Activities in English

I've been learning English for a long time now. In fact, in France it's really common to begin your second language when you enter school, at 3. It has always been a pleasure to learn English, despite some teachers during high school. Then, when I entered university, I was hoping to finally become bilingual before going abroad for my third year. Unfortunately, the poor quality of the classes and the lack of hours (only two per week) have made me stagnated for two years. Never mind, I will pursue until I got my C2 level (also because in Sciences Po we cannot stop English classes until we have passed C1). Although I have not learned much in these classes, I had the chance to take half of my curriculum in English last semester. In Chile, it seems like English is not as highlighted as in France, and I can understand, considering that all the countries of South America (except Brazil) speak Spanish. However, I enjoyed being part of this class, because I had the opportunity t...

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...