think that as the time is passing, the use of cellphone is becoming universal, necessary, almost obligatory. Maybe, many things  that are happening now would be different without cellphones, in many ways. I think the most important thing that would be different is the type of communication. Now, information travels easier, faster and in a global way; and cellphone has a great role in that. In the basic function, cellphones provide to society a fascinating thing: an opportunity to call others, to send messages, at the instant. That's important because it may translate in a social organization that can be very usefull.  In other words, a life without cellphones would be (maybe) the same as before: wich means that would be as good as bad.

I really love this picture. I tooked it with my cellphone a month and a half ago, from my bedroom's house, when i used to live in San José de Maipo.
It was on the third floor. It shows the panoramic view that i had from my bedroom - that's the reason of why i like it-. The hills around my house and all the trees, colouring green everywhere.
 I had the best  view from that part of the house, and i used to look from my window for hours, layed in my bed, listening to music or having a cigar with some friends. It doesn't matter in wich part of the year, every day and every night the view was amazing. Early, by the morning, i could  see the sun appearing and hear the birds singing. By  the night,  i could see the stars. It was better than movies.
It makes me really sad to  remember all those things that i don't have anymore. But it reminds me too that everything passes away, so i have to live the present enjoying and feeling it.

Hi, I'm Cami. I'm 19 years old and i'm studying Sociology at Universidad de Chile. I live in Puente Alto.  I like to read, eat and sleep (a lot). Some of my interests are philosophy, music, art, sociology, politics, and some other related topics. I’m not very good at introducing myself so i’d prefer to answer some questions if you want to.