A teacher or maybe a... ?

You should be wondering about the title and the answer is in my friend who I interviewed. Mariana use to study our career, actually she just studied one semester but she regret because being a language teacher did not fullfill her expectations. She loves languages, but she said that in our career what you see the most is the Pedagogy and both languages are not so demanding as they will have to be.

I asked her if she would like to teach literature someday here in Colombia and she said no, because here we are mired in terms of education and if we want to evolve we would have to make a big effort to change. Other of the reasons why she would like to work out of here, is because she thinks that english is a big tool for what she's going to work on. I asked if she would like to work as a teacher who teaches Literature but she's not sure about that, "Could be a posibility, I shall think it" Said mariana. 

Mariana considers that being a teacher is something quite difficult because you have to deal with the knowledge of many people, and in your hands is their learning and you´re the one who decides to change it...that's her main doubt about being a teacher, but she thinks that at least she could try it.

Time for you to answer...

1. Does the government give more importance to pedagogy than languages ? why ?

2. Is difficult to teach under Colombian rules or statements ? why ?

3. Do you consider that our career focus more in pedagogy than languages

Les Choristes

When we talk about changin other people's life we need to reffer to a movie like this. Les choristes is that kind of movie that inmediatley with the face of sadness of Pepinot (One of the main characters) touches your heart and obviously all those kids who belong to that school have a story to tell, one is more sad than the other and there is where you know they need a change.
I feel really identyfied with "Clement Mathieu", the teacher who do the impossible just for the benefit of others; Others who just want to sleep, smoke, play or maybe have a family. His method to change their minds and way of living is the music and I think that I can go further than that because I have so many 'tools' to turn someone bad into a person full of knowledge and values, just as clement did and I hope to make them rise as much as I can, not only in languages but also in a social context because no one prepares you fro society and how hard is to fight against it.
Is really complex to understand the students thoughts and this movie is the perfect example, because you will have to face the reallity and try to take advantage of it as much as you can because every student is a different experience that will make you learn how good or bad you are, but for students you will be both because for them everything is a matter of opinion, you are theone who can change that.
I invite you people to watch the movie and think if you would like to turn into a life changer or just a teacher.


1. How could you change someone's life ?
2. As a teacher do you think is necessary to change the life of someone, even his/her thoughts? why?
3. The school of nowadays needs a transformation in general terms, how would you make it "better" to overcome those obstacles ?

...About a Teacher

Jesus Angel Castro despite being a teacher who works everyday for the benefit of his students is the person that gave me the inspiration and motivation to learn a second language. He is my uncle and as you already know a teacher, a really good one, who believes in education and also in the students, that's why he try to give the best for making them rise not only as a student, but also as people who can respect, love and share what they feel important.
Just as me,his biggest dream was being a teacher, because he consider that making the difference is not enough but maybe is the correct thing. he use to work as a teacher but he decided to expand his vision as a proffesional and now he is something more than a teacher, he is that guy who you can trust your knowledge..."Trust the knowledge to a teacher is something even better that you can imagine, because we try to guide the students with what they know but filling some blanks with effort, dedication and something of passion for what you do".
"Not alyways will be easy to teach, some people are afraid of learning but you can't surrender, you have to fight until the very end and try to find a way to make easier the learning for every kind of person". Those are some of his words...
He is happy for what he does and he will be proud of it until he feels that teaching is useless, something that will never happen.
 By the way he likes cake as much as I do!

That's him, the person that I talk you about, a really smart and lovely guy.

Essay about the song

Education By pearl jam is a song about someone who finds unconfortable with education system that  we have nowadays because government is always giving you less from that you expect and they will always make something but for their own benefit, and I in agreement with the lyrics because education is not a matter of importance in so many countries. When I was in high school I felt just exactly like the song because my teachers use to worry about everything but academical things. 
I know this song since I was in seventh grade, just the time that i felt that my teacher did not fullfill my necesities and that is the main reason why I feel really identified with the song.
Music happens to be one of the biggest influence in shool because most of the singers try to express how they feel about it in their songs and in the other hand school is also a big influence in music because people can develop it as a career, use it to express how they feel and more.
I really like alejandra´s song (Jeremy By Pearl Jam) because it makes me think in all kind of situations I will have to deal when I become a teacher, but help my students is my first job as a teacher.

Questions....

Do you agree with the song? why ?

Can music increase quality of education? how ?

Is the song related with the situation of colombia ? why ?

Here's the song if You want to listen to it...