Blog Session 3: My favorite piece of technology

I know I will sound like an old lady, and maybe I should lie and tell you that my phone is my favorite piece of technology, but I could live without my cellphone. However, I cannot live without my washing machine. I learned to love this piece of technology when I lived in Brazil with my husband (he was my boyfriend at that time) and there wasn't a washing machine, so we had to wash everything with our hands, and believe me, jeans are the worst clothes to wash with your hands!


So, when we moved together, in Chile, we bought one immediately, and we use it about three times a week, or sometimes less.

I hate washing clothes with my hands so much that when I want to buy something a read the label, and if it says "hand wash", I don't buy it.

If I didn't have my washing machine I would spend a lot of money trying to clean my clothes, because I don't want to wash clothes by hand never again!!!!
_____

Write about your favorite piece of technology

Say:

What it is.
When you got it.
How you use it.
How often you use it.
Why you like it.
What life would be like without it.


- 140 words minimum.
- Include a picture. 
- Comment on your teacher's post and 3 of your classmates’ blogs.

Blog Session 2: Why did you choose this career?

When I was a child I wanted to be many things, a psychologist, a police officer, an actress, and a teacher.
After taking the first PSU test, I had to decide what to study, I really liked English and I was good at it, so I decided to study English pedagogy, but my father told me that I wouldn't make money being a teacher and it was a bad idea, so I decided to study translation instead.
I studied translation in English and Portuguese at USACH, but in my free time I worked as a private English teacher to earn some money, and when I finished Translation I discovered that Chile is the worst country for translators, so I decided to continue teaching English, my real passion, and because I wasn't a "real" teacher I studied a Master's degree to learn to be a better teacher.
I loved my time at university (USACH) because I met people from different origins, and some of them became my best friends because we had similar ideas for the future. There, I also met my husband, who is my favorite person in the world. Also, when I returned to university a few years ago (UNAB) I met very intelligent people who had similar experiences working as teachers, we were mostly women, and we talk about life and work until today.
I hope that in the future, I can continue working at different universities, and I would also like to work in a study program related to English so we can discuss our love for the language with the students.

________________________

Write about:

- your dream jobs when you were a child

- other career options that you had at the moment of applying to university

- what made you decide in the end

- your experience at university until now

- the kind of job you would like to have

 > word count: 130 words

 > don't forget to leave comments on 3 of your classmates' posts and on your teacher's post as well.

Blog Session 1: My autobiography

I am Pamela Lara, and I was born in Puerto Montt, in the South of Chile. I studied all my life in the same school, Colegio Arriarán Barros, one of the most known mixed schools in the city. I made friends there that I still have today, more than 25 years later.

I came to Santiago 14 years ago to study Translation at USACH. After finishing university I went to Brazil for three months to improve my Portuguese. When I returned to Chile, I found a job as an English teacher, and I have worked as a teacher since then. However, I continued studying to improve my teaching skills, and in 2016 I finished my Master's degree in Teaching English as a Second Language at UNAB.

I got married in 2010, after 6 years of being in a relationship, and I live with my husband and baby girl in La Florida.

I have many hobbies, I love baking, watching series and movies, and crocheting.

-----------
For today, and as the first post of this semester, you have to write your autobiographies.
Include:

- Birth info
- Studies info (elementary/high school/ univ)
- Family Info
- Hobbies
- Others...

> Number of words: 120 (minimum)
> Make comments on three of your classmates' posts and also leave a comment on the teacher's post.