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My challenges

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Hi everyone! This is my last post on this subject (I think so) and I will talk about my experience on learning English at this university. First, I'm glad for having Benjamin as teacher, because I could openly   express  my gender and identity without judging, and be trust-blindly, knowing he will respect me. It has been a long path for us to openly express what we really are, and unfortunately, many teachers in this university don't respect diversity (in any way). Sometimes, in the classroom, my dead name was shown on the screen, but the teacher talk to me in my real name, and just ignore my d/n, and that's something VERY important to me. I'm also very grateful for letting me talk and write gender-neutral words, in blogs and activities, like using "they" instead "he" or "she", and not correct me for doing that. Even if it's something very little for some people, it differentiate this class from another class in university .  In additio...

Things that I wish I could change

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Hello everyone, we are finally returning to class, and on this occasion I will talk about the things I would like to change. First, I won't talk about all the stuff because this blog will be never-ending. The curriculum and the workload need changes, but the most important thing to me is the access for people from the diversity and neurodivergent, which involves faculty facilities, the technology, and the teaching methods. I recently worked on a call working for the "Oficina de Equidad e Inclusión" at university, and I could see all the wrong things in the university that people who don't belong to diversity don't notice. Foremost, for people with low hearing using hearing aids, being in the classroom is annoying and deficient because many of them aren't built anti-noise, so it's difficult for people with hearing aids to pay attention to what the teacher is talking about for the noise pollution. Also, the same concerns neurodivergent or autistic people bec...

Best vacation??

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When I was 15 years old (like five years ago) with a friend from my school, we decided to travel to Viña del Mar for one day, without anyone else. I don't remember well why, but I think cause' a friend of hers (that I don't even know) felt unwell on his vacation with his family in Viña, and we just decided to go, give him a gift to make him feel better, and finally go to the Japanese garden. And actually, we did it, but we were so short in time, that we arrived in the garden when it was almost closed, and our cellphone battery died, and we couldn't take any photos. We didn't know the way to come back also, so I had to protect her, and fortunately we went back to Santiago. It was just one day, but it was the best vacation for me because I had an opportunity to connect with my friend, in a way I didn't before; traveling without a plan, just because we want to, in a hot-headed way, because we decided that just a day before to go. I think the connection I got with h...

My Dream Job!

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When I was ten or eleven, I went to my first psychological therapy session. I hated it, and it was terrible in all ways. She didn't help me with anything, she criticized my aunt (the person I live with) for not being married to a man, and made homophobic comments about my sexual orientation. I didn't understand many things about the therapy, or about her behaviour (because I was very young at that moment) but since we finished that psychological session, I have decided I will become a better psychologist than her.  At this moment, I think I'm on the right way to achieve it; I'm in my second year of psychology, and it's even better than I imagined. I also imagine my job as a safe space, where people can express themselves without judging, and be supported. I also want to specialize in autism, disability people, neurodivergence, LGBTQ+, and hikikomori people (people who isolate themselves), 'cause I think they are the most excluded people in society, but also I  w...

My dream Post-Graduate Studies

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       Many people in Western countries don't know about Hikikomoris, but it is well-known in Asia, especially in Japan. That country was the first one to design a name for this situation, but this happens all over the world. There are many studies in Japan, but also in France, Spain, and other countries. Some academics try to prove to the scientific community "Hikikomori" is a syndrome and a psychiatric disorder, and not just a symptom of something else. Hikikomori people isolate themselves and don't see anyone in years, even decades, and in Japan there is even a program in the Ministry of Health that helps Hikikomoris to reincorporate into society. I'd like to study a Master's Program in Hikikomori people, because I want to help all the people who are alone, and be there for them, especially if they don't have anyone else. I didn't know the subject, or if it is a real degree, but I need to search for it and try it when I finish my current career in P...

The country I would like to visit uwu

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     Hi to anyone who's reading this!, I'm Aiden, and for a homework of my university i will write this blog and tell everyone what country I would like to go.     First things first, since I was a child, I always dreamed about living in the forest, far away of any person, and i found that Ireland is the most wooded country that i heard. So, I would like to go to Ireland, or Erin, like Irish people call it, to connect with all the trees, rivers, and all the nature there,  without  perceiving  anyone, anymore. I don't know so much about their traditions, but I read they have a strong connection with religion, with nature,  and so called "magic creatures",  so I wish to experience that for myself. I want to live there, after building a cabin in the forest, and being in there with my dogs, my cats, and maybe my partner or my adopted children. Also, I wish to pass my days writing my own book, working doing therapy online, playing piano, read...