So, this course...

I hope I don’t fail the course for saying this, but I have never liked the English program. It is not because I don’t like the language, it’s not because I think teachers are bad, It’s not because I don’t think it’s useful; I don’t like it because I don’t think it works. It’s sad, but I have never thought that a language (any language) course will have good results if it’s once a week, for three hours. Or maybe it will, but only if it lasts for a year or more, not twelve or something classes. Again, it’s not because of the course itself, I think the problem is that it’s a mandatory course for every student. For this reason, I think, the four levels must be done in, at maximum, the four years of the career; it’s not seen as a language course, or something useful (and I think it is, at least in vocabulary, for me), it’s just a formality, needed to get your degree. If you enter in level 1, sure it will help you, but in level 4… I don’t know, it’s good practice, but I don’t know what more you can learn…
About blogs, I think they're great. Writing in school (at least my school) was incredibly boring, and nobody wanted to do it, myself included. This is good: interesting topics and not too long, is a good way to practice without getting tired or bored.

I think that what I need the most for improving my English is vocabulary. I often find myself trying to find the words I need to express what I want, and use to change part of the sentence to avoid the need of the word I couldn’t find. In writing I think I could improve in punctuation, but I don’t really know how; I usually try to use the same rules that exist in Spanish, but sometimes they are wrong, and I sure don’t want to learn a whole new set of them.

In my life there is actually a lot of English, but not for expressing myself. I like to play games, listen to music and watch movies and TV shows in English, so I’m always receiving and understanding English, but I talk and write only in classes. Or when I’m helping somebody with their homework.

I hope I don't fail for saying what I said...

This post was edited to add something about blogs. I forgot to talk about it, sorry!

So, this year...

I hate “new year evaluations”.  Or “last year evaluations”? Bah, nevermind. They are often depressing, making you think about all the stupid things you did and the smart things you did not, but should have done. I have always thought that if you want to think about consequences and possibilities, you should do so BEFORE making a decision, thinking after that is no good. It’s like buying something; you don’t go and see its price a week after you buy it, because it will be probably cheaper then. I’m not the only one, right?

However, this year has been pretty calm for me. There have been only two really big changes in my life: in March I moved in to my grandmother’s house, and have been living there all these months. It was weird at the beginning, but a couple weeks later it was my home. Well, it was my home, back when I was 4 years old, until I was 10 or 11. Now, 10 years later, it actually feels pretty much the same. I guess my grandma is one of the reasons for that.

The other very important thing is that my family got bigger. No, there were no babies, at least not humans: in May (I think…) my girlfriend and my found a puppy trying to eat garbage in the street, but the other dogs wouldn’t let her get close to food. When she saw us, she walked to us and sat on my girlfriend’s foot. From that moment, I have a dog.

I actually think that my life is pretty boring, and I can prove it with this: there are actually no other important events this year that I can think about. I’m not saying that there haven’t been any bad things, but if I don’t remember, they weren’t very important. At this point, thinking about what’s left of 2013, I can only think about doing well in my final exams, and the 16 hours a day of sleep I want to enjoy in January.

Oh, and a Nintendo 3DS. I will buy myself a 3DS as my Christmas gift.

No picture today, I don't know what I can show you. If I find something, I'll edit this post.