The Francisca`s blog

The blog I have chosen is the Francisca`s blog. The blog of Francisca call it “English?” She has written seven posts and she has received twenty three comments.
The post call “she isn`t sick, she`s a dancer” was wrote on Friday June 4, 2010. It is about Ken Robinson and his opinion on the education. Francisca rescued the principal ideas told by Mr. Robinson and she said her opinion about the topic, on which I agree. She did a relation between it say Robinson and the Chilean case, affirming that in the Chilean situation there are many problems relative to the education.
I think the post`s writing in general is right. The ideas are understandable. On the other hand, the topic is very interesting, I think that all of us have an opinion about the education, since we are students and we know of near the topic. When in the post she asks: “¿what is first…?” The form interrogative in English don`t must have interrogation`s sign to beginning. Also, maybe the text could have apart points, this way the text would be more organized. These are some ideas for improve the post, but the text is very well.
The three comments that the text has received are agree with the ideas said by Francisca, one of those comments was mine.
The words said by Mr. Robinson are for think us.

The Chilean culture

Our culture is a combination of ideas. For our history, since we were a colony, historically we have had many ideas and costumers incorporated in our idiosyncrasy: the language, the food, the politician’s order, etc. all things of our culture are from Spain and Europe in general. Spain in first time, France in the nineteen century, and USA in the twenty century to nowadays.
The main characteristic of the Chileans don’t respond to that mixture. All the characteristics of Europe we have changed because the culture received was assimilated to our way, and our way have a little of all, include the pre-Columbian culture.
The Chilean`s identity is very ambiguous. I think we don’t have a identity defined, but we doing efforts for overtake that identity that unite us. The soccer is a example of something that can us unite, but the Chilean`s soccer is weak, the sports in general in Chile are very poor. The writers in Chile are very famous in whole world, but in Chile there aren`t good readers, only a little group of person reader. I think the identity of Chile will develop in the future when the people will be more mature and the culture will be massive and deep.
I think the countries can be nationalistic when they have an identity strong, a tradition cultural and his habitants are informed, but in Chile don’t is it, the roots are superficial. However we can do something to respect. The culture can be developed and the identity can be strong.

The Chascona museum-house of Neruda

I started to job in the Chascona in March of this year, and probably I will finish in the end year. I am working with Gonzalo, Cristòbal and Pablo, they are my classmates.
The photograph was taken for Rolando Baez. He is our boss, is a curator of the Chascona and also the Merced`s museum, is a expert about Latin-American colonial `art. He studied our carrier and after studied two magister relational with the colonial art.
The photograph was taken because Rolando needed some registers for a report, which had show the job that we being doing in the Chascona, because I have a polish craftsmanship in my hands. For the job is necessary used gloves since the object are delicates. There are a lot of object such as pictures, sculptures, craftsmanship, furniture, etc.
The photograph was taken one month ago; we were work when Rolando took us the photograph. The idea was show our work.
I like this image because in her we can see the objects of Neruda, which are very beautiful. Neruda was a collector, he kept all things. In the Chascona there are more the one thousand objects.
The Chascona I visited her when I was twenty years for first time. I remember that the thing that more liked were the bars; there are two bars in different levels of the house. Also I liked his library, he had a lot of books, some very old.
Is a good experience, I have learned a lot.

And remember, visit you Neruda's houses!

The education

I think the education topic said for Ken Robison, isn’t exclusive of education, since we can expand to other matters, in fact we can expand to all, since each activity, idea, profession is condition to social normative. The talents that can have any person, in the different area, is channel to conventional socials, like this, each person develop his potential in some determined by different person.
Few people can develops all his potential, in general the people only follow general opinions, but in whole history, always only a few people can develop them. The majority doesn’t have greats goals in the live, live day to day.
The education is a matter very important, since involves a lot of things, has relation with all practically.
The schools have a way of teaching for the majority, but the problem is that not we all are equal and the education considers the persons as if they were equal. The schools are the reflection of the ideas that dominate to the world. In the schools there is taught the things the world considers to be valuable, but often there isn’t space for other ways of thinking. Maybe the solution is that the education allows a different way of teaching and that the education is opened for new ideas to spread.
It is a complicated topic. The education is complex, not always there are progresses in this topic.