In general, I like this activity mainly because it’s entertainment  and gives us some freedom to write what we want. Not just in free posts, in the others we have the space to express too. This is good for the reason that it’s easier talk about us, for example tell what we like or something that we know. Also like I say before it’s funny (even more than other activities we do to progress in languages) for the same reason. The topics were fine to me. I didn't have problems with anyone, except with the second. To try to choose a person on my field that I admire it was very difficult because I’m on my first year so I know just a few things.

Well, about what I feel, I don’t know how much my skills have developed, but I’m sure that I’m better. Now, I know more vocabulary and can express written ideas with less difficulty. Also, writing the posts I learned about things I like.

Being honest, nothing comes to my mind to include in the blogs. I think it’s fine of this way.

I would like to write about my favorite books, an interesting and funny anecdote or a movie, but we can make this in free posts so it isn't necessary.

I don’t have a favorite subject; I just like some contents that we have learned in different classes. Anyway, the subject I like the most is Biology (but I’m not sure, Anthropology I, makes me doubt). The class doesn’t have anything special; the teacher stands in front of the class and talks about the contents that we have to learn and asks some questions to the students. Also, periodically we have seminars, once or twice a month. In those seminars we are evaluated. Before the seminars, we have to read texts in English and after the test we talk about the texts.

The main contents that we have learned are: Characteristics of living beings, Cell Biology, Ecology (Ecology also involves: population, ecosystem, relations between organisms, among others) and Genetics (central dogma of Molecular Biology, Mendel's discoveries, genetic diseases, etc.). The last content of the subject is Evolution, but we haven't studied that content yet.

I like this subject because I think it’s interesting. The things that we can learn are many. I have to say that to me is a little weird to say this because in the school I enjoyed humanistic subjects. Though I liked Biology, my grades weren’t very good. By the way, in that time I tried to avoid the rest of the sciences.

Today I'm going to talk about one of my favorite movies. It is called "Dead Poets Society". This film is directed by Peter Weir and starring by Robin Williams (he has worked in other famous films like "Patch Adams" or "Jumanji").

The story is about seven adolescents. They study at Welton Academy, a very rigorous, conservative and aristocratic school.  All of them are destined to be professionals like lawyers, doctors or engineers (being realistic, this is what they parents want). Everything changes when a new English teacher, called John Keating, arrives to Welton Academy. His teaching methods are different. He tries to make them think for themselves. There are many other things too, but this is the most important.

I won’t talk more about the story. I’m going to focus in the importance of literature in this film, principally, poetry. In every important moment there is an allusion to a poem. Here, literature is a way to express what we feel or think. It connects us with what we are. To mention an example, there’s a scene where the students have to show their homework (it consisted in to make a poem). The teacher asks to the shy guy of the class to shows his creation. He can’t do it, because he doesn’t have one. So, the teacher tells him to stand in the front of the class and orders him to creates on the spot. After a very uncomfortable moment, he tries and does it. It was wonderful.

To finish, I leave here what he creates:

I close my eyes and this image floats beside me

The sweaty-toothed madman with a stare that pounds my brains

His hands reach out and choke me

And all the time he’s mumbling

Truth, like a blanket that always leaves your feet cold.

You push it, stretch it, it will never be enough

Kick it beat it, it will never cover any of us.

From the moment we enter crying, to the moment we leave dying,

it will just cover your face

as you wail and cry and scream.”