Horoscope

-Aries: Stop blaming yourself for what happened to one of your relations in the past because it was not your fault. Try to improve your current relationship you have with an important relative and you will see life is not all about darkness and suffering.

-Taurus: Control your emotions. Do not let them take you over or you will get in trouble. Try to practice certain excercises which may help you channel your anger in a good way.

-Gemini: If you leave some bad habits you have, you will become a much better person and your life will totally change. Furthermore, you will have a future full of fortune ahead of you.

-Cancer: Your negative attitude will lead you to a lot of problems. A personal change of this kind of attitude is highly required. Unfortunately, your luck will be hard for some time so try to see beyond your problems in order to get a better perspective of life.

-Leo: Your strength of spirit will make you succeed in life. The only thing you need is patience. Your hard work and initiative will reward you in a better way than you expect.

-Virgo: Hate is not a good feeling. Try to forget a little about what happened with you and your relatives in the past. If you forgive them and realize you actually love them, you will find the inner peace you always wanted.

-Libra: Stop hanging around with people who are not a good influence on you. Otherwise, you will feel so threatened that you can get in serious problems in your school or job.

-Scorpio: Your bad attitude and lack of willingness will lead you to an unstable life full of failure. Realize there are people who are really worried about your future and accept their help.

-Sagittarius: Know your real strenghts and weaknesses by yourself and do not listen to people who do not know your abilities as well as you do. This way, you will have a better performance in you school or job.

-Capricorn: Do not overestimate somebody's abilities by underestimating yours. You have a lot of potential to succeed in whatever you want to. Try to be more self-confident.

-Aquarius: You have a great personality and a lot of leadership qualities. However, because of you are gifted, you tend to make others feel inferior. Realize the world does not go around yourself and start respecting other people's points of view as well.

-Pisces: Your lack of initiative will not make you fly. Little by little begin working on your weaknesses in order to develop a better performance in your school or job. Remember, if you do not want to work on these, you will not be capable of great things.

Can you guess what zodiac sign is Troy Jones, Jason, Hugo, Hakim, Danny Morton, Attiba Mack, Junior Advani, Jenny Reynolds, Nikki Anderson, Santiago Gonzales, Lance or Eddie Villaflores?

My favorite work of art

My favorite work of art is the painting "An American Classic" by Theodore Xaras who is a contemporary American artist. Although it is not a very well-known painting and does not belong to any painter as famous as Pablo Picasso or Leonardo da Vinci, I really loved it since the first time I saw it. Its beautiful landscape and variety of eye-catching colors just captivated me. Every time I gaze at it, I tend to remember my childhood dreams. This is because this wonderful work of art has all the characteristics I used to love when I was a child such as old trains, fresh vegetation, clean water and summer days. Furthermore, I recall when little I was obsessed about traveling to Puerto Montt by train. However, it had to be an old train like the one in the painting, it could not be a modern one because it did not have the same magic.

In spite of not being to Puerto Montt yet, when I gaze at this painting I feel like if I was there already.

Letter to the editor

Mr editor.
I wrote this letter to congratulate Ms Johnson on her magnificent work as a teacher. She has shown to be a dedicated educator and excellent professional by helping so many students as academically as psychologically through her unusual humanistic methods. She has been willing to turn mediocre students, who could not even read or write, into smart ones who, because of her hard effort made, can read, write and even think critically. I just consider that Ms Johnson is a great example of how a real teacher should be. She is not only pretty intelligent and has an extensive curriculum but has admirable moral values as well. Unfortunately, there are not many educators who are like Ms Johnson nowadays. Most of these bad professionals are just worried about earning money not taking into consideration their students' learning process and psychological welfare. That's why new teachers must be different and improve education by teaching, helping and assisting their pupils and not just caring about superficial things like money.

To conclude, I may say that if new educators followed Ms Johnson s' example and old ones rectified their mistakes in the past and followed her example too, there would be much less problems in education nowadays.

Juan Antonio Morena Lira
10-09-2009

Autobiography

My full name is Juan Antonio Morena Lira. I was born in Santiago, Chile on April 11th, 1986 in the hospital "Madre e hijo". When I was four, my younger brother Joaquín Ignacio Morena Lira was born. As a child, I remember I was pretty surprised when my parents brought him home for the first time. He used to be so small and would cry a lot.

At the age of five, I went to two playgrounds. At first I attended one called Labrador but then I changed to another one called Sumbayu. This happened because I had problems with my tutor and classmates. One year later, I started to attend "Liceo Miguel Rafael Prado". I studied in this establishment from Kinder to 4th grade of secondary. In 2002, my paternal grandma passed away. She was so sick and was suffering so much before dying that I thought it was better she rested in peace instead of living in pain.

In 2003, I failed 3th grade of secondary because I had depression due to bullying. My classmates were pretty mean and cruel to me. During this period, I had no friends and anybody who I could count on. I really felt lonely and empty. However, next year I could recover thanks to psychological treatment. As time went on, I started to notice my psychological health was getting better. I could make friends and develop a stronger personality. In short, everything turned out well. In 2005, I successfully graduated from that school and got a diploma. I recall it was a very nice celebration. Almost all my peers weeped with emotion but I did not. Maybe the bad memories unconsciously came to my mind that time.

During 2006, I began to study English Pedagogy at Alberto Hurtado University. What I wanted was to learn how to speak English. I remember I was very excited and nervous the first day. As a freshman, I did not know at all what I was going to do and who I was going to meet there. In October of last year, I had to stop studying because of great stress. That year, I could finish the first semester but could not complete the second one. I felt absolutely drained and desmotivated. I recall I just wanted to rest and recover all the energy I had lost. In August of this year, I returned from my one year break to study again. To date, I feel better and really hope that in about two or three years time I may have graduated from university and have gotten the degree and diploma I want so much.