A photograph that I like

This photograph was taken by a friend in the army. On it, I am bathing a dog that I adopted when I was in the army, he was my companion, I found him on a weekend in which I was sitting alone somewhere and right at that moment he stepped in front of me. He was very skinny but he was very intelligent and protective, I had the possibility to stay with him in the battalion where I was working. This photograph was taken about 6 years ago, when I was in the army. I like it because this dog was a great friend, his name is Manolo, i never saw him again, he stayed in that battalion where I wasn´t his only friend, everyone loved him very much, every time he went to visit this Place, they spoke very well of him. They told me that he was in an area that I could not access, but there he lived very happy. This kept me quiet, so I could let it go, despite loving it a lot.

My three favorite movies

Arrival

the last movie i saw, was in the cinema the last year, its name is "arrival". this movie has become one of my favorite films, since it talks about of a very interesting topic for me: the comunication between diferents cultures.

The plot talk about of two Scientists who make contact with two seven-limbed aliens, whom they call "heptapods"

These people do not know how to communicate with them. For this reason they must teach their language to the aliens, to know what they want from humans.

My favorite scene is when they discover that aliens want to teach humans a new form of communication that will change the whole world. This makes a lot of sense to me since Sapir-Whorf said that language determines the way people think.

Interrestelar

The first time i saw this movie was about 3 years ago. I liked it so much that i could not avoid going to see it to the cinema more than twice. It's been a long time and maybe if I saw it again it would have a new meaning for me. At that time, it made me understand about the importance of caring about our planet and our responsibility to become aware of our social and economic reality. The salvation of our species is only possible through the union and sacrifice of our most selfish interests.

The plot of this movie is situated in a fictitious future. Joseph Cooper is an experienced engineer and pilot who works together with his two children in his own farm where to cultivate is increasingly difficult due to the destruction of the planet. This endangers the existence of humanity. Cooper discovers a place where some scientists are trying to take a human species to another planet through a wormhole.

Cooper is chosen to direct the mission, which becomes a difficult decision since this endangers his life. He will have to choose between his family and the future of humanity. This is a very well made film with a very complex scientific language that it is difficult for me to understand, but it is worth making this effort since it conveys a very pleasant message about the meaning of life seen from the perspective of science. The most significant scene was when Cooper reviewed the messages his children left him for 23 years. He discovers that the relativity of time has made him lose his family, is a very sad scene and reflects the sacrifice of this character.

Machuca

I saw this movie for the first time in 2015. At that time someone was talking about Chilean cinema and how some movies portray the history of Chile before the dictatorship. Machuca is a film that shows two sides of society. on one hand side reflects the reality of poor people who seek better opportunities and equal rights and on the other hand shows the prejudices and rejection of the elite towards the most vulnerable population. This film tells the story of Gonzalo Infante a boy who studies in Saint Patrick's, a school whose students come from the upper class and Pedro Machuca a boy who lives in a very poor area. Both become friends and to know through their friendship the worlds from which they come.

The coup d'etat of 11 of September of 1973, generates a break in the relation of these friends. the adminitration of Saint Patrick's is handed over to the Chilean Army, The priest McEnroe is dismissed, ending with his idea of integrating students of various social classes into one school.

I really like this movie because it shows how the dictatorship impact in a very violent way to Chilean society, in this case the gap between social classes became much broader, this movie shows very well these facts for people like me that we do not know much Well the history of chile.

Presentation

Hi, my name is Cristian Andres Mejia, but I prefer to be called a "Andres"

I would like to discuss about how a human being learns a new language to communicate, making a discussion from psychology. Anthropology, sociology and of course linguistics this semester.

My favourite piece of technology

The computer is a very important piece of technology for everyday life. With this artifact are developed millions of very important activities for the contemporary life; For example, this gadget can help you to maintain communication with friends and family, so you can get any information. it has all the tools people need for their work or their personal life, also for their entertainment.

My computer is five years old, I did not need it at that time, I wanted to use a stereo, but I thought it would be better to have a piece of technology that can play music and many things, so I decided to buy a computer, watch movies, listen to music And the most important thing: to do papers at the university.

It is true that this tool helps me a lot for my daily life, however I imagine a calmer life without it. I think having access to so much information makes it difficult to live life in a slower way. But in the world where I live having a computer is necessary to know the world better and know where to go to find a good way of life.

Thanks to this artifact I can do the projects that I propose every day, if I did not have it, my life would be very different, my interests would be others, on the one hand, I would not be able to study the career that I study. I think a computer makes life very different; You can even live without a cell phone, but if you do not have a computer, it would be better to live a quiet country life, although this would also be good for me but not for now.

My biography

My name is cristian andres mejia, but i like more that people tell me andres, i was born in Bogota, colombia, where i spent most of my childwood. i studied there until i was twelve. At that time i lived whit my father, his wife, my brother and my sister. then i decided to live with my grandmother in the caribbean, in a town called Planeta Rica, Cordoba. The heat is ugly In that place but i liked the life that i had here. it was a quiet town and every weekend i could visit my aunt in her ranch where i liked to work. I ended my studies at this town. Then i returned to Bogota, i did many things in that city, i studied engineering and design but i did not finish any of these university studies, i did not like none of them. i was in the army and  i worked for two years. In the end I decided that I had to change my life and that's why i came to chile. In santiago de chile, i began to work as a cook in a restaurant in Bellavista, then i began to prepare myself to be able to study in the university. so i made a took a preuniversity course and i changed my job to be a waiter in this same restaurant. Nowadays I am studying social anthropology in the university of chile, i am studying the third year and i am happy because i like my career and my job.