𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝟖: 𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐒👩🏽‍💻

Hello everyone, in this last post, I'm going to write to you about the learning I have had in the English course.

Regarding the experience I have had learning English at the university, I have found it to be quite good. Unlike "liceo", I feel that this time I have managed to understand the language even more, to the point of understanding better the songs, movies and series that are in English. Personally I like the language very much, I find it essential to learn, so every time I entered one of the classes, I tried to enjoy it and participate. 

Regarding the blogs, I find them a lot of fun. They distract me from the university stress, since they always tend to write about interesting topics, so I feel good doing them. Moreover, through them, you can get to know more about other classmates, since they usually write about their own personal topics and tastes on a weekly basis, which makes it even more dynamic and fun.

When I was in "liceo", I used to speak the language often with my best friend. She loves the language and she spoke and understood it perfectly. She was the person I interacted with the most using English. Now she lives in another city, so I no longer have anyone to practice with or laugh with when trying to speak it. The people around me don't usually understand or don't usually handle the basics like maybe I can, so it's not usually common in my environment. Beyond that, I try to keep it in mind in my day to day life, whether it's watching movies, language settings on my phone, and in a game. I often play Duolingo, and there I try to practice and spend my free time trying to learn more, as I believe it's the only way not to lose knowledge of the language, which I am very interested in learning and I hope that when I graduate, I will end up speaking and understanding it perfectly. I would love to.

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𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝟕: 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐁𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐃𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐒 📚✏️

Hello everyone, through this post I'm going to write about the changes that could be made to the architecture program of study.

The current program of study that the career has seems to me to be quite complete. I feel that it covers very important and essential areas in the career, which should not be missing. By this I mean mathematics, history, urban planning, research, workshops, among others. However, I feel that this current program lacks a course related to drawing and the use of programs. Unfortunately there is no specialized course that teaches drawing or programming. For this reason many students when we start our careers feel at a disadvantage or overwhelmed by not having a foundation of these qualities. As time goes on, we must learn how to draw and use programs quickly and "roughly" or else you fall behind and run the risk of doing poorly. So I feel that if there were courses that taught that, it would be very helpful for everyone, especially in first year.

The career has an estimated duration of 5 ½ years, but the truth is that it's always finished in the 6th year or even more, and that is due to the clash of courses that exists when you repeat a course. The career itself is difficult, demands a lot of time, and has a heavy academic load, especially in the areas of calculus and workshops. That is why very few people finish in the estimated time specified in the program of study.

Unfortunately when I started studying architecture in 2020, it was the arrival of COVID-19 to the country, so I could only visit FAU 3 times and it was very momentary. So I didn't have the chance to know it completely or the technology it has. To this day I have not visited the faculty again, so I could not explain anything more about it.

For the same reason explained above, the teaching methods that have been applied have been clearly online. Personally, it has been quite difficult for me to adapt to it, but I'm also clear that it's the only way, so I always try to find a motivation to enter classes and learn. It's estimated that next year it will be all face to face and the truth is that I would love it. I'm looking forward to that moment.

                 Current program of studies of the architecture career. Universidad de Chile.

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𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝟔: 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐋 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐔𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄✈️

Hi everyone, through this post, I'm going to write about where I would like to go if I could travel to the future.

If I had the possibility to travel to the future, I would like to visit the day I graduated as an architect. The reason is because I would love to see myself and say "you made it". So far it's one of my biggest dreams, to be able to graduate and continue studying, but I would like to be able to go to that specific moment, because I have not had a very good time and the career is becoming more and more complicated. I have thought on many occasions that I'm going to fail for the same reason and I get too depressed. So to be able to see myself in the future, and see that I could achieve it, would be a dream.

At the same time, I would like to go to that certain moment and see all those people who continued until the end with me and who believed in me whether it be: friends, classmates, family and to realize who are really worth it.

Even though I would love to live that moment, I would not stay there, I would go back to the present and continue my fourth semester. I know it has been hard, and that on more than one occasion I have felt that I will not make it, but I feel that every process, every moment, every frustration, every sorrow, and every cry, will allow me to be a better person tomorrow and even a better future architect. To live each one of those emotions when you feel that you can't give more, and then to see that you really achieved it, is a unique satisfaction. I look forward to that moment.

Thanks for reading my post.