2nd Podcast

I think that it's too short...

2nd Re-writing of Frankensteins opinion

At these moments, all of biology and cure advances could reflect the great evolution that we've suffert. Some scientifics are investigating with mother cells and some other are producing pharmacs that will cure ill people. Scientifics learn things using their methods, they create hypotesis and they comprove them. But, in some facts, their work could be a bit questionable or problematic.
They are able to cure ill people, to "give more live" to people, to help them... They can kill bacterys, bacterys that we didn't know about them before, and scientifics've showed them to us. Medicine is advancing constantly, and it really help us.
But some people criticize some things that scientifics do to investigate, like clonation. They say that we should not "create live", because we aren't gods and we shouldn't play with live. It's different to create organs to really ill people, that to create all of the animal. That animal will be "only a copy" from the original, and he could have some mental problems about that. There are more things that can be criticized, like to experiment with rats or other "inferior" animals... There aren't inferior animals, so it's really cruel to kill they, or change their lives, but we have to do this if we want to comprove something.
There aren't many different options to change "wrong" things that we've doing to improve medicine, but I'm sure that there are some...
In conclusion, medicine helps us, their methods could be questionable or problematic, but it improve our lives and we need that.

Reflections of my O.P.

Too quick!!
The most of the other... no, all of the other students have done extense presentations, presentations that have dure 5-7 minutes, and I think that my presentation has been the shortest. I thinked that it should dure the sufficient time, but I was wrong. No, I didn't gesticulate so much, and also I saw too many time at my notes. Maybe I hadn't enough images and too words, I don't know... Yeah, I haven't done a "fantastic" or just an "acceptable" O.P. but I tried to made it well, I studied and recited it, but it's not enough.

Well, as you can see that day I weard my black tie (I love it!), and my pink belt was moving all the time... but it don't make me happy! I will try to improve for my next (and last) o.p.

I will try it...

My 2nd Oral Presentation

Well, in my 2nd O.P. I tried to be better than my first one, I've done a "better" PowerPoint (more visual), I tried to see the public and don't look so much to my notes (but in some times I had to see them...), etc.

Like my first O.P., I've failed in so many things. I was nervous, the tone of my voice was a bit monotonous, and the worst: It was too short/rapid! It only lasted like 3 minutes! And it had to dure 5-7 minutes. And also I didn't gesticulate so much. I think that I've improved than my first O.P. but I don't know if this one should raise my mark...

I tried (I think that I am repeating too many times "I tried") to make it... interesting? No, I didn't know what to say about that country, that country or any other, it's too different than to talk about ideas or opinions. I think that there are more "information" than "funny or really interesting things". I believe that what I said was new, because I haven't heard anyone talk about this country.

I was nervous, so I think that I didn't say so many "complex" words, I used common words and verbs.

Well, here goes the literal transcription:

Ok, I will talk about the city (error! It's a country!) of Belize. Belize is an small country between the Americas. It is at the west of Caribbean sea and under USA.

In the past, this country was populated by Mayas, at 1524 the spanish conquerors arrived there and the english government took there some english woodcutters to work there, and also some pirates of those seas took to belice some african slaves to work with them. But... they became pirates so there was more piratery (then I went to the PC without any reason...). . In 1670, the piratery was ended. In 1821, Belize became independent and Since 1840 to 1981, it was officially an English colony.

At these moments, the most of the people talk spanish, and so much of the other talk Kriol. And many of the other are half-caste people. Half-caste people are people that their fathers are african or european, a mixt of that.

The symbols of the country are the black orchid, the killed-billed toucan and the tapir.

The culture of Belice are really influenced by Mayas, chinese people etc. They are so respectfull with the other people and they believe in Mystical healing and Obeah. Obeah it's a kind of religion like Voodoo and Hoodoo that attempts to control benign and malign magics. Here are some acceptable greetings and here I put some belizian expressions. Like Maanin, to say good morning, or Weh di go aan? to say what is going on... The most common sports are soccer and basketball.

And to finalize I found two different belizian legends, like Cadejo, that explains that before dying you could see a white animal that will save you, or a black animal that will kill you. Everyone have a different animal. And the other one is The Crying woman, that explains that... when you are near a river you could hear some cryings and groans from a dead woman. And it's finished.

Now, the video (in the video, there are also a question, without that, it dures 3:15 minutes...):