Recently I´ve been pondering about some stuff I did in the past. I remember making hasty decisions right after I left school and regretting them after some time. There is one thing that we always going to keep in mind, it doesn´t matter how many times we fail to get where we want to be.

What matters is how strong and determined we are go through all those obstacles in order to succeed. So, let´s take a look at the definition of this verb: ¨To hesitate¨, according to the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary 2013 edition, it means the following: ¨To be worried about doing something, especially because you´re not sure it´s right¨.

However, I´m not satisfied with this definition so let´s look up this idiom to elaborate on it: ¨He who hesitates is lost¨, which means that if delay doing something, you may lose a good opportunity.¨ Having said all of that I ask myself the following: Why do we overthink everything sometimes?. Well the answer to that is simple; there are many reasons for doing it in fact. For instance, I may not apply for certain job because I ¨feel¨ I´m not qualified enough to deal with it. When in fact it´s a job that does not need any special one. Therefore, it is hard to take the first step in anything, but it´s crucial be confident enough to handle this situations.

To wrap things up I´d just like to say that despite the trouble we have to go through in life; there´s always a chance to improve and finally achieve what we look for by working hard. Never lose hope...

I´ve been recently thinking about how hard it is for younger people in my country to have access to a decent education. For years we have suffered the consequences of having been taken over by dictators and heartless politicians. We live in a society where ignorance is essential for this kind of people to govern a country, or better said misgovern it.

Conversely, educated people would not accept to be under the control of immoral governors. Back to what I was saying about Peru, I´d like to give you guys just one example of how hopeless is the path to success for students who belong to the middle class or below. In Lima, the capital and financial centre of this country, there are only two main libraries not fully equipped. For instance, if a middle school student wants to get a copy of a famous English fable, such as ¨The hare and the tortoise¨, they´re darned.

This is mainly because the only two aforementioned libraries don´t have any book written in a foreign language whatsoever. This not only discourages young promises, but also may allow them choose the wrong path. Furthermore, I´d like to add the fact that public schools here don´t have English as a compulsory subject. Even if they do, it´s as if they didn´t. That´s why several language centres were created to ¨teach¨ English to future generations.

However, this sparked off the following. These institutions wanted profit with education more than anything else. So that, they hired either Americans or Peruvians with a high level of English. The only thing they had to do to get hired was to get a certificate after finishing a 6-month program, and passing an International English test. They still do the same thing until this day. Therefore, ESL students don´t seem to be in such good hands, do they?.

Anyhow, to sum up I´d like to say that we have to keep into consideration that teaching is an art. That´s why, people who are not qualified to practice this art should not be able to do it.

Hi everyone!. Well for my first post I wanted to share an essay I wrote back when I was preparing to take my ECPE English test. Hope you like it...

Nowadays the proliferation of media has allowed most of the popular novels to be shown in the big screen. Some believe it seems better to read the books, others believe watching the movies gives them a better understanding of the main topic of the story. I personally think reading the books is better because of the following reasons.

     

     Firstly, It would be important to take into consideration that reading novels gives us a better understanding of everything related to the story. One gets to learn the details and important facts that sometimes are not shown in the movies. Moreover, imagination plays an important role in this topic. People can actually guess what is going on in the book while reading. For instance, when a person reads a science fiction novel book such as ¨Time Machine¨, and tries to recreate the events of the book in their mind.

     Second, some believe watching the movies seems more interesting. They claim that it is a waste of time to read the novels when one can actually avoid doing that. These people are mainly interested in just learning the main topic of the film. They are not interested in the details whatsoever. For instance, a group of people attends the theatre to see how the last ¨Harry Potter¨ movie turned out to be, rather than using their imagination.

Finally, I would say that nothing can be compared to the joy one gets while reading. Not only because a person feeds their imagination, but also they get to know a lot more about the story.