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English at University.

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I had never liked the way in which English is implemented in this university. I fell that during all these years I have learned very little, it has not been something profitable for me, I want to be honest. I think we have to find a way in which this subject is less boring for everyone, because at least that´s what my friends and I feel. I even think I could learn English better by reading instead of attending classes. For example, the way I use English is usually reading books from differents subjects. When I had Systems Physiology a year ago, the bibliography was in english; now in Pharmaceutical Physicochemistry, the books are also in english. The use of blogs is one of the few things that I liked about this branch. I think this is a tool that helps us improve our grammar and learning, although I personally believe that I am missing to many things to learn. What I need to improve most is to learn to converse with another person in English, because in reading I have no major pro...
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Changes to the future.

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I think it´s important to make changes in the study programme, for example, "Quality Management", which was a fifth year subject, in the new programme this subject was implemented in fifth semester and did not give good results, so I think that this subject should be implemented again in the fifth year. I also think that there are subjects that should be added more hours of classroom and other subjects should be taken hours. My career is quite long, but I do not think it´s a bad thing, because if the career were shorter the workload and length of studies would increase too much, and these are already very high. How I just said the workload is quite high, but it seems good that is so, because in this way we will be more qualified professionals. The infrastructure of the faculty is a topic in which many improvements must be made. In first place the library is very small and there are few books, this makes it difficult to study. It would be good to make an extension in the l...
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My opinion...

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What is your opinion about having an exotic pet at home? Is an interesting topic to analyze, because exotic pets require special care, such as different food than usual or an environment adapted to the needs of the animal. People should be very careful with these types of pets, because they are very sensitive. I believe that people could have some kind of exotic pets in their homes, as long as these people are committed to giving them the greatest possible care and obviously pets can not be a danger to those who are nearby. What is your opinion about climate change? There has always been the discussion whether climate change exists or not, I think it does exists. Every time there are extreme weather phenomena, to mention some last year in Chile we had the warmest January in history, in fact in Santiago the maximum historical temperature was exceeded, at the same time other parts of the world suffered the worst floods of history. Therefore we must do something to stop climate c...
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The Simpsons.

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Hello, in this time I will talk about my favorite T.V serie. Like many people I love The Simpsons, this is my favorite T.V serie since I was a child, everything was thanks to my uncle, because he also saw them. The Simpsons are a middle-class family that lives in Springfield, composed for Homer, Marge, Lisa, Bart and Maggie. This serie was created by Matt Groening in 1989, and has been on the air since this year, but in recent years has been in decline; it is a very old serie. I consider myself a fan of The Simpsons, in fact with my friends we know the dialogues by heart and we always use them to talk, this is very entertaining, my friends and I am very funny. This serie has been very important in my life, it was one of the first I remember seeing, and even after so many years I still see it. I do not read comics or mangas, so they have not been relevant in my life. In general my family also like The Simpsons, except my grandfather because he says that Homer is very stupid (it´s t...
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Post graduates studies.

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I have been study chemistry and pharmacy for 3 years now and I would like to continue with some studies after graduating in this same University, because I think this is a greate place to continue my learning.  I feel that for me a Ph.D is not so necessary, because I do not want to devote myself to research, or that is what I think now. I plan to study a specialty of my career. The name of the program is professional degree specialized in clinical pharmacy and pharmaceutical care. In this specialty the pharmaceutical chemist in directly envolved in the therapeutic treatment of patients. Pharmaceutical chemist must work and collaborate together with the doctors.  Ideally, this course should be part-time, because this course is very expensive and I have to work to pay for it. The course costs around 4400 dollars per year, and lasts two years. In this course I will have subjects such as clinical pharmacy and pharmaceutical care in cardiology, nephrology and oncology. The ...
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My perfect job.

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Hello, the kind of job that I like to have is related to my career. I study Chemistry and Pharmacy and in the future I would like to work in a hospital. I imagine that is very different to work in a pharmacy, because work in pharmacy is monotonous, every day pharmaceutical chemist have to do the same. Working in a hospital is very different, because every day there are new situations that have to be solved in some way, and that makes it very entertaining. Working in a hospital is a indoor job, but it does not necessarily mean that you work in a enclosed place. It would be interesting to travel to others hospitals in Chile or another country of the world, to learns the systems they use in these hospitals and also to help improve these. I really don´t know how much they pay in hospital, but in general pharmaceutical chemists make enough money in all areas. All pharmaceuticals have the possibility to work in a hospital, but I would like to study a speciality called Clinical Pharmacy...
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The end of the searching?

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In my career nanotechnology is very important. Recently, a professor who is a pharmaceutical chemist (I study this career), through nanotechnology began looking for a cure for cancer. Using curcumin, that is the active principle of curcuma, he managed to destroy cancer cells, but unlike chemotherapy, curcumin does not destroy the good cells, but kills only the bad ones. I really like this topic, because I´m very interested in helping to take care of and improve the health of people. Felipe Oyarzún,  the professor who discovered this, worked with curcumin because all cancers start with inflammation, and curcuma has anti-inflammatory properties. The impact that this discovery could have is enormus, because it would mean the end of a search that lasted many years. It is a great contribution to the health of people, and it would also mean a great reduction in the costs of treatment, because only dose of curcumin is required. What I mentioned above are great advantages, and to this...
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