I was trying to pass this class. I had a good Professor and all but I also had Chemistry with a "Professor" that "helped" students. I was starting to get stressed and I was in the burst of crying after paying for tutoring that went well but that on the exams didn't reflect my efforts. So, one day I was at a supermarket (linked to Walmart) that had a "crafts" area at the time, so I told my Mom that I would like to check it out to see if I found something that could help me. She told me: "Yes, go ahead. I'll buy it for you."
Ah yes! My story with crochet. Very similar -for not saying the same- to many people, specially women, around the world. What is it about this craft that draws us into a world of yarn? Where the hook is our escape like a pencil is to a writer. I believe everybody reading this knows what crochet is. So, here is my story. It was my second year at the university and I was in the Natural Sciences Faculty, which could be resumed as one of the most stressful faculties at any university, either you like it or not. At that time, I had a Calculus class at 7am from Monday to Friday.
I was trying to pass this class. I had a good Professor and all but I also had Chemistry with a "Professor" that "helped" students. I was starting to get stressed and I was in the burst of crying after paying for tutoring that went well but that on the exams didn't reflect my efforts. So, one day I was at a supermarket (linked to Walmart) that had a "crafts" area at the time, so I told my Mom that I would like to check it out to see if I found something that could help me. She told me: "Yes, go ahead. I'll buy it for you."
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Este 2013 me trajo:
Unos agridulces disfrazados de recuerdos y experiencias. Un comienzo en la casa de mi tía política que le gusta verme tejer y más importante con mi Fio al lado como siempre. Me trajo los recuerdos de mi abuela fallecida tan solo unos días antes de navidad. Me trajo un buen comienzo de clases y más italiano como me gusta. Me trajo retos en educación al nivel de que me di de baja en una clase. Me trajo más amistades y más unión al grupo de italiano, me trajo una depresión que estuvo de madre y me trajo la oportunidad de vivir con mi hermana dos meses y medio. Me trajo unas pequeñas vacaciones en el oeste de mi isla: lugar q apenas había visitado y disfruté mucho junto a mi hermana y sus amigas del alma. Me trajo un trabajo de hombre (en Vivint) en el cual aprendí a valorar lo que es el trabajo sacrificado y cómo es que se trabaja en grupo desde el punto de vista de hombres (excelente ambiente al menos el que me toco vivir). Me trajo un dinerito para el ipad y me trajo la oportunidad de trabajar en CPR como jornal. Me trajo a Desireé mi psicóloga, me trajo el apoyo constante de Bianca y Pamela (todavía no sé cómo me sorportan las idioteces con mis crushes... ah verdad que las ayudaba a relajarse xD) y hablando de ellos y de aparentemente ser el crush de alguien; me trajo un laposo, y un Snape versión puertorriqueño pero aterrorizante (pobre Pam que gritó al verlo) Me trajo inseguridades sobre mí misma pero a la vez me ayudó a soportarlas y a seguir hacia adelante aunque pensara que era ridículo y estúpido... todavía están ahí, espero que el 2014 continúe ayudándome en esa parte. El 2013 me trajo la maravillosa oportunidad de solicitar a intercambio y de que todas las cosas se dieran como por arte de magia casi, claro yo quemándome las pestañas, pero les juro parece historia de Disney (beca Gilman, visa en menos de una semana, etc) Me trajo el apoyo de mis padres y una mejor relación con mi mamá a pesar de todo. Me trajo el acercamiento a mis amistades de internet que tengo desde el 2010. Me trajo más cosas de Sailor Moon. Me trajo el apoyo de mis profesores con mi intercambio; les debo mil a Papi Gosti y a Millo!!! Me trajo dos incopletos pero Elizabeth es la mejor, esos incompletos son solo un break para poder bregar con todo lo que llevo encima. Me trajo una jefa y un supervisor comprensivos y amistades en CPR que no pensé que iba a tener. Me trajo más confianza en mí misma en cuestión a la autosuficiencia... Me trajo la bendición de empezar a tomar responsabilidades económicas. Me trajo miedos que poco a poco se han ido.... Me trajo salidas con mis amigos y sleeepovers en casa de mi querida Pam y hablando de sleepovers, me trajo Interpals. 5 días después de la apertura, me trajo una cultura, la cual realmente no es de mi agrado por no decir que casi he aprendido a detestar por su idioma, pero ahí le vamos. Con ella una amistad extrañamente jocosa porque no hay otra manera de ponerlo (o hay otra manera de ponerlo? No sé pregúntenle a Pam) y para no arruinarla la mantengo en secreto, bueno... trato (aunque muchos saben de la existencia realmente no saben xD Tengo mi VIP stuff a pesar de todo xD). Me trajo casas y comidas de gratis en Europa, un pasaje buena gente en cuestión de precios, un apartamento de los sueños, me trajo especiales de las tiendas EN PLAZA LAS AMERICAS, me trajo la habilidad de hacer crochet, me trajo un año más de vida con Fiona, me trajo un poco más de libertad, me trajo mi licencia de conducir y un grato recuerdo de mi maestra Madelaine tan chula ella, me devolvió la escritora en mí, me trajo un cuñado...cómo es la cosa???sí, un cuñado después de haber perdido uno en el 2012 xD Me trajo llantos, risas, impaciencia, malhumores, sueños extraños a todo hender y apesar de todo me trajo paz! Creo que es lo mas importante. Espero que no se me haya quedado nada... en resumida: Me trajo más de lo que yo esperaba y espero que el 2014 sea un año lleno de sorpresas agradables al menos los primeros 7 meses de él. My first post in Italian is coming soon!! I'm still cooking it on the draft section but it's coming guys, it's coming :) I hope you enjoy it since I'll be sharing links IN ENGLISH! I'm leaving the preview here. It's the hand writing since it was made for my Advanced Writing in Italian class. My post will be in Italian. I wont be doing a translation unless someone asks for it but in the meanwhile I do have links that talk about the same thing in English :) A presto! I want to apologize if on my first posts (2012) some photos are without copyrights. Please if you find my blog and see your pictures without copyright and feel offended; please let me know in a comment below this post so I can put the source (sincerely I don't remeber where I got them).
When I was in third grade I had one of the worst days in my life. I have always been the kind of student who likes to learn, do homework and obey teachers. I have never been irresponsible until that day. Not that was on purpose, I just forgot to turn in a project. It was in the Social Studies class at 10 o' clock in the morning. The teacher was starting the class as always and suddenly asks for the projects that were due. From a bright morning it passed to a cloudy morning for me. I was feeling confused by the fact I didn't even remember ever hearing the teacher asking to do that project on the stupid pueblos of Puerto Rico and worst, dealing with the fact that it was the first time I didn't hand in a project of 100 points. Obviously, I started to feel bad, nervous and scared. When the teacher asked me for my project and I said I didn't have it, naturally the teacher burst his anger towards me. The thing I couldn't understand was: "Why would he get so angry with me if I'm the kind of student who always does work?". I find it stupid that he was so angry with me that I started to feel angry towards him and his stupid class (I've always hated Social Studies). Like any kid, I wanted to cry but I restrain my tears. I didn't want him to see me crying so I portrait myself to him with an attitude like I didn't care since he didn't care I was the type of student that was always responsible and had a momentary mental lapse in her little brain with the project he always made us do every year for his stupid class. So, after the class was finished, even tough I was feeling really bad, I felt relieved that he was gone from the classroom and another teacher will come in. But, my luck was running low that day apparently because when lunch came, oh boy, it was the trigger! So as always, me and my classmates would go to the lunchroom, have our lunch and then we will have our break (which lasted one hour). In that break everybody was playing and having fun as always except for me. I didn't wanted to play or anything because I was so mad at myself and the teacher. Apparently my face said it all because this obnoxious classmate named Zuriel was starting to pick on me by pointing at me and laughing. Not only that, but he brought his friend Francisco to join him. Now, the teachers were outside with us and me and those obnoxious kids, were pretty close to the teachers so I'm pretty sure they saw what was happening with me. The thing is that I snapped and punch the boy in the back, so hard I heard the echo it made. Like any boy, who after teasing hides his hand because someone snapped at him, starts to cry because I hit him! And guess who came to see what as happening? Yeah! The same stupid teacher! So when he asked what was wrong, I was so angry at him I didn't wanted to talk to him so Zuriel took that chance and told him that I had hit him. The stupid teacher, looks at me furiously and yells at me: "¡Estás tremendita hoy, mira a ver si te controlas o te doy un warning y te mando a la oficina!". In English for those who don't understand Spanish: "You're being very naughty today, stop it or I'll give you a warning and take you to the office". Now he really humiliated me! Not only he didn't really investigated what really happened but, he just accused me and threatened me of taking me to the principal in front of the other teachers! At that moment I really wanted to punch him and say to him You asshole! but I didn't because, that was the last bit of "good student" that was left of me. There I couldn't pretend anymore and the tears started crumbling down my cheeks. I went away from them to a big tree there was in the patio and cried my misery there wishing my mom were there defending me. Well, you have an overall of the semester in the photos. Well, it wasn't THAT bad but I do hate the final weeks. For the first time I had classes that I really liked. For the first time I was taking classes that maintain me entertained. Even when I found TEED (Integration of the technology in the classroom) boring and unnecessary, at the end it turn out fun with the last project. As always Italian was fun to take; plus, I love my group of peers there ^_^. My class of How to teach reading was also fun besides being from 4:00 to 5:20. Also there my group of peers was extraordinary. Interpersonal communication class was my favorite. I enjoyed that class so much that only once I was absent. That class helped me a lot to improve my communication with others, it was excellent! Finally but not least, Advanced Composition. Yep! Loved it. I have always had the idea to start a blog and this class just granted me my wish! The topics were cool to work on and I felt much confident when writing. At first it was weird to take the class because we were in this classroom but we didn't interact much, we were just blogging. It's a different type of class but I'm pretty sure we learned a lot. What I liked was the part when we had to comment on our peers work. It's always fun and interesting to see how others think. Now, not everything was enjoyable. For instance, writing about Salvation and doing the philosophers research, to be honest, was very annoying. For Salvation the reason appears in Why writers write (assignments) and for the philosophers, I'm sorry but I hate doing research in that kind of topic. It's something I don't enjoy and in my case it was a post I found hard to finish. But overall this class was a good experience to go through now I have ideas to continue with a personal blog. Like a said this semester wasn't that bad. Something I didn't mention was that I started to work at the library Lazaro and I love to work at the Puerto Rican Collection. My co-workers are so nice and I felt very welcomed. The other thing that excited me this semester was the International exchange conference. Yeah Milano there we go!!! FEBRUARY 2014 baby!! 8D
A Career Test Result! Yeah that's me alright! Oh look! Bilingual education teacher! I AM on the right track on my career choice!
Career Test Center ^^^Click above for yours! Personality type results EI: 6 out of 17 Extrovert |-------------------------------------------------| Introvert | 35% SN: 8 out of 17 Sensation |-------------------------------------------------| iNtuition | 47% TF: 9 out of 17 Thinking |-------------------------------------------------| Feeling | 52% JP: 8 out of 17 Judging |-------------------------------------------------| Perceiving | 47% Your Personality type is ESFJ ESFJ - Seller The ESFJ is the most sociable of all types. Outstanding hosts or hostesses, they excel in service occupations involving personal contact. 13% of the total population.The social status of successful people can be quite alluring to ESFJ's and many marry prosperous mates and encourage them to accumulate the material signs of prosperity. Other ESFJ's seem to fit in with the poor and the needy. In either case their dependability, dedication, and commitment to providing for the needs of others is, at times, overlooked. This can lead to the ESFJ feeling unappreciated and neglected. They can harbor uncomfortable feelings, which they then feel guilty and shameful about, and then they find themselves suffering from emotional denial. If stress continues, the ESFJ will begin to feel dejected and despondent. A sense of gloom seems to be attached to their memories and the ESFJ fosters feelings of self-blame and guilt about certain past experiences. Always conscious of a sense of indebtedness, the ESFJ feels generally remorseful and may regret imagined woes. If stress becomes overwhelming, ESFJ's will complain of their burdens, suspect dreadful things about their health, become critical of others who have "betrayed" them, and become generally melancholic. The ESFJ feels forsaken after all they have put up with and done for others. Their complaints immobilize so they are unable to nurture others or fulfill their demanding obligations. Careers This lists represent careers and jobs people of your type tend to enjoy doing. The job requirements are similar to the personality tendencies of your personality type. It is important to remember that this is not a list of all the jobs possible. And it is very important to remember that people can, and frequently do, fill jobs that are dissimilar to their personality... this happens all the time...and sometimes works out quite well. nurse social worker caterer flight attendant bookkeeper medical/dental assistant exercise physiologist elementary school teacher minister/priest/rabbi retail owner officer manager telemarketer counselor special education teacher merchandise planner credit counselor athletic coach insurance agent sales representative massage therapist medical secretary child care provider bilingual education teacher professional volunteer Let's say I'm already graduated and I'm a professional. Suddenly, this person asks me questions about what if I have chosen another career. This is how it would go: 1. If you had not chosen this career what would’ve been your plan B? If I haven't chose to be a language professor I would probably have chosen to be an editor. Since I consider myself kind of a grammar Nazi (funny grammar Nazis also commit grammar horrors), I have always liked correcting writings and stuff. Also I'm the kind of person who gets annoyed when seeing a grammatical error in a book or worst, in a newspaper. I also find it enjoyable from time to time. 2. Why did you not choose plan B? What stopped you? I didn't chose to be one because I already had the experience of being an editor when I was correcting a book from a famous Puerto Rican writer and although I liked what I was doing, it felt as if something was missing. I enjoyed the process but I am a person who loves interacting with people and help them more directly. That's the major reason, I don't really love office jobs. I prefer to be where the action is. I like editing but I consider it more of a hobby not as a long life time job. I can't see myself being in an office all day working. I had had teachers who told me I should be one because I'm really good at grammar but still, it didn't convinced me. Famous Editors: Dorothy Day Writer, editor, social reformer. Born on November 8, 1897, in New York, New York. Dorothy Day was a radical during her time, working for such social causes as pacifism and women’s suffrage. She arrested several times for her involvement in protests. She even went on a hunger strike after being jailed for protesting in front of the White House in 1917 as part of an effort to get women the right to vote. Dorothy Day started out as journalist, writing for several socialist and progressive publications in 1910s and 1920s. Anna Wintour Born on November 3, 1949, in London, England, to newspaper editor Charles Wintour and philanthropist Elinor Wintour, magazine editor Anna Wintour has become an international fashion icon in her role as editor-in-chief of the highly influential Vogue magazine. An Italian educator of the early 20th century, Maria Montessori is remembered as the founder of the famous Montessori Method of education which emphasized hands-on, individualized learning within mixed age groups in a child-friendly setting. Her teaching strategies and her discoveries about the process of learning revolutionized the field of education in the United States and profoundly influenced children's education all around the world. Despite the familiarity of her name, few realize that much of the developmental, "hands-on" approach now employed in preschools and kindergartens can be traced to the innovations of Maria Montessori. Although best known as an educator, Montessori's formal training was as a scientist and medical doctor. She is also notable for having been Italy's first female M.D. For her committed efforts on behalf of children, especially in the face of the fascism of World War II, Montessori was nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize (1949, 1950, and 1951). The Brazilian educationalist, has left a significant mark on thinking about progressive practice. His Pedagogy of the Oppressed is currently one of the most quoted educational texts (especially in Latin America, Africa and Asia). Freire was able to draw upon, and weave together, a number of strands of thinking about educational practice and liberation. Sometimes some rather excessive claims are made for his work e.g. 'the most significant educational thinker of the twentieth century'. Articles:
http://www.montessori-ami.org/montessori/mariala1925.htm This article was made by Maria Montessori and she speaks directly to the teachers who have implemented the Montessori system. She noticed some flaws in the schools and kindly she makes this article to reminded again the importance things in the system for it to be effective and true. http://archive.truthout.org/lessons-be-learned-from-paulo-freire-education-is-being-taken-over-mega-rich65363 This article talks about Freire's philosophy and how it has not been put into practice in the US. It says how the US prefers to be conservative and stay with the "banking method" and how more each day the higher education is left for those with money. It's a review of Freire's philosophy with a compare and contrast with Us system and other parts of the world mainly Asia. Just like the title of this post says, I'm studying to become a Language professor! If you read the introduction of myself in the tab Italofila, you already know what my bachelor's degree is about. My bachelor's degree is in ESL (English as a second language teacher) for high school with a second major in Italian studies. My plan is to make a base for my future career since this bachelor doesn't make me an official language professor, but it is a start. Some may ask why do I choose to be a language professor. I tell them: "I just love helping others obtain knowledge in life. Knowledge is everything in life and it makes us free.". And what better than to help others understand cultures and other people through languages? In this globalized world we live in, languages are one of the main ingredients to success! I know I sound very passionate about languages and so you might think I entered right away to the Faculty of Humanities and Education in my first year of college. Well, not really. At first, I wanted to be an orthodontics. Then I discovered that science wasn't my passion and that I really didn't liked the Faculty I was in, specially because it was hard to study languages at the same time. Here's where my troubles began on what should I do for a career. I've always been told I was good at teaching and in mathematics. Naturally, I decided to apply for Education in Mathematics. Luckily I didn't get in. Finally, after passing through this challenging moment, I decided I would become a language professor. The problem was that, in the University of Puerto Rico there's no bachelor's degree on that. Tough luck! I was told I could do a bachelor's in Education with a second concentration in Modern Languages or viceversa. So I took the chance to apply again to Education and this time I got in. Finally! Now the other challenge was yet to be met: deciding whether I wanted a second concentration or not since it would take me more time to finish my bachelor's degree. So, in the first semester of the academic year 2011-2012, I started taking Italian --since it was a language I was dying to take since my first year of college. Anyone who knows me knows I love that freaking language! (Forse in altra vita era italiana! xD) So yes, I applied for the second concentration and got in! Yeah! Everything sounds perfect now right? Well, to be sincere I still have challenges. If I should say what is the most challenging part in my bachelor's right now I would say 4 things: 1. Having to dealing with the Faculty of Education where they treat you like crap; 2. Dealing with people who are always asking me: "Why would you take such a language as Italian? Why not take French?" I took a bit of French and you know what? Is not that awesome; 3. Dealing with the other question: "Do you feel secure or sure about your 'career choice'?" Absolutely! I have finally found what I really want to do with my life; 4. The most challenging at the moment, my preparation to go on an exchange program to Italy where I'm sure there will be even more challenges full of rewards that's for sure. To finish already with this post, I would like to say that what my bachelor's degree says is not really what I want to spend my whole life doing: being in a classroom full of high school students. It is just the start of becoming what I really want to be: language professor at the university, concentrating in Italian for a while. You might be thinking: "Wow girl! That's a lot of studying! When do you graduate?" When do I graduate? WHO KNOWS! I hope in 3 and a half years at the most! I don't really like to think about it too much because I get easily depressed since I'm already in my fourth year of college. But once I'm finished with it, I'll start my master's degree in Linguistics and pursue on a doctorate (Which I'm still debating but it could be in the field of Interpersonal Communication.) Having said that, you could say my dream job would be to teach and be involved in researches at universities. I would like to teach languages (either Spanish, English, Italian, and if I learn other more, those also) around the world if possible. I would like to visit and get to know other countries and if it is not possible to at least find a place where I feel comfortable doing what I love. I just want a place were I can excel my true potential. Wherever that place is, life will take me there although I admit I would love to live in Italy teaching Spanish or English. But before that, I would like to live in a place where I can teach Italian for a while. Ok! Enough chichat! A presto cari lettori! |
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