My academic year

Academically, this year has been too much complex to me. The first term was an excellent part of the year, in all the ways. I had subjects that I loved greatly, so I dedicated all my time and my effort to get a good performance in them. Some examples oh those subjects are Interpersonal Communication. The man who teaches it is Osvaldo Corrales, a really, really good teacher. Actually, one of the most important reasons to love this subject is the high qualities of Corrales.

Interpersonal Communication is a subject that rubs with the studies of psychology and I have to confess that psychology was a powerful alternative before choosing the journalism career. The aspect of that course that makes me happier and let me more satisfied is that I could pass the subject without taking the last exams.

Then, there was another subject that I really enjoyed: Oral and Corporal Expression (In Spanish: Expresión oral y corporal). In this course we learned about tools to keep a correct corporal position, a better modulation, speaking and finally we improve the way of displacing and walking. All of that could be maybe some of the most important tools to be an upright journalist. So it was a really and interesting subject.

Finally, the first term of this year, I created a new project called “Aficción”. That should be the best of the term. Aficción is a podcast (a kind of radial show, but recorded) in which Carlos Andueza and me talk about the actuality and different topics related with the fiction (in Spanish, fiction is “ficción), it means, we talk about Cinema, Literature, TV series, comics, theatre and a lot of more cultural products. This podcast used to be a project that I wanted to start a lot of time ago and here, in Santiago, in the university, I found the perfect partner to do it: Carlos Andueza.

Today, the present term, Aficción has become a radial show, broadcasted by the JGM radio, in the signal 104.5 F.M. Also, we are working in a new step to the project: an e-zine called www.aficcion.cl , in which we are going to write about the same subjects of the podcast. We are with a lot of enthusiasm and energy, thinking in Aficcón.

The only sad aspect of the year is related with this subject: English. The English is an idiom, as all we know, fundamental in the actual society. I even used to enjoy practicing the English, but this year (in both terms) I have to say that my experience with the english class in the university has not been the best. I mean, the both teachers are really good, the classes are interesting, but this university and its inability to do the paperwork right, announced too late for the presence of this subject, so I could not prepare ahead of time the organizing of my calendar.

That´s the reason for what I couldn´t make my best performance in this English class. I like the English but, I know, I could do it better.