Activities in English

I have not been here for a long time , only three months, but I can make comparisons between la Escuela de Gobierno y de Gestion Publica and my home university for sure. First of all, I wanted to critique a bit the curriculum. It changes a lot of what I was studying in France, it is more specific than my career. However, I think it lacks practical activities or classes, especially in fourth and fifth years. I don’t want to fall in the trap “my school is better than yours” but it is beneficial to have obligatory internships before graduating. Indeed, we can really appreciate the “real life”, the work life, apart from theory (which is still important). Following this, I must say that I had the opportunity to follow two gender classes the past semester: “Sociology of gender” and “Gender and Queer law” (both in English). Therefore, I think it would be interesting to have such perspective in the public administration as the future functionaries must be in favor of gender equality. ...

      I think this post will be my favorite one, as in my home university we are used to debate and express our personal opinion in every course, in every conversation even outside of class. In fact, the other name of Sciences Po is "Institute of Political Studies". So, you may now learn more about the views of the French girl who learns English in a Spanish speaking country. The first subject in the teacher's list that interested me, or should I say that I wanted to argue, is recycling. I am not a climate change skeptic, I truly believe and see the effects of it, however I have a more materialist approach of preventing it. My take is that despite all the individual efforts we are doing, if governments and multinationals do not take care of the subject, there will be no change. Although I recycle, I know it has only a minimum impact. For instance, the household’s consumption of water only represents 3% of the world total consumption. I’ll always reme...

First of all, I am more a “series- type-of-person” rather than a movie one. I know, I am French, I do not correspond to the stereotype. Even my high school was named after Jean Zay, a former French Ministry who also happened to have invented the famous “Festival de Cannes” in 1939. Anyway, I obviously like movies, and I can recommend you some French ones (as I have done for Mariam and Camila) if you enjoy discovering new cultures. However, I prefer the format of series, the fact that there are episodes and seasons, cliff-hangers to maintain suspense and dynamism, and also fictional characters that we can follow throughout their evolution (even if sometimes it means crying over their death). Second of all, I do not have Netflix. As far as I can tell, it looks like it is really not as developed in France as here in Chile or Canada. Then we all have our techniques to still follow our best shows, with a bit of time difference. Nonetheless, as a real fan of series, I have a long ...

I’m not sure of what is exactly a postgraduate course, or what it means in France, what is its equivalent, thus sorry in advance if I have misunderstood ! Of what I have read, I figure out it may be what we call a master in the European system of higher education “LMD” (License, Master, Doctorate). A license is the first three years of university, often very general, which delivers a national diploma that permits to begin your professional life. Then you have the master, the fourth and the fifth years where you specialise more yourself on a specific aspect of your discipline (for instance, if you have been studying law, you can pursue your cursus in a master of European law, company law, public law, health law etc.). It is not obligatory but strongly recommended as the labor market tends to be more competitive. Finally, you can do a doctorate in three more years and follow up your dream of being a university lecturer and researcher (just kidding). Now that I explained ...

Since I arrived less than two months ago in Santiago, I still have a lot of places to discover around the city and its suburbs. Nonetheless, I spent a large amount of my free time (meaning mostly my weekends, as I finish class on Thursday at 12) getting to know more the capital that I have dreamed of during half a year. In fact, when I had to make choices for my exchange year (six in total), I selected all the five santiaguinas universities that have a learning agreement with Sciences Po. I really wanted to come here. That’s why since the beginning of the semester I had the time to visit plenty of tourist places, wandering next to La Moneda, exploring the Cerro San Cristobal, visiting the Museum of Memory and Human Rights, listening to an audio guide in La Chascona to learn more about Pablo Neruda… etc. I also had the chance to spend a weekend in Valparaíso and Viña del Mar. On another note, I enjoy nature, thus it truly fulfills me that some parks are accessible by bus.   ...

When I saw today’s topic I was really excited to tell you more about the job of my life: magistrate. I don’t know if it has the same signification or role in Chile, so I’ll try to explain. Since I am 15, I’ve wanted to become a magistrate. The main reason is that, from how far I can remember, I’ve always been furious about inequalities in our society. Thus, my goal is to fix these situations by using the law. I know it may sound utopic, however I think I can help create a better environment for everyone who wasn’t born in the “right” place, the “right” family, the “right” skin. I believe you can make errors in your life, most of them caused by the socio-economical context you live in. In order to become a French magistrate, you have to follow a master in law, and then take a competitive examination to enter the “National Magistracy’s School” (ENM in French). Once you get in, you are paid by the State to be a student judge during two years and a half. Afterwards you are nominated ...