Environment

I didn't use to recycle or make things related to take care about environment. I have tried many times, but in my house is very hard because I didn't stay there so much and my mom didn't continue with my practices. Years ago I tried to recycle the litter but she didn't continue with the process. Another time I tried to make conscience about water shortage, but my brother taken loooong showers and my mom wash the dishes with many water.

I think people used to learn about environmentally friendly practices on internet. Is the most easier way to learn about many things today. The problem from this is that many people waste their time on internet doing another things, or many people don't have access to internet.

From a couple year I used to visit the website La Bioguía (http://www.labioguia.com/). Is a website with many information about techniques to recycle, stories from people who made big changes with wonderful ideas, photographs from beautiful places we are killing, etc.

I used to visit it once a month approximately, to learn about things that someday I wish I could practice, with more time and freedom. I try to walk to anyplace I can and I only use public transportation to mobilize myself on the city.

I think that government programs has to contemplate the environmentally friendly practices on their entire proposals. Now that's impossible, because political parties are related with big corporations, and they need to destroy the environment to survive.

Pompón

2001. Me (8) and Pompón (5). 

My big friend all my childhood and adolescence was Pompón, my little dog. He was a Fox Terrier, with her body completely white and her tail in a spiral, like a pig. 

I got it when I was three years old. My parents was on the way to home and a little boy was selling many puppies on the street. They looked Pompón and loved him. All his brothers had spots, he standed out from them. Also, he was the littlest dog, what makes him very tender.

He was a quiet dog, very shy. He used to bark to every unknown person, specially to the mailman. He used to walk without a leash, because he was obedient and understand orders very well.

He always was accompanying us, specially on hard moments. When I was crying he used to stay next to me, with his little head rested on my legs.

He died at fifteen years old, on 2011. One day he stopped to eat and stayed laying on his bed. I gave him some medicine but he never got better. The next day, on May 21th he woke up very bad, crying and groaning of pain. It was a public holiday and the closer veterinary was closed. We was searching another veterinary when he dies, probably because he was old. I really miss him, he was a very good dog and friend.

Months after, on my birthday, my friend gave me another little dog. They knew Pompón and how special he was for me, that's why they gave me a little brown dog very similar to him. We called her Perry, but my mom changed her name to Tin-tin. Now she lives with me, she's completely different to Pompón. She is very active and playful and she accompany us too.

Mi dear friend Lala

Our graduation from high school
(With the same shoes).

Hello everyone. I am going to write about one of my best friends . His name is Camila Araya , but everyone tells Lala. I know her from first grade , because we were classmates and we started to being friends in second grade. During the school we were part of several different groups of friends, always both together. Also, on the secundary we participate together in several things such as the Student Council of the College or activities from different fields .

 

She is very cheerful, always it makes laugh to the others. So stand out in any group in which it participates. Also, she is very tolerant and sociable, so she usually sit well with everyone. She does not usually talk about personal issues hurt, so I treasure that is able to do it with me .

 

My friend Lala has never left me alone and I'd never do it to her. I think that's the most valuable thing we have in common. We know our entire families, almost everything about our lives.

 

Currently she's studying Physical Education at the "Pedagógico" (UMCE), which is on the corner opposite to my university. Therefore, we continue meeting so followed as we can. Periodically we get together with our friends of the school or go together to parties of our universities.

I am very happy to be her friend. Besides being very good to me, is a very good person in general and a very intelligent woman. She founds her true calling and exerts very well, so I admire her.

Language

I think that pluralism of cultures is a good thing, because we construct it in a long communitarian process and it has a reason to be. We construct a big system of characteristic items of a specific group of people, and occidental culture had not the authority for ignore it. The globalization process is trying to do this, to create a unique language and unique customs.

Language is a particular item of every culture and as anthropologist we cannot ignore it. We have to enhance it, especially in terms of native languages with not much people who talk it. An example is Rapanui language. Native people are keeping it alive the most is possible, but someday they could be a smaller group of people and language could be in danger. Kaweskar language experienced it. When the people disappeared the language died.

That’s why I don’t agree with the man of the video and I would like to preserve several languages. I feel comfort using my own Chilean language, different in many things with Peruvian or Argentinian speeches. To find the differences it the interest part of this, to recognize the difference and enjoy it. I enjoy associating dissimilar elements like language or music with dissimilar cultures, to know that we are different and that’s why we are so valuable as society.

In conclusion, in the future I hope that English, Chinese or some language won’t be common for the entire world.