English language challenges

My experience in English classes has been very good and entertaining. When I was in school, I hated having to learn English, and I think that's why I lost a lot of knowledge because I didn't pay attention to the class. Everything changed when I entered the university, I could have different teachers who taught me in different ways, and I understood that English is very easy to understand if you do it with motivation.

The blog system is very entertaining, especially in the pandemic (I never had English in person). It is interesting to read the posts of the other course mates, there are some that are very fun to read.

I honestly think there is always something to improve, especially when learning a new language. I think I have to practice more the verbs, I have to study more how to use them according to their verb tense, but I think there is something much more important that I have to put into practice and that is to TRUST IN MYSELF. Many times it has happened to me that I am afraid of making a mistake and making a fool of myself in class. I have to understand that we are all constantly learning and mistakes turn out to be a positive thing.

To finish, I use English for very small things, it helps me to understand things I see on the internet, like tiktok videos, movies, series, music, etc. But I know that in the future I want to travel to Canada so I can go see my family. I know that English will help me a lot to survive in that country.

Changes to my study programme

My experience in college has been very strange. I started my design degree in 2019 and the truth is that everything was going well until the social outbreak when everything had to stop. After that I never saw my classmates and professors again because of the pandemic. So, despite being almost four years studying, I still feel that I need more knowledge about my career. A lot was lost with online classes.

But if I had to make changes in terms of the curriculum and looking at the years I've been in the career, I think I would add more branches on sketching and preparation towards the technique of industrial development. I have seen that there are many electives focused on graphic design, but in the industrial area there is a little less development.

I think this is due to the pandemic, but if we go back to face-to-face classes next year, I would like to have more field trips. Although industrial design is developed more in objects and ergonomics, I think it would be useful for students to have knowledge after observing situations in the outside world and analyze other different realities.

And well, the infrastructure of the faculty has improved, for example the "titanic" building was remodeled and painted, on the other hand they fixed and modernized the mixed bathroom, but I think the faculty still needs other changes. I would like that FAU just have a place with green areas, where you can rest in a quiet and comfortable way. In addition, there are practical things that are not in the best condition, and I think money should be invested there, such as laser printers, some rooms in bad condition, etc.

Time travel to the future

How complicated it is to choose a time or a place to travel to the future. The truth is that time is relative and everything is uncertain, if we look at it from different perspectives, we are constantly living the present, the past and the future at the same time. 

If I start thinking about myself I would like to travel to the moment where I am 70 years old. Just out of curiosity. To know what I did in my life, what paths I took, what decisions marked a before and an after, if I will be accompanied by a big family or, on the contrary, if I will be alone.  But I think that knowing about all that would only ruin my current present, and my life would simply be meaningless because I would know everything that is going to happen.

 So, if I imagine myself in a fictional scenario, I would like to travel to a time where my current 21-year-old self can be alone with my 70-year-old self. It sounds strange and you may ask, why alone? Well, let me explain:

If I meet people close to the 70 year old Amanda it would be a HUGE SPOILER OF MY LIFE and that would be boring. NO thanks. I prefer to have a meeting where my future self can advise and guide me, but not really tell me what will happen. Maybe this way the uncertainty of what is to come will remain what it is, an uncertainty, but my attitude towards life will be in a different way, it will be certain and decisive. 

I hope that this encounter will last only a moment, maybe a couple of minutes and then I will return to my present. Because I know myself and I know that eventually a spoiler would slip out. I prefer something more dramatic, something like my future self telling me, "The treasure is in..." and PAM right at that moment back to the present.