Ok the same dynamic of each semester, and like all the other semesters I don’t know how to start it.

I think I’ll start with my opinion about this semester, in general I felt that this semester was very fast, I literally feel that a couple of weeks ago we were doing the first papers and exams, but I don’t think it was because we were having fun, more because this semester there were more papers and presentations than written exams (I don’t have any problem with that). But I think it was a good decision, because it must be difficult for teachers to inform a group of students as they are this semester, because not many were connected to classes (I try to connect every day and they are always the same) so in general it’ s fine.

Regarding my goals, not much to say in general I think I did well, I tried to pay attention in class, I attended most of them, I did my work on time, but there was only one problem that ruined my experience and that was my midterm grade this semester, especially my speaking grade which I remember I got a 2.5 final grade, I’m not ashamed or afraid to say it because it was my mistake and the first thing you always do is to accept the mistakes, the problem was the following, for that oral test I felt confident, I practiced several times before the test, my problem was that the day of the test the stars aligned and everything happened to me.

first, that day I had a big headache (so much so that I was taking medication and it went away after 2 days)
Secondly, I died of nervousness, this was because I was not practicing my English with anyone for a long time and also my partner was Gustavo Flaño (who I consider my friend) but he has a great level in English and I felt diminished.

Thirdly, the topics I was asked during the test I didn’t know very well.

All those factors together created the worst day of the year with no doubts. and I’m afraid I’ll repeat this year for the same reason, so please if a teacher is reading this I hope they will have patience or something and help me, as I feel that I really tried hard this semester and I can’t afford to fail another year.

I hope I can keep going and that the pandemic will soon be over.

Bye-bye

This is the original video:

Personal reflection:

The video is about how to identify yourself by testing, whether you are an introvert, an extrovert or an ambivalent, it is the first time I hear or read that word. The video shows in a quite good way some of the characteristics of each type of personality, for example if you like to be at home (introvert) or to go out to meet people (extrovert). I think it’s very cool that these videos exist that explain or unravel the way you are, since I have always considered myself as an introvert although with extrovert reasons and I considered myself like that because I am very shy when it comes to expressing my ideas to people I don’t know very well or that I don’t feel comfortable in that situation. With this video I could notice that I could be considered as an ambivalent because people who really know me do not consider me as an introvert. So I can conclude that the personality of a person is very difficult to decipher completely. (173 words)

Activity:
The activity consists of watching the video and then searching online for a document or interesting post that talks about this topic and explaining why you chose it.

Summary podcast 1
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/06/907600190/introverts-versus-extroverts-how-different-personalities-have-handled-the-pandem

Lulu Garcia begins the theme saying that we have already been in quarantine for half a year inside our homes, she mentions several people who identify themselves as extroverts.

In general, the whole podcast talks about how people who were extroverted got through the confinement, what their behaviours were and what they did in their free time, although people who were introverted also participate.

Summary podcast 2
https://www.npr.org/2017/12/11/569983801/how-labels-can-affect-peoples-personalities-and-potential

The main topic of the podcast is a bit mystical I would say, as it talks about children born in the year of the dragon (in the Chinese zoodiac), it is said that these children will have great lives with respect to their studies and their luck in life.

Throughout the podcast we talk about Han yu a student who was born in the year of the dragon, telling about his achievements and goals that he has met even at his young age. Well, at the end of the podcast we conclude that all this is a matter of faith, because according to studies and statistics, they do not reflect that children born in the year of the dragon were not more intelligent than others, but everything depends on the people who believe in these things, as the parents of Han yu who believed that their son still had a great way ahead.

(We are in the year of the rat)

Summary podcast 3
https://www.npr.org/2020/05/20/859713746/optimism-is-it-a-personality-trait-or-could-people-possibly-learn-it

This podcast has optimism as its main theme, it talks about a fairly large group whose main objective is to be optimistic but they also talk about how the leader or someone important in this group sometimes feels hopeless or tired of always being positive. So it can be said that even the most optimistic can lower their spirits, that no person can keep an image for so long, since we are all human.

Personal comment (podcast 2)

Podcast number 2 talks about how according to Chinese culture children born in the year of the dragon will have better lives than others, well personally I consider myself a skeptic to this kind of thinking, I respect people who believe in something but I personally don’t have a figure to believe in, but I think this topic may be true in a certain sense, since this belief of the dragon children is highly based on the faith that the child has and how social and family pressure affects the child making the child work harder in their studies. So I believe that anyone can trust themselves and believe (in a sense), a child born in the year of the dragon in order to gain confidence to face what is coming.
I think it’s a good technique when you are studying and moving forward. (154 words)

This link talk about optimism 😉

https://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-82712014000300015#:~:text=Optimism%20can%20be%20defined%20as,Scheier%20%26%20Carver%2C%201985).