Reflection about this semester

Ending this semester, I can say it was a good first half of the year. I passed all my subjects and I am ready to start my eighth semester on journalism career. On this months I learned new multimedia tools, necessary to adapt to modern journalism. We also had a class where we made a TV program, with TV host, cameras, lights, a set, guests and all that it means. Fortunately the teacher was happy with the result and all of us had a good note.

Also, since March I am making an investigation with my partner and girlfriend. Is a big one, in fact, it lasts all year, but we made a great team and our teacher guide gave us a good qualification.
This semester was divided by a students movilization, this meant almost two months without class, since May until July. I did not participate much on this and I took this period to see the America's Cup and rest before returning to classes. On the last month We finished all the subjects and was a lot of stress in a minute. Now I have two weeks between the first and second semester.
My reflection is that both inside and outside the university have been a good semester, with my independent work, good news, good company and projections for the future. And the most important, growing as a persons and a journalism student.

"Finally"

The first words of one of the most famous Chilean sports journalist was "Finally, finally". I think that this short expressions reflected a feeling of everybody in this country.

Personally I lived the America's Cup intensely, I tried to see all the matches but for strong reasons I missed two of them. In a beggining I had many expectations about the performance of Chilean Team, but I didn't like how they played the first games, so I started to think that again We would not get the cup.

I saw al the matches in my house, but with different people. Nevertheless always with my dad and virtually with my brother, because he was on Europe. As Chile exceeded stages, the ilussion grew. Normally I don't enjoy so much with the National team, but this time I have to confess that it meant for me a big joy.

The final game was unforgetabble. To me, Argentina was the favourite to win the cup and this last match I felt interminable. Finally, We won on penaltys and all the people of the country went out to celebrate. My friends and I did the same thing, on a car We played the horn and wave the flag of Chile.       

I considered myself a big fan of football, and I feel lucky living all this moments. On ninety nine years We had never won something on this sport, and now I can watch and enjoy until the smallest detail. Like the famoust sport journalist say: ¡Finally!  

¿Green or not?

This topic causes doubts on me. On the one hand I alway have been respectful with little customs like don't throw the garaje to the floor or burn it and to generate a lot of smoke, but I think that I never have never done something meaningful about it. 

In the last years my dad started to recycling. In a corner on the kitchen we collect different types of packing, cartons, bags, tins, between others and every two or three weeks he goes to the "Green Point" located . By myself, I worry to close the key of the water, turn off the lights and the whater heater when are not used. The same way I do with telephone charger,.   

Nevertheless, also I have bad practices for the environment. For example, in my house we have a wood stove, but we try to don't use it too much, because it's known the damage that they do. Also exist other daily practices like use spray deodorant or gas for cooking.

Sometimes I think about global problems in this respect and off course that one does not agree with practices like hunting or the big industrial contamination, and personally I prefer live in a green area with a lot of threes and natural landscape instead of a city, but I believe that to be considered a "Green Person" you have to do more than that and prove it with important actions. So, though I do little actions in favour of environment, it might not consider me one of them.