Criminal Laws

I am against capital punishment, since I think that criminals that make a big mistake or offense, should pay for what they have done. Death may be even a solution for their problem of not having an exit.

On the other side, I don't think that humans have the power of taking away other people's life... I prefer them to be in jail, having thought of what they have done, and in, some way, "suffering", than just death.

On the other hand, I guess that having capital punishment may reduce the criminality rates, since people would be more affraid of making something wrong, but I also think that our authorities should be qualified to create other different solutions to the problem of criminality.

To reduce criminality rates, I think the governments should go to the root of the problem: what causes people to go and commit crimes? do they do it to survive? do they have a lack of something? Basis for a lot of crimes are the conditions of poverty in our society, the lack of education, the unexistent job positions for a lot of chileans.. if we solve that problems, I think criminality rates would decrease, especially in the case of Chile.

Luckily, I haven't had close experiences with crimes. The only thing was that once I was playing soccer here in the campus, and, in the mean time, somebody stole my bag with some of my clothes, cell phone, ID, etc.

What to do / where to go in Santiago

I think that a foreign tourist should go to our touristic spots, as for example to Santa Lucia and San Cristobal hill, La Moneda, the Ex National Congress, Bellas Artes musem, National Library, La Piojera, etc. Those are beautiful places that they have to go. In the other hand, if they feel like it, they could go to other places that are not so touristic, but are representative from our country.
Tourists should of course know new places, and go out and get to know the people here! To chat, go to party, etc.
One place for me is the Central Market, as you can eat amazing sea food and typical things.
A second place is the National Library: I really love it! the building is amazing, and beautiful! and there are so many things to do, I love it.
In Santiago you should go to party, and know Bellavista or Suecia street, they are great to have an amazing time.
I think it would be good also to La Chascona, Pablo Neruda's house. It is a good opportunity to get to know about one of our most important poets in our country.
And finally, I would recommend to go to San Cristobal hill: i think is really cool, you can do a lot of things, go to zoo, have a nice view of the city.. it is a great place!

Transantiago : Before and after

I can't make a huge opinion about Transantiago as a new system of transportation for me, as I am not from Santiago, and since I came here I have used only this system.

But, for the same reason, I can talk about the difference in the service from where it started, until now.

It is obvious that the system has improve, and that now is not that bad. The big problem with the system are the "tours" that are made by the buses, because some are too short and don't cover all the places that people need, and is like they were created based in some weird conveniences, and not based in a social investigation.

That's what i'd change: tours, I'd make them longer in some cases.

A country I would like to visit

I would like to visit Venezuela. I have always liked this country, because I think it has amazing landscapes, and people I have met from Venezuela is really kind, and smiling, and they tell me people there, is usually like that... those are the main reasons! But of course I would also live the environment there, how is the country, their public politics, etc.
If I were there, I would like to of course meet new people and the landscapes there, and would like to party, jaja, because I have some good friends in Venezuela, and they have told me that if I go there they'd join me in the everything I'd like to do! and they would invite me to some other things.
Though I think is a very interesting country, I don't think that I would like to live there.. or studying, or living... I'd like to go and visit it, but nothing else.. living in other country is not in my plans!

First Term : Good and Bad points

The first term I tried to do some sports: I practiced soccer, but I was not really good, even when I did my best.. that's not for me, I guess. So, this term I will try some other sport, maybe something more individual.

I started teaching Maths, and I have done that for the second semester too.. I hope to keep doing this for many more time.

In academics terms, it was really stresful: every teacher started with their own evaluation by May, so May and June (and even July) were months where every week we had to do something! I hope this term is not such a mess, in setting up dates and stuff.

But I still learned a lot, and I was able to realize that this is the career I want, and that I was not wrong, so, I'd say it was a positive third semester for me.

INGLES IV