Wekly Blog #4: I'm fine I guess

We haven't done anything that trascendental since we've just finished our exams; however, we've started a new unit that seems interesting so here's what we saw last week (and this Monday).

What we saw last week on SMRT 140

• A Darwinian theory of beauty
• Reading

Last week we started media 3-1, in which we only did the vocabulary part because time is never enough. I've seen that vocabulary is getting harder in a way. Or at least for me, I remember in last units I knew some of the words and now I don't. I guess this is good because I'm learning new stuff. Amazing.

This media was actually really interesting. It talked about how we normally think that beauty is very dependent on the culture that you are port of, but it also says that there are some things that are found beautiful universally and that's because of our evolution. We are always linked to our past, and things that had to do with our origins, are found beautiful in all the world. Pretty cool right?

We started a new reading that we haven't actually read, but seems interesting. The vocabulary looks hard though; looking forward into reading it.

That's it, I feel like we are advancing really fast, and I am not ready for university. I feel like my future is going to be crappy and I am going to die of stress. Also, I want to go out on the weekend and being grounded sucks. 

The word of the week is:

KISMET

tHANK YOU LOVE YOU MISS K, GET WELL SOON I MISS YOUUUUUUUU

Weekly Update #1: Why are we being forced to do this?

Being a student of CEB has been an incredible experience for me. It has made grow as a better sudent and person, make me realize who my real friends are, and introduced me to a lot of new experiences. One of which I am now very familiarized with: SMRT.

In first semester I started in level 125, with an awesome teacher and a fun class. I am sure it was and still is the best of all the other levels. As I advanced on this platform, I was asked to do different activities in order for me to practice my english and be better at it.

However, I had no clue of the storm that was coming. I am now in 140 and the activities I have to make are a nightmare. I am now being forced against my will to update weekly about what we see in class, and they especifically ask you to make it boring, so here I am.

Now that I wasted your time with this unnecessary introduction, let's start with the sad part:

What I learned last week (and Monday of this week) in SMRT 140

We've seen a lot of skills since we've been in 125; however, in 140 we are now focusing on a more college level English, since they are helping us to prepare ourselves for that academic level.

Last week we practiced the skills of:

• Reading
• Listening
• (and the worst) Writing 😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖

In all of them we've practised the basics:

• Reading: identfying the main ideas and important details.
• Listening: paying attention, taking notes and identifying important information.
• Writing: learning to write something correctly because let's be real, we don't write good.

However, there has been an exhaustive reitaration in two aspects:

1. General Statement
2. Thesis Statement

I've been having nightmares about both of them, so let me explain to you what are they.

According to the paper Miss Karitza gave me,  "a general statement is a broad introduction to the paper's topic." And also "a thesis statement offers a concise summary of the main point or claim..." of whatever you are writing. 

So we've been mainly focusing on identifyng these two when we read and listen to something, and also we are learning how to write them correctly.

I've decided that each week I am going to choose a vocabulary word that stuck to me all week.

Last's week vocabulary word is : (drumroll)

HOLISTIC

Thank you for reading until here, you can now have a cute pic of a mini donkey. Enjoy 😊