Privatisation...

I think that the privatisation of the state universities is a problem very important because the education is a central factor for the development of our society. However, in our country this system doesn’t help to create a society with more equality and opportunities for the students with less economic resources.

With the previous years experiences is possible to think that the privatisation will impose in our state university system, and I don’t think that the current president of the government will change this system.

I'm not very sure about the solutions for this problem... maybe it is necessary to do other forms to access university or to find the form to create social conscience about this problem and to put pressure on the authorities to stop the process of privatisation.

I don’t think that this government will privatise the Universidad de Chile. At least four years I consider that it is not sufficient for this, and I imagine that the public tradition of this university and the students' movement will do anything to stop the privatisation. However, I think that this university isn’t public totally because to study here at the moment is very expensive.

Italy or France

I’d like to visit Italy because is a country with an interesting history and beautiful architecture and places to know.

I think that it is necessary live in this place for some years if you want to make new friends or to know more about the characteristics of it society, traditions or style of life.

I’d like to go with some friends because it is funnier and you can share the experience.

Well, at the moment I’m not saving money to go here... I need to finish the university and to find a job. Maybe in the next years I will consider the possibility of going to another country to continue studying. In this case, I think that France would be my election because in this place the sociology of art is more developed than in other countries, and this is an area of the sociology that I’d like to learn.

The first term of 2010

My first term was difficult because I had some academic problems especially with Statistic IV, I failed twice!!

I have some confusions with my decision of studying sociology, sometimes I think that this is a mistake.. but I don’t know.

But, also I lived good things! I participated in an research about the popular poetry and with my classmates went to Portezuelo. This experience was very interesting to learn more about the “payadores” and this is a beautiful place… I really enjoyed it!!

Also, I knew a new friend, her name is Kaitling and she was in a class of rural sociology in a student exchange program. She returned to the USA two weeks ago but we continue speaking.