This is the last chapter. The stage is the present. I finished the credits of my major, I’m working on my thesis and this has been a great stage. I have a great thesis assessor, and I’ve been learning much more than I had expected.
I’ve done many good and deared friends. I traveled with them to places I thought I’d never be at. My family is very supportive. I’ve accomplished some of my goals and I have many others I still want to get and I know that with effort I can do it.
All the activities I do now are decided for me and I’m not forced to do any of them, I do them for pleasure. It’s a great feelling to know that I’m doing something I really enjoy and this helps me to avoid the obstacles.
This is the stage when I have less free time, but I try to organize myself to do what I like, playing, reading, watching movies and cartoons, etc, and also to have time for my family, my friends and my boyfriend, who, by the way, has helped me to learn many things and enjoy this stage a lot.
Not everything is perfect; there are many blue moments also, problems and conflicts, but when I look backwards I feel I’ve done my best and I have no regrets.
domingo, 19 de abril de 2009
Journal IV
Now is the best time of my life: University. First I’ll start talking about my decision of studying Pedagogy. There were several options I considered for studying: Filosofy, History, Psicology, Biology, sociology, and of course Pedagogy. To tell the truth, I only had a superficial visión of all this majors. All I knew were just several and general information. I read some articles and study plans, but you know what’s your major really about once you are studying it. After some considerations and advice from people I trusted on, I decided Pedagogy.
Then I didn’t know where should I study. I did my exam for UNAM and then I had planned to do it for the Universidad Pedagógica. When I did the exam for UNAM I was really concerned, I thought I had done it all wrong and I was confused. It was a very happy moment when I discovered I was in. Then I decided no to try in other universities.
I was very nervous when I went to the university for the first time. In the first week my concept of Pedagogy changed a lot and I decided that it was what I really wanted to study. I started reading a lot, some books for pleasure and some others for obligation.
My classes were very interesting and I started realizing that studying the education was much harder tan I thought, but at the same time it was like a passion.
I liked studying at Filosofía y Letras. Even tough it was kind of sad to be discriminated for the students of other majors. I understad the critics they made to pedagogues, but it was sometimes hard to talk to them when they had strong prejudges. I have many good friends from other majors of the faculty anyway, I’ve learnt a lot of them, and I think they have learnt with me aswell.
In my free time I still loved to play videogames, read and share time with my family, but I also enjoyed going to parties once in a while. I’ve never been good at dancing, so that has been a problem when I go to parties. But I enjoyed to share funny times with my friends. I also enjoyed going out with boys haha. I think I will always remember these day as some of the funniest and most productive of my life.
Then I didn’t know where should I study. I did my exam for UNAM and then I had planned to do it for the Universidad Pedagógica. When I did the exam for UNAM I was really concerned, I thought I had done it all wrong and I was confused. It was a very happy moment when I discovered I was in. Then I decided no to try in other universities.
I was very nervous when I went to the university for the first time. In the first week my concept of Pedagogy changed a lot and I decided that it was what I really wanted to study. I started reading a lot, some books for pleasure and some others for obligation.
My classes were very interesting and I started realizing that studying the education was much harder tan I thought, but at the same time it was like a passion.
I liked studying at Filosofía y Letras. Even tough it was kind of sad to be discriminated for the students of other majors. I understad the critics they made to pedagogues, but it was sometimes hard to talk to them when they had strong prejudges. I have many good friends from other majors of the faculty anyway, I’ve learnt a lot of them, and I think they have learnt with me aswell.
In my free time I still loved to play videogames, read and share time with my family, but I also enjoyed going to parties once in a while. I’ve never been good at dancing, so that has been a problem when I go to parties. But I enjoyed to share funny times with my friends. I also enjoyed going out with boys haha. I think I will always remember these day as some of the funniest and most productive of my life.
Journal III
The next stage is: when I was in highschool. I loved many things of this part of my life, but I didn’t like others. I definetly liked highschool much more tan secondary school. Being adviced for my parents, I agreed to enter to a catholic school, called Yaocalli. It seemed a good idea, because it’s very near my home, and I might be able to learn many things; I thought it had a good academic level, which was very important for me. However, this school had a problem: it was only for girls.
I did learn many things. I made some great friends which are still some of the best friends I’ve ever had. But not being able to share with boys was very difficult.
Especially in this stage, I would’ve liked to talk with more boys. In my experience is more difficult to be only with girls in a classroom, because for some reasons there are more gossips, envy and the group gets very divided. This problems exist also in groups with girls and boys, but I felt them stronger in this school.
I also shared a lot of time with my family, especially my little brother, who was a baby. I didn’t have much free time, but i believe I used it very well. Playing videogames, reading, going to the cinema, talking. I had many good days.
I did learn many things. I made some great friends which are still some of the best friends I’ve ever had. But not being able to share with boys was very difficult.
Especially in this stage, I would’ve liked to talk with more boys. In my experience is more difficult to be only with girls in a classroom, because for some reasons there are more gossips, envy and the group gets very divided. This problems exist also in groups with girls and boys, but I felt them stronger in this school.
I also shared a lot of time with my family, especially my little brother, who was a baby. I didn’t have much free time, but i believe I used it very well. Playing videogames, reading, going to the cinema, talking. I had many good days.
Journal II
This chapter is dedicated to my teenager stage when I was on secondary school. I didn’t love this part of my life. Every day I used to wake up at 6am and I was at school from 7 to 2pm. I didn’t like to go to this school. For some reason I was very shy in this stage of my life and I had problems making friends; the teachers were always like angry. I only had two teachers that I admired and like to be in their classes; but the other were always complaining. I think I understand them a little better now; it must be quite a challenge to work with teenagers. And my school, especially, had many problems because there were kids from difficult and dangerous neighborhoods.
I learnt many things in this part of my life, but truly, I wouldn’t like to live it again. Now I can say that teenagers pass for many difficult changes. They have hormonal variations which make everything different, there are physical and emotional changes. They realize that their parents have mistakes, and that they have to find their own path in live. I can say many things about this stage, but this words aren’t usefull when you are living all this. Not everything was bad anyway. I had some good friends. Especially one, who is still my friend.
In my free time I used to read a lot, I read many many books. I didn’t used to go out. I didn’t enjoy to party a lot and be outside. It was always more interesting for me to sit down and read a good book. I used to read Emilio Salgari, Hermann Hesse, Aldous Huxley, Edgar Allan Poe, Ángeles Mastretta, Dostoievsky, among others.
I learnt many things in this part of my life, but truly, I wouldn’t like to live it again. Now I can say that teenagers pass for many difficult changes. They have hormonal variations which make everything different, there are physical and emotional changes. They realize that their parents have mistakes, and that they have to find their own path in live. I can say many things about this stage, but this words aren’t usefull when you are living all this. Not everything was bad anyway. I had some good friends. Especially one, who is still my friend.
In my free time I used to read a lot, I read many many books. I didn’t used to go out. I didn’t enjoy to party a lot and be outside. It was always more interesting for me to sit down and read a good book. I used to read Emilio Salgari, Hermann Hesse, Aldous Huxley, Edgar Allan Poe, Ángeles Mastretta, Dostoievsky, among others.
Journal I
I will write about my regular days through the time. This chapter is about my childhood. I’ll write what I remember about one of my regular days when I was seven years old.
I used to wake up at 6:30am, in order to be ready at 7:30 and walk to school. My parents took me to school together every single morning. I was at school until 1pm, then my mom went for me and we walked back home. As soon as I arrived home, I used to eat and then I watched some TV programs, two cartoons, most of the times, and also, if I had enough time, I used to play Nintendo, I remember I always had lots of homework to do, so I started doing my homework early.
Once I had finished it I was allowed to go outside and play with my brothers and neighbors, I really enjoyed playing with them, riding my bicycle, running, playing with toys, It was my favourite part of the day. Then my father arrived and took my brothers and I to some classes we were taking: they used to practice Tae Kown Do and I used to practice gimnastics. It was fun aswell, but I always prefered to stay at home playing.
Then, when I returned home my mom had already checked my homework and if there were any mistakes she made me correct them. I went to sleep at 9 or 9:30pm. I enjoyed a lot this stage of my life, I shared a lot of time with my brothers and my parents.
I used to wake up at 6:30am, in order to be ready at 7:30 and walk to school. My parents took me to school together every single morning. I was at school until 1pm, then my mom went for me and we walked back home. As soon as I arrived home, I used to eat and then I watched some TV programs, two cartoons, most of the times, and also, if I had enough time, I used to play Nintendo, I remember I always had lots of homework to do, so I started doing my homework early.
Once I had finished it I was allowed to go outside and play with my brothers and neighbors, I really enjoyed playing with them, riding my bicycle, running, playing with toys, It was my favourite part of the day. Then my father arrived and took my brothers and I to some classes we were taking: they used to practice Tae Kown Do and I used to practice gimnastics. It was fun aswell, but I always prefered to stay at home playing.
Then, when I returned home my mom had already checked my homework and if there were any mistakes she made me correct them. I went to sleep at 9 or 9:30pm. I enjoyed a lot this stage of my life, I shared a lot of time with my brothers and my parents.
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