Wednesday, 24 April 2019

2: "My future, my decision"

Since I remember I liked animals, I wanted to be a Veterinarian until a friend told me that she had to sleep her dog and that she had taken her to the vet for that. At that moment I  realized that I would not be able to do it.

During my adolescence I always wanted to study something related to people and social  duty, and later that desire was increased by a career that paid off economically  (I think it is something that my father indirectly instilled in me, since he always told me  that he did not want to it will happen the same as he had to live with the debts). For that reason, I put aside my most intimate tastes like being a teacher, and decided that  being a lawyer was a good decision, because in a certain way I could contribute to the social field to people who did not have economic resources, and on the other hand I could also earn money. 

The first year I did very well in university, but it was a very dark and sad process, I did not feel like going to class or studying, and I felt it was not a career for me. The second year I had a crisis for the same reason but with more decision than to do. That was how at the end of the year I decided to leave the race and tell my family. They got angry, they did not talk to me for a month, but then everything calmed down.

I had to give the PSU again, and with the support of my parents, this process was nice, because I was going with the clear goal, I wanted to study childhood pedagogy. So far my experience in this University has been good; it has opened many possibilities for how I can develop in the future and many tools to be an agent of social change.

I must admit that I have liked non-formal educational spaces such as the museum, and I am currently doing my practice in the Santiago Library. I think and I would like to develop in 
patrimonial and cultural spaces, outside the classroom, specifically because they are spaces that are often not worked for children, and there is a lot of potential to do so, I feel it is a challenge.

6 comments:

  1. I think it was very difficult to make the decision to change careers. I'm glad you could take the decision to study what makes you happy. I hope everything goes on like this!

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  2. Hi Maca! I think that always start in a Program or Career is very difficult, because know and meet new people and new issues it's kind a schocking at the beginning. But i'm glad that you currently enjoy your program :)
    Regards!

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  3. Hi Macarena, I think that every had thought and decided if follow our dream for social changing or economics benefits. I liked your vision of childhood education as a tool of this challenge.

    Regards

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  5. Hi, Maca!
    How difficult it must have been for you that moment of change, I feel it was necessary but I am glad that today you are happy in the race.
    Kisses!

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  6. Hi Maca!

    I imagine how difficult it must have been to tell your parents that you wanted to change careers, it reminds me when I had to tell my mother that she wanted to give me a sabbatical year. What a joy that today you do what you really like!

    Regards(:

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