My experience with the English class

During this experience I  learned a lot of thing about English that I forgot with the pass of time. The experience, in general, is extremely positive, because this language is so important for everyone for this moment and in the future. For this, the incorporation of this subject will help at all next generations of students like example with papers, and all others things in English.

When I was writing in my blog, I considered it like a funny and creative way for an evaluation, hopefully all exams in this university were like that, but sadly it is not the case.

I would include in the future some other themes, its the only things that I can say, because the dynamic of writing blog is very creative, and all the students can use their imagination, also its a opportunity to talk about of yourself and show your personality and personal tastes to your classmates. Maybe I would include things like games during the hour of class for make the ambient  most funny possible.

I would like to write about others themes that I like , like a beauty stuffs, music and bands that I like or maybe will include themes most serious like an argumentative speech about a controversial themes of the actual time, like the feminism and abort.

A horrifying mental disease

Artistic view of how the world feels like with schizophrenia

The mental disorder what I chose is the terrible disease of Schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. People with schizophrenia may seem like they have lost touch with reality. 

Others symptoms can be a false belief, unclear or confused thinking, hearing voices that do not exist, reduced social engagement and emotional expression, and lack of motivation. 

Also, people with schizophrenia can have other mental health problems like anxiety or depression.

These symptoms come on gradually, begin in young adulthood, and, in many cases, regrettably, never resolve.

But... what is the cause? the combination of genetic and environmental factors play an important role in the development of schizophrenia. As in the case of people with a family history of schizophrenia, have a 20–40% chance of being diagnosed one year later.

Positive and negative symptoms

Schizophrenia is often described in terms of positive and negative symptoms. They can include delusions, disordered thoughts and speech, and tactile, auditory, visual, olfactory and gustatory hallucinations, typically regarded as manifestations of psychosis. Positive symptoms generally respond well to medication.

Negative symptoms are deficits of normal emotional responses and are less responsive to medication. They include flat expressions or little emotion, poverty of speech, inability to experience pleasure, lack of desire to form relationships, and lack of motivation. Negative symptoms appear to contribute more to poor quality of life, functional ability, and the burden on others than positive symptoms do.

Schizophrenia is diagnosed more frequently in males than females, and typically appears earlier in men, in the rang of 20–28 years for males and 26–32 years for females. Is much rarer see cases of this disorder in childhood or old age.

According to epidemiology studies named in Wikipedia, schizophrenia affects around 0.3–0.7% of people at some point in their life. The impact of schizophrenia tends to be highest in Oceania, the Middle East, and East Asia, while the nations of Australia, Japan, the United States, and most of Europe typically have low impact.

How is schizophrenia treated? Two main types of treatment can help with symptoms: antipsychotic medications and psychotherapy.

Schizophrenia is considered a disorder of the mind, but the latest research shows that organs, other than the brain, also change at the onset of the disease.

Scientists have known for a long time that people with schizophrenia have much higher rates of physical illness compared with the general population, and this contributes to startlingly high rates of premature death. People with the disorder die 15 to 20 years earlier than the average person.

This poor physical health has often been seen as a secondary effect of illness. Antipsychotic drugs, for example, are associated with an increased risk of weight gain and type 2 diabetes.

I choose this topic because most mental disorders seem very interesting, and in particular the schizophrenia.

The history of this disease is terrifying, and we never know if someone of our family or even us can suffer from this mental disease in the future, for this reason, it is good to know a little about the symptoms and causes.

The world of cosmetic technology

The favorite subject of my career is cosmetic technology.This is a subject of ninth semester of the career Pharmacy and Chemistry.

In class, we learn about the industry of cosmetic, how are they made it, the composition and  ingredients of various cosmetic like Make up, Shampoo, Sunscreens and some others.

We have laboratories and class, but the most fun is the experience in the laboratory, because we can make with ours hands some of themes show in class, but only some of them, like lipsticks, shampoos, deodorants and body creams.

In class the teachers teach us the theoretical part in relation of cosmetics, them formulations, uses and even them adverse effects.

But the practical part is my favorite, because I like so much the world of cosmetics, so made them is very funny and cool for me, especially when I can prove it in myself and them are not too bad.

Probably for men, this subject is not the most popular, but this ends for like it to some of them, because this is very interesting, and not is only for women, because they can use, like a example, the deodorant or the shampoo that they made in class.

In the teaching activities participate two teachers, Olosmira and Edda, and in the laboratory participate one of the teachers and one assistant.

Maybe for some people this subject is no very important in comparison with others like pharmacology or others subjects pharmaceutical, but actually its really important, because in no other career teach us of this stuff, so we never will learn about manufacture of cosmetics unless we will be a pharmacist.

The chilean person on field of health area that I admire

The person I like for this post is Eloisa Díaz, the first woman who became a doctor in Chile and throughout South America.

In 1881, at age 15, Eloisa Diaz achieved to break down the prejudices and she took the exams to apply for university education, approving them. After that, she decided to enrolled in the Medicine School of the University of Chile, being one of the first women to enter a higher education institution in our country.

Her studying years were not exempt from problems, because Eloisa Diaz had to fight against the maleness of the time. In addition, she went to classes accompanied by her mother, possibly that was a very awkward situation for her and that was only because Eloisa couldn't stay in a place full of men alone.

However, she graduated in Medicine and Pharmaceutical on December 27th of 1886; a few months after, on January 3rd of 1887, she received her degree of surgeon.

The thesis that allowed her to obtain the title of doctor was called: "Brief observations on the appearance of puberty in Chilean women and the pathological predispositions of sex."

In 1910 Eloisa participated in Hygiene and Medicine International Scientific Congress in Buenos Aires, where she was named "Illustrious Woman of America".

Later she was named Director of the School Medical Service of Chile in 1911, where she implemented school breakfasts and mass vaccination of students, as well as campaigns to combat alcoholism, rickets and tuberculosis.

I really like her, because she always was a fighter for meet her goals, and after that she give everything of her for help the others, especially the children.

She was not only the first woman who became doctor, she was one of the first woman that challenged the society of his time, which makes her in a symbol of excellence for all chilean women in this maleness society.

My kitten

In my life, I haven't had many pets, because my mom dont like much have animals in our house .

However, I love the animals and I always dreamed with have a cat or a dog when I was a girl, but I never could.

The past year, in October, at the night of Halloween, on the way to my home, I listened a loud meow,  so I decided go to see where the sound came. What I found was a little cat, with about 2 months of life, abandoned in front of a house, scared and hungry. So without much thinking about, I took him to my home. My parents scolded me, but finally the little cat stayed with me.

His name is Leon, because he have a beautifully fluffy blonde hair. I love him so much, he is not much affectionate, but he demonstrate his love in other ways. Every morning, he come to my head to make a massage with his paws and he start to purr very loud.
He is very funny too, with his antics he make us laugh much.

The story of my favourite photograph

My favourite photograph in this world is the capture of a happy moment in my childhood  many years ago.

I was in front of our house, in a  place named Pichidangui ,in the IV region. All my childhood we came here for summer vacations, or in the weekends. In thats travels, we went with my olders brothers too, probably my brother named Sebastían took this picture.

The picture shows my parents and me; me in the arms on my dad and my mom beside, looking me with love and my dad like always, serious in all the photos.That's was taken probably in the autumn of 1997, when I had 4 years old. It was a cloudy day.

I have a lot of  photograph of my chilhood, my dad used take a lot of pictures of me and my family, so we have a lot of beautiful moments captured in many albums.

A happy moment.

My favourite piece of technology

My most loved piece of technology is my cell phone, without it I can't even wake up every morning haha.

With the years the technology has evolved. Today we can do everything with them, like talk with your friend at the other side of the world by a video chat or order your favorite food at the door of your house, that's  amazing!

I got my first cellphone in 2003, at that time,  almost all I could do was call to my mom or play with an old-school game, the snake, that was an epic game. For my age and for that time, those things were cool things.

In this moment, I use my cell phone every second, like almost people in the world, to talk with my boyfriend or mom, to see the hour, to find a direction, to see the trendy TV program, to know about things of the university and to listen music. In conclusion, we use the cellphone for everything, this piece of technology replace many of the other electronic devices, like clocks, maps, TV, radio, mp3, landline, etc.

Why I like it? How would I not like it??! If it's beautiful, functional, it make my life easier, but it has a negative side, we have no privacy these days, even the smallest things we share with others, sometimes we can fight for the things we see on social networks.

If we don't have it, life would be so boring, or the life could be more relaxed, depend how you see the situation, because the advance of technology  has many good things, but also many bad things. However, without a cellphone we can't communicate whit other people, but this person can use their time in others things like reading a book, this is a bad part of the use of the technology, you can get away from your real life.

For me, life without a cell phone will be difficult, I depend a lot of it.

My dream job when I was a little girl

Since I have memory I like all the animals, so when I was a girl I wanted to become a veterinarian.
My mom never let me have a pet, for that reason I could only give love to the animals I saw on the street, like dogs and cats.
Later, when I grew up a bit more, I realized that this university career is not just about loving animals, it's about saving their lives.

It hurt me a lot that a small animal died in my hands, so I gave up on choosing that career in the future.

In the end, I decided at the last minute to follow my parents' recommendation to study chemistry and pharmacy, I dont really know if it will be the job of my dreams, but I hope I can find happiness working on this.

Hi Friends

Some things about me...

I'm Francisca González and I'm a chemistry and pharmacy student at the University of Chile. All my friends know me simply as Fran.

When I was at school, called "The Greenland School," I saw my sister and my brother how they studied chemistry and pharmacy, not knowing at that time that I was going to follow the same path as them.

I am an admirer of The Simpson and I know perfectly all the dialogues of each chapter of the series. I'm really a fan.

In the photo I show part of my collection of the Simpsons, I hope that one day it will be much bigger.

Cats are my weakness. Every time I see a cat anywhere, the first thing I think is to caress it. I would love to have many cats and be able to love them as much as I can.

A delicious meal is also one of my weaknesses, for example french fries, hamburgers, sushi, chinese food and I also enjoy vegetables a lot.

I am a person who prefers to be at home instead of partying, I enjoy a vacation in front of the sea and in tranquility with my family and the people that matter most to me.