Post 6 Postgraduate studies

Write about a postgraduate course that you would consider taking in the future.
Include:

- Reasons to do the course
- Subject(s) you would like to study
- Where you would like to study (Chile or abroad)
- How you would like to study (distance learning, blended system, part-time course, etc)
-What advice can you give to other students who want to study a postgraduate course?
- Any other relevant ideas

- Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts + a comment on your teacher's post.

- Word Count: 220 words

SAMPLE

This is a difficult question, but I think I'd like to study a doctorate in English Literature. I'd like to do this because I love reading poetry and narrative in English and it's far more interesting than teaching English as a Second Language. I would like to become an expert in this field so I can teach about English literature and its history to students from other countries, as well as language skills. Of course, I'd like to study this in some university in the UK or the States, not a really famous one, because they're so expensive, but a good public one. I'd have to apply early on and start saving money for the trip and expenses. I could also get a scholarship teaching Spanish to help me finance my studies.
Students should research a lot before applying to a university. There are many things that need to be considered: fees, travel expenses, scholarships, accomodations. You are going to live in another country for at least 5 or 6 years.
I like going to class and talking to my professor and my classmates face-to-face so I won't take a distance learning course. Too much internet for me! I'll probably work as well so maybe I should take a part-time course. I don't know yet. Well, I'm going to keep on looking. Wish me luck!

LEVEL 4 - Post 5: My Future Job (week 7)

- What kind of job would you like to have? How do you imagine it?

- Outdoors /indoors?

- Would you like to travel a lot in your job?

- What about the salary?

- What major are you studying / are you thinking of taking?    Explain why

- Add any other related ideas.

- Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts + a comment on your teacher's post.

I'd love to have a permanent job teaching English at a major university. I'd like to have some kind of creative position where I could design new materials for teachers to use in their classrooms. I'd like to help teams of teachers to achieve the best results with their students that way. I'm comfortable working in an office, although I love to take my students on field trips around the city as a great learning opportunity. If I have the chance I'll probably take a course in designing resources for the classroom. I also like to explore how technology can help the learning process, so I'd like to apply many kinds of software for students to create their own products in English. 

- Word Count: 210 words

Post N°4 Free themed blog: Amazing advances in my career (chemistry, biochemistry or pharmacy)

You have to write a blog post regarding recent or historical advances in your career. Make sure to talk about:

• name and describe the discovery, invention or advance in knowledge or technology
• identify the people behind this advance (scientists, chemists, pharmacists, etc.)
• say when and where it happened
• describe the changes it brought or might bring
• describe one positive and one negative consequence
• give your personal opinion about this advancement.
• upload a picture.

SAMPLE:

I'd like to talk to you about matches. Yes, these simple objects that help us light the cooker or a cigarette didn't exist until 1826. So imagine how difficult it was to procure fire before that time. John Walker is the name of the pharmacist who discovered matches by accident. He noticed a dried lump on the end of a stick while he was stirring some chemicals. The lump ignited when he tried to scrape it off. He could start a fire by striking the stick anywhere!These were the first friction matches. The chemicals he used were antimony sulphide, potassium chlorate, gum, and starch.
Walker marketed the first friction matches as “Friction Lights” and sold them at his pharmacy. The initial matches were made of cardboard but he soon replaced those with three-inch long hand-cut wooden splints; the matches came in a box equipped with a piece of sandpaper for striking. Walker's friction match revolutionised the production, application and the portability of fire because, before matches, producing fire was a slow process and you needed an appropiate space to make one. But now you could carry your matches anywhere and have an easy and quick way to light a fire, instead of using a fire-drill which is very slow and laborious.

The first matches could be pretty dangerous. First of all because they could easily self-ignite and second, they were made from dangerous chemical compounds like white phosphorus.
Replacements for white phosphorus matches were safety matches that were devised Swede Gustaf Erik Pasch and Johan Edvard Lundström. By utilizing red phosphorus only on the igniting surface, the matches itself were made perfectly safe for environment and health.

I think that matches are a great invention. They are cheap, easy to use and pretty safe, although some brands aren't so good and the match breaks or little chips of lighted sulphur jump out and can burn your clothes. Another bad thing is that they can't get wet or they'll be useless. All in all, matches are very useful in your every day life. I wouldn't know what to do without them.