Bye-Bye Bloggers

 Hi Fau Bloggers,

This is your final post so I'd like you to write a reflective post about your semester in FAU.

My semester was a little up & down but on the whole I feel content. I only taught English 4 and participated in a CFG on Manga & Anime. I've been participating on the Manga & Anime course since 2013 when I started it with Diego Vallejos, an urbanism teacher from FAU. However, since 2015 my participation has shrunk because we have an ex-student of the course in 2014 doing the course because he is an expert on the subject. He literally knows everything there is to know about manga & anime.

What else? I'm finding interesting getting into the new post-pandemic semester breakdown. I find there were lots of stops and starts, fiestas patrias, a few public holidays, autonomous study weeks. If I were a student, I think I'd have problems managing my time. I'm not always good at managing my own schedule when it's constantly changing. I've be interested to hear what you guys think (comment section maybe?) 

I have enjoyed my English 4 classes. I really appreciate the fact that most of you realise the importance of "speaking" in English in order to learn it. I know it's easy to get engrossed in a story of an explication and break into your mother tongue but, you generally made the effort to do the activities as required. I also enjoyed reading your blogs as its a great way to learn more about you all from your posts. I hope you managed to see improvement in your writing. 

Anyway, for your final post, please write about your semester.

Say:

What subjects you enjoyed the most, and why,

Which subjects you found complicated or boring, and why,

Your best moment of the semester, why you enjoyed it,

Your best mark and your worst mark,

A person you enjoyed working with and why,

A resolution for next semester.

Mention anything else you think is important or interesting. Try to write at least 200 words. Leave a comment on your teacher's blog and on the blogs of 3 classmates.






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Comments

  1. anto flores29 November 2023 at 03:51

    I have enjoyed the classes too and i have learned a lot, thank u for everything!

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  2. Benjamin Wanner29 November 2023 at 03:57

    thanks for everything! I enjoyed it a lot

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  3. Enrique Domínguez29 November 2023 at 04:02

    thenk you very much for the classes. I learned and had a great time. I hope next year goes very well

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  4. Martín29 November 2023 at 04:07

    It was a pleasure to share this semester with you.

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  5. javi29 November 2023 at 04:10

    thank u so much for the classes, i will miss them

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  6. long29 November 2023 at 04:37

    I enjoyed the section so much. Thanks to everyone!!!

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  7. Kamily Lizama29 November 2023 at 04:39

    I liked chatting with you in class, it is an honour to have had classes with you Profe simon <3

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  8. Constanza.C.E29 November 2023 at 04:47

    Yes, it is very difficult to manage time.

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  9. Martin Rodriguez29 November 2023 at 11:26


    I really enjoyed to have classes with you Teacher.

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  10. Jamilé Tapia Cortés2 December 2023 at 16:26

    Thank you for everything, it was a nice experience! <3

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