Goals

My mission statement at the beginnig of this course was like the same for everyone:

* improve my english, learn more about it, practice the language, have fluency...

Also I wrote about be on time in class, but I couldn't do it, because I got up and do all the things really fast trying to finish on time and be there early but when I see the clock was late.I know that I have to change this bad habit.

Even though, I think that I practiced a lot my english. It was just like some hours of talking this language. I don't think that I learned so much english but I really practiced the english that I've already learned talking with my classmates and listening to my teacher in those hours which was good.

In general I liked the course. I thought it was going to be harder but it wasn't! It was more like kind of relaxing and talking in english all the time. 

The homework was something that kept me in touch with all the things related with the english classes and the classes were most of the time good and with lots of activities.

=D

News Items

Vitamin D prevents breast cancer. If they had known about this cure before, probably no one had died.

Dozens of overdoses reported at a party in Washington state. If that party had had responsable people, maybe it wouldn't had happened.

Hundreds flee threat of new toxic sludge spill in Hungary. If there weren't less pollution maybe this wasn't happening.

Miners in Chile are trapped in a cave. If they had been more careful when they were digging the cave they probably weren't in that situation.

The police found a dead woman that was missing 13 days ago. If they had found her before these 13 days, maybe she hadn't been dead.

An airplane with lots of cocaine fell down in a river last sunday. If the airport had had better security this whole thing never had happened.


Hitler becomes tourist attraction in Berlin museum. If this guy hadn't done what he did, he probably wouldn't be a tourist attraction.

Someone killed a truck driver when was going to Nicaragua. If Costa Rica was safer and have more police officers maybe this hadn't happened.

Forecast strong waves in coastal. If the air wouldn't be that polluted maybe waves were less strong and no one would be affected.

Soon Microsoft is going to sell smart phones. If Microsoft wouldn't be doing this life could be less easy.

Cartago, CR

Cartago is recognized as the country’s religious center and is the home of the historic Basilica de Los Angeles. Citizens from all over the country make a pilgrimage to the church each August 2nd in a spirit of gratitude and personal reflection.

Being designated a national holiday makes it possible for more than a million people to participate in this annual “walk,” some walking more than a week because of the distance traveled and others walking on their knees as a form of penance. 

Also in Cartago are located: the beautiful Orosi Valley by the Irazu Volcano crater, pre-Columbian ruins and the largest botanical garden in the country. People choose to live in Cartago because it retains the flavor of “old” Costa Rica. 

It has escaped the commercial activity of malls, fast food restaurants and major developments that are part of life in the greater metropolitan area of San José. Cartago has managed to maintain a peaceful way of life. Although an oasis away from the city, it is still close to the conveniences and shopping of the city as it is only 45 minutes from San José.

 Costa Rica offers several choices of climates and environments where you can live. Cartago is an area that is a little cooler than the average valley town, that has historical character and charm and that is removed from the hustle of city life within a short drive of it. 

Angela's Fast Food Restaurant

Angela's Foods is a fast food restaurant where I love to go because the food is really delicious. The prices are cheap and the service is excellent!

I visit this restaurant around twice in a month and I used to go there with my friends and my family. Also I like to go there because the waiters and waitresses are very polite!

My Personality Profile by Marvin

María Gabriela Rodríguez Araya

María Gabriela is a 16 years old girl from Palmares. She loves the music, the movies and to play basketball. She's studying at the Palmares Bilingual High School and she wants to learn languages and go to an exchange the next year. Her biggest love are the animals; she said: "I have 5 pets, all dogs, of 10, 5, 2 years and also two puppies of 5 months", so is not strage her dream to be a vet...

Unquestionably she looks like the daughter dreamed for all the parents in the planet and she said: "The living person that I most admire is my parents" and her best decision was "hear my parents' advices", so her life looks perfect. But sometimes she looks different. She defines herself like a dreamer but she's not sure about it, when she talks about it, she looks like a bird wanting to fly but with fear. She sings and dream with traveling around the world.

I could say that Mª Gabriela is a normal teenager and maybe is true but all the normal teenager girls are dreamers and only needs time to figure out if their dreams will be true or not.