Having a pet

As all the days I was walking down the street, looking the people and thinking of what different thing might happen to me when suddenly I saw a little box lying on the floor, I looked it puzzled and scared because that box had movement; anyway I opened it. I remember the first thing that I feel inside of me, it was pain because I couldn't believe that some people don´t have good feelings for leaving three beautiful puppies on the street without a house and a family, so I took and carried them to my house. I was scared for the reaction of my parents but it was the best reaction ever, because they decided to be their owners and give them all the love that people without a good heart did not do. In most of our houses there is an special pet that make us laugh, enjoy and be beloved, the most common ones are cats and dogs. Sometimes these cute species help to appreciate life and feel a little company. Some of them are alone in the streets and feel that they don´t belong to any place. There are some people that hate this kind of animals and avoid touching or giving food to them, but people who love animals are so happy and proud of helping them. These living beings give us happy moments and a lot of love but every house pet has its own captivation.

Cats and dogs are the most popular home pets. All over the world is known that these animals occupy a space in houses or yards, depending of the tolerance of their owners for maintaining these pets inside or outside the house. People usually choose these beings, because they are more closely to children and some of them are not aggressive, so if you have children you can choose a cute and lovely cat or dog that make you feel secure of the caring of the kids but if you want a pet that look after your house the best choice is a dog like a rottweiler, but you must be sure of having a dog like this one, because it needs a lot of caring and space and rules to respect its owner and not be bitten by it.

Dogs are more interested in their owners than cats. In the everyday we can see dogs showing interest in making their owners laugh, giving their toys for playing a while and also demonstrating their loyalty because dogs are called the man´s friend instead of cats that are usually going out of the house and leave their owners worried , with that expression I mean that cats are more independents than dogs and for that their owners spend more time alone and without the whole love that cats might give them. The main problem of having a pet is how to educate it. The education of animals is important for all the families that have a pet in their houses because in this way the pet know what can and can not do. The main responsible of training and teaching the pet to behave is the owner or proprietor, as he is the principal person that must impose rules to the pet, on the contrary the pet will become in a disaster and a real problem.

Some proprietors tend to be permissive. Owners that are usually avoiding training a pet or that are not really interested in giving rules are called permissive owners. These people are sometimes unhappy with their pets because they are not what they expected and that causes familiar and psychological problems and also the pet suffers, as the owner is not a good one, and the pet start to perceive all the bad treats that permissive owners give to them because of owner`s anger, but there are others that tend to be permissive because they love so much their pets and hate to represent hardness to them, because they think that their pets will feel sad of their owner´s attitude.

People confuse the difference between love and impose rules. In most cases the love to the pets is an important and recurrent reason why people let their pets to behave as they want, because they feel that all their love for their pets is represented as a way of making the pet a member of the family and also treating it as a human, but rules are essentially in the education because pets are not able to behave by themselves in a correct way, they must be taught.

There is no authority in a submissive person. A person that do not have the skill and patient to educate a pet is not going to be a successful owner, consequently, the pet will not respect its owner nor family members, as a result some of these kind of proprietors will get annoyed of having a disrespectful pet and they will punish their pets, probably the relationship with them will be damaged after this episode, provoking distancing between the owner and the pet, sometimes the animal gets depressed.

Bad manners are a synonym of a misbehaved pet . Breeders that are not good guides and do not have a strong temper , increase the bad behaviour of the pet; therefore, these animals will never learn about having a good or correct conduct, because it becomes an habit since they do not have clear the place in the house and rules that they have to fulfill, as the bad behavior of a pet is responsibility of its owner and a pet to be happy needs to be a educated one.

As it was said house pets are the most special animals for people, because they are common in all the houses of the world and all you have to do is to love and to give them the place and the food that they need because they deserve the same treatment that human beings, as they are alive and have the same necessities of human beings and also you have to try to avoid being a permissive owner, for your pet will become in a disaster and you will be unhappy of having a pet that causes too many problems to your life. I hope that many people appreciate animal life, so that they will grow up as a person.

Carolina Loyola.

The theft of my brother´s car.

Nowadays the theft of cars is more common that we think, it can happen in any place where you are, or in any moment because the thieves take advantages of the opportunity that you are not paying attention and steal your things, as in this case, a car. The idea of thinking in that situation is horrible, but you have to be calm because if you are careful, the robbery of any thing can be avoided. As I told before, the theft of a car can happen in any place, and one example of this could be the robbery in a party because you are not paying attention to what is happening outside and in some cases you are too drunk to notice something. I have to tell that this situation happened some years ago to an important member of my family (my brother) in a party of his friend, and he was too drunk to notice something.

As a matter of fact, I know that is very difficult to bear the theft of something, but if one day this happen to a member of your family or even you, don´t be afraid, because if you loose the control of this situation you will never can find any solution. I have to say that when the car of my brother was stolen, my mother and I were always in calm, we could figure out a solution, but I can´t tell the same of my father and my brother because they were too nervious and desperate to find any solution. As a result of this, you have to keep in you mind that is very important to keep the calm in this situation to fix the problem and to avoid any thing.

As I told you at the beginning, if you go to any party, you have to be careful, you have to be responsible about yourself, don´t drink a lot because the thieves notice that you are not paying attention in any thing and take advantage of the opportunity to steal your things, so if you don´t want that somebody steals your things, as in the case of my brother, don´t loose the control about yourself and be responsible. It is very important to mention that you have to select better your friends when you go out because sometimes they are not your friends and they are not interested in any thing that happen to you.

Another very important point that I have to say, is that the theft of my brother´s car occured amid an awful noisy, what is usual in a party, but it helped the thief to steal his car, so it is important to mention that you have to be with your eyes open when you go to any party or anywhere to avoid any lamentation.

In conclusion, I have to say if you are going to go to any party during this week or wherever, you have to be responsible about yourself and pay attention to what is happening in any party or in any place where you are, because in this way you can avoid a lot of things. Moreover, if this situation happens in your life, you have to keep the calm to find a solution. In addition to that you have to select better your friends because sometimes they are not your friends.

By Eugenia

Women's role has changed

I went to my aunt’s house in the beach for summer. I was alone with her, so I felt very bored and while I was arguing with me how could be in summer like that when suddenly a big box full of books fell down on me from a shelf. At the beginning it was quite unpleasant; I fell down too, but when I saw some scattered books, one caught my attention, it was if I would find a beautiful treasure, it had this typical antique smell of things that were used for several times and had been forgotten by time.

My aunt –the owner of the box of old books- said to me: “Read it! It’s a wonderful novel set in the 20th century; you will be surprised”, then I said to her: “Thanks! I love novels, more if it’s a Chilean author”. So, I took with me and soon I was very eager to begin for reading it.

As my aunt said, I had an unexpected impression, because I felt a great connection for the book; the life of my ascendant has many similarities with it, I could know and how they lived, but when I got deep into the book, my own life in certain way, took a character inside of the book: she was Clara Del Valle.

While I read and read more, I got some new ideas how my family lived, but more about women of my family, because of Clara, with who I felt an attraction, besides that she represents some aspects of the woman in these days, especially to my grandmother . So, when I read a new page of the book, I could learn even more of my family, also about me.

Clara Del Valle lived in a century where women occupied another role in the world; a patriarchal structure, she had to be in house, raising children, preparing all the meals, were the basis of their family role, as the women of my family in that time had to do. And while I was growing up, several times I saw my grandmother doing the housework, preparing biscuits and cakes, and I could want to be like her.

Despite of that, there were some differences between them. While Clara lived in the city, my grandmother lived in the countryside; therefore Clara had more contact with other people than just with the family as my grandmother had, and also could know some things before than a countryside girl. On the other hand, Clara belonged from an upper social class -so she had much more facilities and royalties- , and my grandmother from an intermediate social class; the family lived in a tranquility and traditional way of life, where the things were no so expensive, no so cheaper.

But if you see, these women had a lot of in common; they were living in a closed world of men, in certain way all the differences or similarities can change how they had to keep their fears and dreams, and by time -though slowly- they have opened many doors for themselves and moreover for us.

All of this stuff made me think about how much has changed the women’s role through the time in many aspects; they have to go out and work for getting better incomes for their family as a result of the world’s development. Moreover, family structure have passed from patriarchal structure into a dual structure, and finally children stay most of the time lonely. This reminds me all the women’s efforts done by themselves and all the advances achieved.

Firstly, women have had to go out and work for getting better incomes for their family, because of the world’s development and also for the economic situation during the last century. Besides women had to fight –no literally- against the men, trying to have a place in the business world, although even nowadays women receive much less money than men. But how we never give up, we go for working against the difficulties, such as the machismo, where men think that women can’t do things “of men”, how to drive a truck –in fact anything that has wheels-, to manage a business or simply to study at the university (in older times, I hope…).

Secondly, family structure have suffered a big change, from being a patriarchal structure evolving into a dual structure, where the woman and the man share the same tasks related to the family: housework, bills, etc. Some men refuse to accept it, but others –with an open mind- assume the change and they see it as a positive point of view and help us to develop our interests, jobs or even take a broom and sweep the floor. There aren´t any older families with a patriarchal structure, anymore they are part of the past, because I can see in my own family, my parents share bills, housework and in my case raising and enjoy grandsons.

Finally, as a terrible consequence, children pass most of the time alone. Women have to decide between going to work or not, but almost always there is no option; they have to. However, children try to figure out for themselves, and seems like in the majority of the cases lots of them are more independent. This is something very important nowadays, but this had transformed into an individual way of life, where the television and computer are their best friends. They have to learn many things alone, and they eat alone, they are living like an adult.

In conclusion, women have changed in many aspects, for good or bad. It has been a long and hard road to get space in this patriarchal structure. Lots of them have suffered much more than others; they have built the road for us, making a little easier our job in this world. Tomorrow I will be an English teacher, and I’m going to develop me in all the aspects, as much as I can, for opening more doors for other women’s future.


By: Rebeca Morales Vargas.

A route to a dental practice.

The dentist`s secretary called me to remind me of the appointment. I reserved for next Monday at eleven o´clock. I heard the voice on the other office asking for Natalia and I replied. “This is she”. “I`ll be there on time”. That day, I entered the modern eight floor building located on Linares main street, and I walked to the elevator and pushed the up button and nervously waited. The elevator promply arrived and got in. I pushed the third floor button. Once on the third floor, I exited the elevator.Promply, I smelt the characteristic and aromatic smell of my father´s dental office. As soon as I arrived I opened the outer door, and a cool air hit me in the face. I was greeted by Erika his brown haired secretary who told me that I had to wait because the doctor was busy. It was exactly in that moment that I remembered an indelible memory of my father and his first office. When I was a little girl, I ran to sit in the dental chair preventing my father´s patients to sit down in the dental chair. It was very funny for me and some patients saw this as a funny action. My father´s office was one block from Linare´s square. When I left the office , my father took me for a ride around the square during summer time and bought me an ice-cream. This is an old remind of my chilhood. It was a long time ago that those events happened and I returned to reality again. While I was waiting my turn, I got a magazine where I found a story about a thief who lost his denture in a place where he entered to steal. The police sent the denture to the police laboratory and they discovered that the thief was a relative of the house`s owner. To be precise his nephew. I was deeply thinking about the story when the dental assistant called me and I started a new story in the dental chair.

While my father worked he told me he studied six years in the faculty of dentistry. He told me he was interested in the area of biology. He did a lot of biology readings when he was a high-school student at Rome Free Academy in New York state. In this way, his interest was an early great impulse in that direction. There were others reasons why my father decided to study dentistry.

One of the main reasons that contributed in his choice was weather conditions. When my father was a college student, he had to decide between Santiago and Concepcion. He chose to study in Santiago because his P.A.A was of a very good score, and the capital was on his mind long time ago. Weather conditions in Santiago were more acceptable to his health than Concepcion. At that time it was easier to go to Santiago than Concepcion, even by train. Travelling by train was faster and more comfortable.

There is other possible cause, when he attended high-school at Rome Free Academy in New York state, he received a special invitation to attend lectures given by a scientific biology department of New York university. All this helped him to enter university of Chile at dental school where he was accepted.

The third reason my father wanted to be his own employeer. He said as a liberal professional, he could manage his free time. He loves to play soccer, swimming, and ride on a bike... free time is very important.

Most dentists are only practitioner, meaning that they own buy bussinesses, and work alone with a small staff. He had to study about three more years to become a specialist.

Suddenly, the little wheel whizzed around like a buzz saw. Between the sound and the terror of that moment, I had a relevant question that have characterized people day after day, year after year... to be more precise all their lives in all human history. Why don`t people attend dental offices?

People don´t enjoy spending their time to go to the dentist. Maybe the answer could be found in the memory we have of the noisy equipment the dentist used and we associated with scary situations but today`s modern dentistry is founded in comfortable modern equipment and new technologies. There are three main contrasts or differences between today´s and yesterday`s technologies in dentistry world. But people don`t know that the possibilities of getting a perfect smile are related with modern technologies. As we know, today healthcare is possible because technological advance with various modern instruments like x- rays preventing gum disease, loose teeth, and helps on the exact diagnosis that wasn´t possible thirty years ago. Secondly, healthcare in modern times is very different from ancient times because it still has to deal with the same diseases. The philosophy is very different; what has changed the technology allowing the dentist to make because new smiles. A third important aspect, in the past the general dentists had to deal with all diseases affecting the mouth, but today all dentists have to take courses to improve in all dental areas.

I have never thought to have an enjoyable time in a dentist´s chair. It was really interesting to enter the hidden world of the dentists.

All the time my father says that modern dentistry is better because new technologies; new materials, and great advances in science. Every five years dentist has to renew his knowledge, and training in new technologies.

As a dentist my father feels he is working in a complex field of health that gives him great satisfactions. It is very important for him to build a beautiful smile to recover self confidence in a great number of people making them to feel good, and useful in society. My father helps people in dental emergencies and feel better in a psychology aspect. He feels a great satisfaction, because he helps a lot of people suffering because they have lost their teeth when they were young, and they can show a beautiful smile, after receiving their treatment.

I stayed a long time listening to about this wonderful world of modern dentistry. By the end of this dental session, I fell asleep...my father left the office and his secretary gently woke me up to reality...

By Natalia Montesino Bastías

The cyber life of an ordinary girl called Tamara

First of all I want to introduce to you a girl who I met , her name is Tamara she is an ordinary teenager, as any common one. Tamara is a shy girl, who loves going on the internet every single day, and today is not the exception.
Tuesday, 4 p.m Tamara entered silently to her mom`s bedroom when she was lying in bed trying to take a nap.Tamara touched her arm and said: Mom, mom could you lend me some money please?. Oh tamara what do you need the money for don’t you see that I’m trying to sleep”.” I know tamara said”, but I need to go to the cyber to do my history homework,it is urgent ” okey but, if you want to go to the cyber you must tidy your room, why? Tamara asked, and her mom answered because I said so. Okey , okey I will, Tamara went to tidy her bedroom, and in effect she has a messy. Fifteen minutes later Tamara entered to her mom’s bedroom again, and said I have finished. That`s good, now you can go to the cyber, here you go, and please arrive home early and remember not chat with strangers .”okey mom I will take care and see you later”.
Tamara left the house and her mother couldn`t take her nap because she was worried.

Tamara entered to the cyber and use the same computer as always, but if you think that she is doing her homework you are completely wrong, because; she is chatting . Tamara is a shy girl and is not talkative at all. I work at church as a youth leader, therefore I have spent a lot of time with her not only at church but chatting to her on msn, in which she is talkative, this is why it is important to metion the different behaviors that she has at church and when she is in the cyber. As I mentioned before Tamara at church is not talkative, in other words, she is very shy, and it`s difficult to keep a conversation to her, because when you talk to her, she always smiles and says isolated words such; as yes or no, maybe, I dont know etc... On the contrary to her behaviour on msn, she always starts to talk to me, and if I don’t answer immediately she starts to insist on talking, she always says hello, how are you doing?, how was your day? What are you doing, ANSWER to me!. Sometimes I get dizzy, because she talks to me a lot, I mean I want to say stop talking for a while. I already have talked with some of her friends and they are impressed about her behavior on the internet and they say: we can’t belive it she is like another girl. In fact , they have the reason because her personality changes a lot on msn, because everybody in the real world knows about her shyness, but on Internet there are people that don't know anything about it.

For those reasons, it is important to know how important these cyber friends in Tamara`s world are . When I have talked to Tamara she has told me that she hasn’t got many friends at high school; she feels excluded by her peers, because she is not as attractive and outgoing as her classmates. Teenagers are always trying to define and redefine themselves in relationship to others, and they do not want to be associated with anyone having unacceptable or unattractive characteristics. They try to strengthen their own identities by excluding those who are not like themselves, this is why Tamara finds refuge on the internet staying away from the real world because is in that place nobody knows anything about her personally, and nobody can judges her because of her appearance and her shyness, the internet is the place where she feels secure and more comfortable, furthermore she feels accepted by others, but she doesn’t have to forget that she lives in a real world.

As a matter of fact, Tamara has a confusion between the fiction and the reality because she thinks that she is only accepted and listened by others on msn, and maybe something like that can not occur in the real world , this is why she
spends hours huddled over a computer, there is a good chance you have something to worry about — internet addiction, that means an excessive computer use that interferes with daily life. when i asked Tamara what is she doing on the internet,she always answers me” i’m chatting”, instead of searching for the information for her homework, because it is supposed that this is the reason why she goes to the cyber everyday.Being addicted to the internet is a result of a feeling of loneliness , because many teenagers spend most of their day alone in their homes connected to the internet, while their parents are working. In this case Tamara is not the exception, because her mother works hard all day long,and Tamara after high school stays with her grandmother and that is the time that she takes to go on the internet for satisfying her feelings of loneliness sharing and chatting with her cyber friends in the world wide web.

It is important to mention that for Tamara being on the internet and cyber friends are very important, but they don’t know that they are exposed to people that may have bad intentions ,This is despite the fact that a chat room is anonymous, and all the weaknesses of human beings can be played out inside it without any restrictions, including psychopaths. Some months ago my cousin and a friend of her were chatting on msn, when a man started to talk to them , that man started to tell them things that cannot be reproduced, when my aunt walked into the living room and heard about that conversation, she got angry with my cousin and her friend and punished them, my cousin`s friend was the guilty one, and it wasn`t the first time that she had been exposed to that kind of conversations. This is a practice widely used today by psychopaths, who are masquerading as teenagers trying to catch their attention with a hidden intentions Thank God that Tamara has not gone through this situation but but she will have to be alert and before any sign of a stranger must talk with her parents and remove the contact from her list.

Nowadays we are living in a technological world, in which we are connected with people all over the world with only one click, and that affect especially teenagers, who often spend hours and hours in front of computer. The Internet is very important for tamara`s life because this is the place, in which she is accepted by her cyber friends in the world wide web, but at the same time is a problem because she lives in a real world and she has not realised that there are people who love her the way she is.

Now is 6:00 P.m the session on the cyber has finished, Tamara has to go home, now is the real world in front of her, that world that she has to face over and over again at the same hour of the day, and now she is expecting the following day in which her life has sense at 4:00 P.M.

by Carolina M.

Origin dances and actual interests

My connection with music and dance began approximately 13 years ago, when my parents motivated me to introduce in this surprising world, probably they saw some reaction in me when I listened music related to my country, so they convinced me to enter in a folk group called “Tradiciones” where I learnt almost all typical dances of Chile: cueca, tirana, pascuense, etc. My feeling for this passion began to grow when I started to present my dances in shows to a big number of people, and they thanked it with big applauses, in that precise moment, when the crowed seemed to be as exited as me, was when I realized that I had a beautiful talent and that I ought go for more; so that I began to compete in championships related to our traditional dance, cueca and the surprise was bigger when I began to win almost all the champions. But it wasn´t so important for me, the essential meaning was settled in my soul and in my mind, the thoughts that pass through them sometimes are undescriptive, the previous minutes to be presented to the public were surrounded of anxieties, when I was dancing nothing else there was in my soul that love for that I was doing, I felt that my heart beats were faster and harder and all the passion that I ever felt was borning in that moment. But while more emotions were being discovered in me, more cultures I wanted to explore with the only reason to get to people different cultures and to motivate children and young to know this amazing world; so that with the pass of the time I felt that to win championships wasn´t enough, so I looked for dances that made me feel really connected and satisfied with the dance; and I found that Latin American and African dances had special movements and extraordinary meanings that makes me feel that I was in an undescriptive atmosphere. The sensation of exploring these cultures and dances were similar to living a fantasy for me; because they are very separated on the planet, but very similar at the same time, because in both cases the dancer feels connected with their origins and root, and the observer feel so excited appreciating their culture and movements surrounded of happiness, attractive colors, and sensations. The most important point is that the dances and the moving of the body is a health way of expression.

Despite of that they seem to be very different, Latin American and African dances are closely connected by their origins and the passion that they express.
Most of the Latin ones, like; Samba, Rumba, mambo, Cha Cha Cha, and salsa decsend from African Movements or dances that have been modified troughout time. Rumba, for example came from African slaves.Cha Cha Cha contains a fast and cheerful mood with a bit of a religious dance of the West Africa, and Samba come from an African couples dance, originated from Angola and Congo. All the origins, moods, purpose, and themes are shown in each and every one of those dances, from the emotions to the way their hips move. The Rumba influence was given by the African slaves and the middle and high class of the Cubans. The native Rumba folk dance is based on sexual vibes between partners with exaggerated hip movements, and a sensual aggressive attitude on the part of the man and a defensive attitude on the part of the women.
On the other hand, these dances are different in their meanings; Most of the Latin American dances represent the conquest of the partner, sensual movement, and are always danced in couple. The African people dance in a circle and it has a great meaning; it represents life and how it keeps moving as in a circle, the dance here is rhythmic, they don´t dance with out drums because it symbolized the heart beats, express the mood of the people, the drum is the sign of life, it evoke emotions and to touch the souls of those who hear its rhythm. The movements also imitate animals in realistic details, and all parts of the body are moving to different drums beats and in different rhythm at the same time.
Nowadays, far from native cultures such as Latin-American or African dances, our actual society and new generations are drifting away from our origins. As part of the society these new urban cultures are leaving more than an effect in our youth, even though we don´t want to believe it. Bring it to the Chilean reality our cultural origins are quickly disappearing and soon will not exist.
The actual teenagers and youth are being bombarded by new trends from different countries. Between the age of thirteen and eighteen years old it´s very common that people are in search of an identity and a personal style with which they want to express that they are different. Actually, our country has a lot of different styles settled in our teenagers, such as “pokemon”, “flaite”, or “reggaetonero”. This last urban style came from Latin American rhythm and sound, influenced by salsa and meringue. This style is established in our youth and the main message that this has is to express the emotions in an explosive manner, in which the couple when dancing are constantly touching their bodies, kissing and most of time it is danced by a woman and two men. This message is changing the value of the family and relationships: the youth are expressing their feeling, emotions and impulses in an unlimited manner in which they don´t give importance to love, respect and dignity.
To be part of one of the urban styles could make to a young have an obsession for his or her style. It could disturb their studies, separate them from their families, just wanting to be with their music and the group of friends. It could cause problems with the relationships that they have, principally in their families, losing confidence and communication.
New generations are becoming intolerant with groups different from them. It is becoming a big problem because nowadays we have seen that teenagers have come to use violence, fight, and even kill with the only reason that they have a different taste for music or styles. This attitude is escaping from our hand because the parents aren´t giving enough value to the family, nor they are giving enough time to be with them teaching the meaning of life and tolerance. This generation is being cough by the routine of a lot of hours working, technology, money; and the family is being replaced for these possessions thinking that they are essential to be alive.
Clearly we have some problems to resolve; first of all we are losing our cultural root and thus to our families. If we keep up our traditions and roots and transmit them to new generations, undoubtedly they could have a different manner to see the life, the respect and tolerance to the people, and value in the relationships.
Even most of people don´t want to believe in culture, I am sure that it can change the life, the mind and behavior of the community; it helps us to value our roots and our origins, also to price the family, the relationships that we have and emphasize the respect for the partners. Although our routine is each day faster, we even have time to give to our family necessary time to communicate and to transmit the origins of our country that clearly the atmosphere that it generates in the life is healthy and beneficiary for our environment.

By Cindy Cordova.

Stress in workplace

There are many things in our lives that we have to do, but may be we don’t want to. In my personal life when I finished high school my dream was to follow my studies at the university, but my parents couldn’t pay it, so I have to look for a job to save some money for my studies. In this time to get a job is difficult, but in my case was very easy because in just one month I was already working as a shop assistant in Paris that is a well known shop. The first months I only worked on weekends, but one day my boss made me an offer, and it was to become an integral shop assistant. It meant working five days of the week and acquiring more responsibilities.I needed to work, so I accepted the opportunity. I liked this job and enjoyed of my labors. The first year was good; I learnt many things and met interesting and different kind of people. But with the passing of the time I started to feel bad and a little tired. The labor climate was bad and very competitive. I didn’t feel comfortable working there. My boss asked too much, and I tried to obey with all duties, but I couldn’t.

My plan was to work just one year and save maximum of money, but it wasn’t possible I was working in the shop two years. The problems of each day became unsustainable, and I started to feel frustrated because I wanted to study. I preferred to acquire to a student’s duties than the worker’s ones.

This entire situation provoked in me a deep feeling of disappointment and sadness. Each morning was more difficult to get up and I started to hate my job and all it meant. At night I didn’t sleep well my mind and body didn’t rest. While I was sleeping I felt as if were working because my brain repeated the actions that I had done during the day. Sometimes I dreamt about attending unpleasant and indecisive customer. I think that all this dissatisfaction was the cause of my stress and I am sure that many workers nowadays are victims of this illness.

I believed that a worker’s life is more stressful than a student’s one. It is because of one of the most common action that we usually do by obligation is working and it is the reason why there are many people suffering stress. Meanwhile, when we decide to study in the university all is different from the motivations to the objectives. Maybe both ways need dedication and effort, and worker’s life and student’s life have responsibilities, but to some people one is harder than the other.

When you are working or studying you have to accomplish with duties. Every business, for example, has its own internal rules and authorities, so the worker has to apply to this demand. When I worked I had to sell a definitive quantity of products, and answer to the demands of my bosses and customers. The same occurs with my student life today. I should be responsible with my duties and I am in constant evaluations from my teachers. I like it because I enjoy studying, but I didn’t enjoy working as a shop- assistant.

Despite of the similarity, there are also important differences; worker’s life is more related to stress. It is because the most of people work under pressure or in a bad work environment. Also people work by necessity; many times they are obligated to accept jobs that they may never have done or not have experience. I had never worked, so I didn’t have experience, but I needed the money and I had to accept. Therefore, it shows that the labor life is surrounded of factors that cause stress in people.

However, studying a university career is a personal decision. It implies that there is a different motivation and objectives. For a worker his goal is only monetary or social recognition while a student is concentrated in acquiring knowledge for a personal satisfaction or for in the future can work in something that he feels satisfaction and motivation.

We know that all people have responsibilities of different kind. Workers and students have to confront difficulties every day and the solution of it will depend of your necessities and the motivation that you have, but we have to be careful if these troubles attack more of normal our lives because if it is so we are in the face of other big problem that is the fearsome stress. It is proved that this illness is presented more in workplace than in the universities.

Since 1990 the studies have demonstrated that there are few working environments that are immune from stress. That illness is advancing rapidly becoming one of the most common among workers. There are many causes that help this problem advance each day more among employees.

The principal cause of this common nervous illness is the excess of working hours. Many employers don’t measure the quantity of work that their workers are able to do in a specific time. It is because of understaffing; As a result of that, an employee needs extra time working long hours, and not only for a few days. He passes many weeks or sometimes months working extra time.

Besides of excessive working hours many people have to support bad working conditions. Some jobs needs a competitive personal and it causes a labor climate complicated.

And in other cases the workers doesn’t count with necessary equipment. That doesn’t permit them to realize their job well and sometimes taking risk their lives. There are many kinds of job that need safety equipment but don’t have it, so those jobs are insecure.

Finally, when the relationship between employers and employees is cold and distant the communication between them is difficult, and hinders the solving of problems and taking decisions. This due to some companies having a poor organization in the structure of workplace. Is important that each worker clearly knows who his direct boss is; this avoids produce confusion and extra pressures to him.

In conclusion, every workplace presents its own problems in different ways, but it is important that these troubles don’t interfere with the labor of the workers, their lives and the relationship that they have with their managers and colleges. We should try as a whole that these causes of stress decrease in their effect in the daily labor of people. We have to try finding a motivation in everything that we do, and to find a solution for the problems at time with supporting of our colleagues, classmates, bosses or teachers. The clue is to add to our daily life the work team to make easy getting of our objectives in any area of life.