Sir Ken Robinson and the continuity of the main trouble in worldwide education

This Monday we had the opportunity of listening Sir Ken Robinson and his ideas about the occidental educational system. He’s a man who has dedicated his entire professional life to study the educational system from inside and, obviously, he have peculiar perspectives about it.

I think the most interesting argument that he introduce is the way how education progressively kills the development of the talents in the children. The skills that are not related with the logical-mathematical intelligence are gradually underestimated and it seem like the educational system sees it like a menace. Talents related with art go to a secondary place and, in the best of cases, are seen as mere hobbies, so the children don’t have the chance to develop them in a professional way. In my opinion, this is the reason of the existence of bitter and frustrated adults and we can see them around every day, unhappy with their jobs and their choices of life.

I see my little baby girl sleeping right now and I think that I don’t want a bitter future for her. And then I think that she’s in the actual educational system already, growing in a context that transmit her the importance of the professional success related to the material or monetary success, killing any kind of interest in another area of human development, like arts or culture. How can parents struggle with this system? How can I teach her that success must be related with her own interests, independently of the monetary reward that it may have? It’s a difficult fight, but it’s possible, promoting her talents every day, showing her that life is not just about consume or have money, but it's about being happy with our choices of life, whatever they are.

Well, I hope you have thought about these topics, because every one of us is responsible of our future, building a healthy and fair society.

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Have a great week!

Panic disorder

Last week I had to do something I don’t like to do at all: present a topic in public. An important part of my problem with presentations in front of other people is related with my undeniable tendency to dispersion and the other part is the worst: my panic disorder. 

Basically, panic disorder is part of the spectrum of anxiety disorder, characterized by recurring grave panic attacks. These attacks are series of intense episodes of extreme anxiety that can wax and wane for period of hours and intensity. The common symptoms related with these attacks are almost the same of heart attacks: tachycardia, perspiration, dizziness, dyspnea, trembling, etc. During panic attack, the person feels an uncontrollable fear, which may be related to fear of losing control and going crazy or fear of dying. All these symptoms are commonly accompanied by thoughts of impending doom.

This disorder can include significant behavioral changes related with concern about having other attacks in any place or any circumstance. It can be a potentially disabling disorder, but at present can be controlled and successfully treated.

As I said before, I chose this topic because I’m one of those who suffer panic disorder and it’s important to me show you what their scope are, how this disorder affects people´s life and how devastating it can be under certain circumstances. I suffer panic disorder since seven years ago and I have crossed ups and downs with very critical periods until now. A I mentioned last week, I feel fine today, but I don’t know what will happen tomorrow, because this disorder is very unpredictable.

Every time when I present in front of an audience, I feel stressed and nervous. Sometimes I talk very quickly, and in other occasions I just ramble around the topic I’m speaking. I think I must work hard every day to overcome these obstacles.

Well, sorry for the extended post.

See you! :) 

Santiago alienated

Santiago of Chile is a grey city. Every morning, when I go to the University, I see the angry, unfriendly and bitter people’s faces and that deeply shocks me. How did we get this? How can we change it? I believe it’s a work of all of us make this city a better place every day. Actions like greet people smiling are very healthy for our society, because I think that we don’t share much with others, we are so individualistic that we don’t care very much about the people who is in our side when we don’t know them. We can change this fact just changing our attitude, choosing a positive and kind perspective of the world.

What I like the most from Santiago is the variety of places that we can visit. Have an historic tour, an entertaining tour, or a culinary tour is very pleasant and you have too many possibilities in the city and surrounding. Probably, Santiago is the noisiest place that I ever lived, but you can retire to other beautiful places to get some peace, like Buddhist temples located in Providencia or beautiful parks like the Quinta Normal, Japanese Park of Hill San Cristóbal, Sculptures Park, etc. I think that some visitors want to discover this syncretism of Santiago in every way.

This city is an example of the alienated life that we are carrying, but we have the opportunity of change this every day, having forged a reconnection with ourselves and the people around us.

Free your mind

I think talking about dreams it’s very difficult, because it’s not easy to choose just a few of them and, furthermore, I’m very unpredictable, so my decisions change all the time.But let’s talk about present: nowadays, I have think about go away from the city and live in countryside. This dream appeared in my last outing in the south (I went to Los Angeles when I was on vacation) and it’s an aim I really want to fulfill, not just for my well-being, but for my baby girl too. The absence of noises, the starry sky and the pure air are examples of things I want to incorporate to my daily life.


Country is a place where you can live in regular calmness, enjoying your relationship with nature in every way, establishing brand new perspectives about the society and world in general, and making your life better and healthier. When you have interior peace, you can transmit it to the other people. I’m not talking about a solitaire life; I mean that we will prepare to build a better society in cooperation with others only when we develop tolerance and respect. My opinion is that we could achieve that level of community when we are in peace with ourselves. In my case, I’ll do that in a place that comforts me.


By now, that’s all.


Remember: dreams are the engine of our life.


Post you comments, suggestions and complaints below :)


See you! 

The music of memories

About three days ago, an incident makes me remember a song. One of my best friends went out with a girl that he “maybe” likes (in his own words) and I joked about that situation for a while with him (sincerely, I’m still doing it :P). We laughed a lot and then I recalled this song of Jarabe de Palo called Agua, and I used it to joke with the occasion.

I knew this song in 1998 (more or less), when I was in school, because my friends heard their music. Jarabe de Palo is a Spanish group of rock and pop, and they have many famous songs. Maybe their best known song is one called Depende. They mix many rhythms and their beats are relaxing. I enjoy listening to them when I’m studying.

This song, Agua, talks about a person who falls in love with his friend and simulates a letter written to her or him. The lyric is metaphorical, and configures an allegory of a man who is thirsty and he can’t drink the water, even when it is in front of him, because it is forbidden. The video is very beautiful and calming, Jarabe de Palo likes to use contrast in their video clips and that gives a particular seal to their performance.

I think that my music preferences are very eclectic and although I prefer rock music (especially heavy metal), I enjoy calming music that mixes various styles.

Well, I put the video of the song below. Enjoy it! 

Being mother and not die trying

Did I tell you I’m married? Yes, I am, since five years ago. It sounds crazy, but I was 22 years old when I decided to do it, after another 5 years of engagement.

When I was 24 years old, I gave birth to a little and beautiful baby girl: my Helena. Actually, she’s 3 years old and it’s really amazing to see how she’s growing up day after day. She’s very smart, sweet and gorgeous. What I like the most is her social skills, how she get along with other people, without shyness. She’s really, really adorable.

The work of being mother it’s absolutely not easy, especially when we don’t have time enough to be there every moment the children need us. But there’s one thing we can do all the time: give love. With love, the children grow up secure and determined, and in moments when they feel overwhelmed, they can know they have people who love them unconditionally.

Well, after that thought, I’ll continue showing a photo of my Helena to you.

I took this picture in our home some days ago (maybe one week or more), at bed time. She’s in jams (pajamas), with her favorite shirt. I guess all the photos of my daughter are special to me, but I like this one because of her beautiful, shiny and long hair. When I see this picture I feel she seems to be older… Just an impression, of course! :P

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Have a nice day J

Why do I like Twitter?

All the social websites are very interesting, I think there’s no doubt about it. You can write what you’re thinking and doing every time, but I guess there’s not a single website like Twitter and that’s because a very simple reason: Twitter is the most directly and transparently social web.

I mean, you can write what you think about any kind of topic and everyone can read it, can debate with you or spread your comments to their followers. Further, in my case, I enjoy writing what I think about politicians and let them know it, even if they –in fact- don’t read it. There’s a sensation of symmetric relationship with them that we don’t have in another websites.

I spend very much time twitting, I know it, but there’s something about the general social webs I think too: they’re dangerous. I’m not a paranoid person, nevertheless, I think that our information is unsecure if we aren’t careful with it. That’s why I recommend you to get your personal data (like e-mails, phone numbers, address) out of the eyes of strangers, because we don’t know who can be in the other side of the net.

Take care, guys. Watch out when you’re surfing on the Internet.

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Good luck!

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