Friday, April 25, 2014

My expectations for a new semester

Right now I´m studying Sociology. I am in first year and my subjects are: Sociology, Psychology, Anthropology, History, Methodology and English. My favorite subject is Methodology, but I also like History very much.
 In the beginning of the semester I was really afraid about this new step in mi life, but now I feel more relaxed and motivated. Starting in the university can be a very frightening experience, because you have to meet new people, say goodbye to your older friends, start to study more. In fact, almost everything change. But it is also an opportunity to now yourself better, push you to the limit and start seeing the world completely different.
My expectations for this new semester are based on what I wrote above. I expect to develop my levels of knowledge, but also to learn how to be more social, how to listen to people and be able to understand them. Some people say that at your first year of university you think you are able to change the world, but then, with time you loose most of your expectations when reality shows up.  Anyway, I have my hope intact, but I also understand that hope and faith are not enough. If I want something to change, I have to do something about it. That is the only way possible to make it happen.

About Me

I am Laura  Rojas. I was born in June 15th, 1995. I´m from La Habana, Cuba. I arrived Chile almost 9 years ago. Since then, I only went once to visit my family, in February of 2013. Before moving to Santiago, I was living in Talca with my two parents. There, I studied in 3 different schools. Then I came here to study in the university. I´m cursing Sociology, and I actually love it very much. At first, I wanted to study Laws, but I realized I wasn´t so interested in it.
I have a very big family, with a lot of cousins, uncles and aunts, but they are in Cuba, so I don´t see them very often. However, we talk on the phone and send e-mails to each other. Here in Chile, I only have my mother and father. They live in Talca, so I visit them sometimes.
My hobbies are reading, watching movies and photography. I am very interested in old cameras, and I have a very small collection of them, which I want to extend.