CHILE IN THE NEXT WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA 2010

Our national team will attend to the World Cup South Africa 2010, was the first time that we win in official games played in the country of coffee (Colombia) against their football selection. With this victory Chile classified to the SOUTH AFRICA 2010 (the most important sport competition in the world).

This event is very important for Chile and for our continent, because we have proven to be good in this sport, everywhere people talk about it, is the topic required in every meeting. Also this team generates happyness and pride, because this players are people like us, they are a true reflection.

In this process is very important the technical, Marcelo Bielsa, he made a revolution in our soccer, he always tries to attack, passing above rivals, makes many goals, without speculate. Also he introduce discipline in a team which was characterized by acts of indiscipline and he teachs the value of hard work. Everyone is believing again in the national team.

I like the offensive players, they need to be focus and play well during all the match, one mistake and the work of all team can collapse, they can appear ten minutes, make a gol and be heroes. Some players that I like are: ALEXIS SANCHEZ, HUMBERTO SUAZO, and JORGE VALDIVIA, they are noted for being fast and effective.

I don't want to go to Southafrica because I prefer doing a barbeque in my home with my homies and my family. Thats the magic of watching the chilean matches.

CHALLENGES IN YOUR DISCIPLINE

Write about important challenges your discipline is currently facing, connected to each of the following areas:- Technology- Social Matters- Education- Define the challenges- Say how you think they should be resolved in each case- Mention the critical issues involved in each area- Word Count: 350

Mainly anthropology has little interest in using new technologies, especially in our university, teachers are afraid to incorporate new methods to teach students, this big problem is bad for them and for us, because they keep using the same tools they used twenty years ago, they stay in the past and blame us for them as well.

Must be able to require that new techniques are used to analyze society

ESSAY (1. Your experience learning English at the university / A general reflection)

We must recognize that learning English is an essential tool to face the world today, especially because we need a language to communicate and everything shows is English the most used language by people to discuss about business, make any official publication of any discipline, in our case anthropology, to mention only two of the most relevant. All this is due to globalization, which has as one of its objectives give us the possibility to communicate without problems in seconds and easily. In the university environment is essential manage English, specifically because the papers and researchs of the main universities are in English, and not understand this language can become a big problem.

In the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Universidad de Chile are concerned to give importance to this essential point in the training of professionals. Disciplines such as anthropology, sociology and psychology have four English courses, from basics to advanced. The methodology used to train the students is pretty good whenever students want to learn and fulfill their duties.

Depends exclusively on the student if he wants to learn or unwilling to accept what they are teaching, because English teachers are usually willing to correct your mistakes and also encourage students to have skills in English, to speak, read and understand the language.

The purpose of careers in social sciences is to train professionals who are able to interpret and interact with people who speak the English language, this will give many opportunities in working life and professional, is for this that students are encourage to take advantage of English classes and depending on this, can apply for scholarships in universities abroad, but first must pass the English test, TOEFL.

I personally think that studying English has helped me to relate with people from United States and other countries, also helped me to express myself and they understand me, and I have had access to documents and publications of prestigious universities like Oxford’s and Harvard’s, among others who study topics that are of importance to me, like a indigenous communities and violence. Study English is essential in the twenty-first century depends solely on the desire to take and you want professional expectations for the future.

Everyone must decide what to do with their life and the way to contributes to the society, I personally think that if you are good with English will have many opportunities to meet people, have a better job and you may publish academic papers for everyone to read them.

IMPROVING YOUR FACULTY FACILITIES

Currently at the Faculty of Social Sciences can see that the basics have to feel fairly comfortable. This is because we have a computer room that was remodeled this year and also purchased new computers since before they were few. The courses are arranged as in the second floor there are smaller rooms that are in the career of anthropology, on the third floor are the sociology of race and finally, on the fourth floor are the psychology that are larger. The race has no education and usually occupies floor rooms anthropology.


One thing that should be improved urgently and is called "Library and Study Room" that really does not have the conditions for people to study in quiet. Poorly designed because first, people do not respect anyone and is common to see that students are most of the time shouting and talking, knowing that there are people who are trying to study. The tables are close together and space is very small, yet another thing I find funny is that when you ask a book, wait about five minutes and when you're going to give the person who yells your name so that it go to search.


The first step should be taken against the above is to create another room that is read only and that the current library will function as is, books that are requested and has tables that are assembled to study people in groups and scream , talk, to stick together, do what they want. That think it would be a good measure, the construction of an exclusive room for reading.


In general, I think the faculty is well built and has a feature that makes building campus Juan Gómez Millas, the only thing to change is the reading room, which would be a huge benefit for all who wish to study in quiet our second home and not have to go to the philosophy faculty.

MY LAST FIELD TRIP

Together with the Rural II anthropology course went to the fourth region, specifically near the city of Salamanca to five hours by bus from Santiago. We divided into four groups, I played very near Salamanca travel only 3 km, a small village called "Faro".

We had to go to that place to study the impact it has had on the lives of people associated with mining activity and also see how agriculture has declined, an activity that until fifteen years ago was the main in the area. Our study was intended to include the vision of youth and adults, because of course there are contrasts between the two age ranges.

Every morning we got up early to seize the day, so after breakfast, we took our bikes and started traveling to different areas that we believe could help us to do interviews and talk to people as possible. This time we did two focus groups in two schools in Salamanca one of middle class and a lower class, and we established many distinctions between what young people think and feel according to the school he attends.

We concluded that poor school youth want to stay in the area to work in something related to the mine, because that's what makes money easier, however children are better educated want to leave this city, studying in Viña del Mar or La Serena and on completion, want to return to their families and take them out of Salamanca, but say that they want to return every so often during the holidays.

This is important from the anthropological study because we know the impact of mining on the lives of people besides the expectations they have towards the future and that there is awareness of the damage being done in nature by mining young people with better education, however those without access to better education is not recognized as much damage in nature.

Chile classifies to the soccer worldcup, October 14th

Please elaborate on the following points:
1. Why is it relevant to Chile to have classified to the worldcup
2. Who are your favorite soccer players? Why do you like them.
3. What are you going to do for the worldcup. Would you like to go to South Africa?

SUMMARY FROM A CAREER-RELATED ARTICLE FROM "THE GUARDIAN"

Marked for death, the tattoo gang kids

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/sep/05/peterbeaumont.sandrajordan

Mara is the term that is known to gang youth in Central America, Mexico and the United States. Originating in Central America for the return of huge numbers of immigrants deported from the U.S. crime, transferred to recreate conditions at the national level, those conditions of marginalization, violence, crime and survival, learned and developed in the deportees in the various places in which managed to stay. To this are added the youth of marginalized social sectors, forming a social threat by the possible violence with which they act much outward as inward of these groups.

Basically a single Mara conforms with thousands of youth gangs known as cliques or cells that are characterized as:
1. Mara Salvatrucha (MS). The term is unique to Mara Mara Salvatrucha. The Mara Salvatrucha is also known in America as the MS-13.
With the increase in people returning each day, the social phenomenon was not only a national, regional also, so that by the early twenty-first century, in almost all Central America is known as "Maras" mainly to youth groups, whether type crime, organized crime or simply young neighborhood meetings with something in common.

Additionally the phenomenon is exacerbated since the introduction of drug consumption and wide crack, marijuana, or inhalants shoemakers glue, heroin and other, which are marketed and consumed in the country for these groups of gangsters.

Given that governments have exploited the situation politically, making electoral promises establishing plans to combat the Mara, as a tough plan, which adds another type of violence to existing socially in El Salvador, whose main components repressive are both in the legal, police and prison. Without attacking the root problem or social causes, politics, etc.. That originate from gangs.

The growth of gangs has its counterpart in the increase in remittances sent by Central Americans living abroad, which to date has become the main economic flow that sustains local economies and crime by shifting the main products of export of the contribution to GDP of the country.

They are also known to migrate to the U.S. and continue criminal activities into other countries, inadequacy and lack of education, in addition to wanting to achieve the American dream, in several countries carried out a wave of social rehabilitation programs promoted among others by former members of these gangs and their admission to cultural and sporting events to save them from the violent world in which they live and achieve social peace and contribute to growth and development of society in which they live.

Their main source of income, besides the U.S. remittances are the extortion of the population having a standard of living. Such extortions are compulsory and no reasonable negotiations, since the consequences are appalling.

Importantly, the fact that gangs, despite its origins in the battles between Mexican and Salvadoran immigrants in Los Angeles, and had its epicenter in El Salvador to be forcibly repatriated many delinquents by the U.S. government to end civil war in El Salvador in the early 90s, has spread in neighboring Guatemala and Honduras. In fact, in the latter, the situation of crime and violence revolving around gangs has increased to levels much higher than in El Salvador ... what do you think the idea?

Another mistake is to say that the Mara Salvatrucha was born in El Salvador and so is El Salvador. The MS was born in a suburb of Los Angeles, California, therefore is a U.S. gang. In the Mara Salvatrucha are Americans, Salvadorans, Ecuadorians, Hondurans, Guatemalans, Nicaraguans, Mexicans, although it is believed that its meaning is Satanic Mara. In the case of Honduras, the maras becomes a problem since the elimination of compulsory military service, later these became gangsters or thugs drug cartels who are paid their services to protect their cargoes, with drugs, then they marketed and consumed it within the camera is most addicted, and those who are behind the camera is difficult to leave, but the states of the region should undertake programs that attack the root of the problem: family disintegration, unemployment, education , work opportunities etc.

Young people from these gangs draw tattoos on their bodies to establish group membership. This can be seen from an anthropological point of view, because in various tribes especially in Africa and Oceania tattoos are required to distinguish individuals in relation to social status and hierarchy he occupies in this society. The case of the young gang is assimilated, as they tattooed their bodies to tell the story who have lived and this gives them recognition, the more tattoos you have on the body, has lived more stories. Using the tattoo gives paramount importance to youth gang members.