Summer Time :)

I love it!

This is it !!!

This song is a little piece of heaven

Offended Dysfunction Disorder

Sadly, I know more than one ... :)

CYBERCRIME

At the height of the XXI century it is almost unthinkable that we can live without the help of technology, since we have incorporated it into most of our activities, from the simplest and everyday things, as it is used to communicate with other people (through e-mails, social networks, mobile, etc) to the most complex management of our political and /or economic system.

However, the technology has somehow become a double-edged sword, since unlike in the past when you could identify with some ease both the crime and the criminal, now both the crime and who executes it are very well hidden behind a screen.

Despite the enormous economic investment to protect our data and information of all kinds, we know that every day a thousand ways are discovered to introduce new viruses or spam, to pirate privileged information, to commit extortion and/or cyberblackmail; at the same time we can notice that there is some specialization in phishing, in giving or creating fake news.

In this way, the presence of cyber-bullying is increasingly visible. In itself, this is alarming behavior, so it should affect us even more more when it can be noticed that it is encouraged from when a child and / or teenager becomes a frequent user of social networks.

In this sense, we have just begun to barely see the tip of the iceberg of this problem; we begin to be aware of the scope of the cybercrime. Since, we are not yet fully aware of what happens when we publish our life through social networks.

The use and learning of any type of technology has become widespread, but not so much time and effort is invested, for example, in the prevention of the use of social networks. Especially in very early ages, privacy and uniqueness seem to be decadent concepts in a cybernetical world that encourages users, as an ideal, to be an influencer, expose their life, and have the most followers and likes that they can. What is not always said is that not only could you receive compliments from the followers but also, in the worst case, you could receive offensive, destructive comments from the haters obviously protected by anonymity.

What can we do to tackle this problem? From my point of view, resources must be invested in education and information. It will be more difficult to be the subject to deception and / or extortion if we are informed, if we know the consequences and extent of overexposure of our life in social networks. Education understood as knowledge and empowerment will give us the necessary tools to somehow face and avoid being a victim in cases of cybercrime.

Breezin'

I love them!!!

Strategies for improving listening exercises

Happy New Year !!!!

Math vocabulary

Christmas is coming ....

Part 2 - Essential Adjectives

Where are you going?

The most beautiful song made a poem, a reflection that nourishes us and revives the best that there is in our interior .... to give  for no reason whatsover ... to receive without having  wished ... This is the true and greatest  essence of life .. . give light ....  give ...

Handy Adjectives

Gender Equality

Undoubtedly speaking about the differences between genders nowadays, it is like opening Pandora's box, because although many people want to claim labour, social and family rights among many economic policies, paradoxically they resist it.

We can not deny that there are clear differences between genders, the most obvious biological and perhaps psychological ones are usually "manipulated" in some way. Socially, since our parents have knowledge of our gender, a specific arsenal of behaviors is employed towards the new being that will be part of that family.

As a professional in the educational field, I have always wondered if we could develop the same skills in both genders. Being a mother I have been able to put this question or hypothesis to the test. I realize that regardless of our gender a boy or girl can learn to have skills supposedly characteristic of the other gender. The ability to express our feelings is not reduced, or should not be reduced only to girls or women; teaching to be assertive, proactive, resilient is possible in both genders. Likewise, it is also possible to develop spatial-logical-mathematical abilities in girls, but of course if this is possible, something is failing or needs to be done. Because even in the 21st century the work developed by women is undervalued even if it is the same and/or of a higher quality than that of a man.

It would seem that to be a woman is to be destined to choose between professional aspirations or motherhood, and in the best of cases, when these two roles can be balanced, we can see the enormous social pressure that this entails. Nor is there an economic reward for this double effort. In fact, it is inexplicable why an actor earns more than an actress for the same job, why an executive can have unlimited aspirations just for being a man.

These differences between genders are even more marked in my country (Bolivia) as in many others in Latin America. I still do not understand how the percentage of women graduates in universities has tripled and very few or almost none have access to real command posts.

Hypocritically, equality is sought for and even claimed; however, roles and even salaries are defined, the proof is in the pudding: there are more women nurses, nursery education teachers; there are more firemen or pilots, there are more midwives, more maids, there are more men presidents, politicians or businessmen ....

I'm not sure when or how to achieve a theoretical-practical equality, hopefully my daughter or my grandchildren will live it ... but I think in a pessimistic tone that this will take another century or more for it to become a reality.

I really miss this smell

Typica

Free Time Activities

To be honest, when I think of free time, I think of those activities or chores that I have not been able to complete during the week. I realize that my free time in the last years has been focused on family activities with my daughter and husband.

In this sense, I am still not able to get the hang of breaking out of the routine and finding or having time just for myself. I must admit that I love the time when my family goes to bed and the house is completely silent and only for me. Many times, I put my headphones on and start listening to music while I read and / or write. This activity in my free time is very rewarding.

In general, I think my hobbies are not only solitary but also therapeutic (I like doing origami, reading, writing, hiking, making amigurumis, weaving, watching movies in their original version, among others). For this reason, I guess these hobbies do not have a great impact on my current social life. Do not get me wrong, I think I am a sociable person; however, San Martin de Valdeiglesias is okay but nothing to write home about. I can not find the cultural activities that I would like to do in my free time. For instance, when I lived in Alcalá de Henares, I had a group of friends with whom I would read books which later would serve as a debate for movies, then it was great to be able to read the book and then compare it with the movie. Thanks to this group I learned a lot about cinema and literature. I also had another theatre group, who were real culture vultures so with these people I went out to see plays regularly. Without a doubt, the best memory, getting to know the Teatro Real. These friends are simply fantastic, in fact thanks to them I had dabbled in the art of acting,

As well as this, I used to go out to concerts, with another group of musical friends and thanks to them I first went to the most special place for me: Clamores Jazz in Madrid, a place that is as simple as it is varied. And something that I enjoyed a lot, was going to the Irish bar (near to the soportales in the main square) once a week, to speak in English with unknown people, just for the pleasure of practicing my speaking.

Finally, I would like to take up scuba diving, because among other things I love the sea (I come from a country that has no access to the sea), so I would like to feel the sensation of deep diving and, of course, explore the marine world, but I know this is and unrealistic dream. I believe that my second option is more real. I would like to take up transverse flute classes, because I adore its sound, and the music in my life has always been an unfinished business.

Song to wake up a little boy ...

It's funny, but as time goes by, just listen to a melody or feel a scent to inevitably see the sky and think of you ... I miss you so much Dad

There ain´t no mountain high enough !!!

We are about to finish the holidays ;( a time for others full of joy, laughter, play, sea, sand and a lot of sun ... more than I like ha ha ha .... my little girl, this year as always we get warmed up to face a new course, full of challenge and of course learning....

Doping

When I think of any sport that is practiced on a professional level, I consider that it's one of the best ways to be self-disciplined, to learn to work in a team, to learn to give your best effort (people always want to break their limits), to learn that winning is more than being the first; it's understanding that it's part of a hard work process, that losing doesn't mean being the worst or the last, but it could be the golden opportunity that teaches you to see your mistakes as part of your training and/or growth.

However, when an elite athlete reaches his peak of performance and savours the pleasure of being recognized and admired in his discipline, he could be tempted to make this performance something continuous and / or permanent. Or conversely, if an elite athlete, despite what he does, doesn't reach a high level of performance, he could also resort to substances that stimulate and improve his performance.

In both cases, I think the problem lies in the fact that not all elite athletes are tolerant of frustration; considering this type of behavior is feedback from when we are toddlers. Obviously, we all like to win and we enjoy it a lot when we are the winners, because since we are kids, competitiveness is encouraged more than cooperation. Up to a point it's good that we all have the motivation to win, but not at any price. Not everything can go in order to be the first and/or the winner; or not everything should be allowed.

This idea would theoretically be the ideal, but in reality we see in the press that there are many cases of doping in the sports world. On the one hand, I think retroactive punishment of an elite athlete who has used illegal substances, is not ideal, because if you want to modify or penalize a negative behavior it would be more effective if it is immediate. But on the other hand, I believe that it's better to correct an improper act , even if it is extemporaneously: better late than never.

In this sense, the message must be clear: doping to win is cheating, and this act will have a double penalty, at the sports level (suspension of the practice of said sport) and at a social level (the loss of prestige from being a winner to being an imposter). The point is that every person has his own scale of values and priorities.

Consequently, I believe that it's equally or more important to train elite athletes in social skills than simply to develop their sporting discipline. It's so or even more important to learn from error (often losing is part of winning, losing you gain experience, you can develop new and different strategies, you strengthen and temper your character), to understand that as an elite athlete you are fallible, in addition your career has a date of expiration. Likewise, it would be very important to develop techniques of physiological deactivation, among many others, to achieve the full performance of an elite athlete.

I think that if you invest in all these aspects, it would be more effective than the simple punishment and /or penalty of an athlete. And on the other hand, we could break the stigma that falls on some elite athletes: all brawn and no brain.

Days like these, I can't help thinking about you ..... my dear daddy