Write about some changes that could be made to your study programme (career). Among others, think about:
- The curriculum (the subjects you have to study)
- Workload and length of studies
- Faculty facilities (buildings and infrastructure)
- Teaching methods
- Word count: 250
- Leave a comment on 3 of your classmates' posts and 1 on the teacher's.
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Dear students,
I graduated from university about ten years ago, it sounds like a
long time, but for me it's like yesterday!
As you know, I studied
translation first, and even though we paid a lot of money for our program there
were many things that I would have liked to change, some of them I know that
they changed, but I'm focusing on my study years.
In terms of curriculum, I think
we had classes that were not necessary, or classes that were repeated, we had
theory of translation in English and Portuguese, but the theory was the same!! One
of them was completely unnecessary, the class of English culture was basically
a history class of the kings and queens of the UK, it was so boring, we had to
memorize the book and then give presentations about it, it was a waste of time,
and of course I remember less than half. What about the history of the United
States, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and so many other countries that
speak English? Nothing.
Also, it was good that I liked English, because ironically the
worst teachers were from English!! I had some good ones, but I had some that
were horrible, completely outdated.
I believe that the workload was very appropriate, we had important
evaluation all semester, so by the end of the semester I wasn’t very stressed
like friends from other majors.
I studied at Usach, which I loved, but unfortunately our faculty
was really poor, and our facilities were very precarious, specially the
toilets. The doors were falling and we didn’t even have toilet paper in them.
Fortunately, I know things have changed, and I’m glad because we
have to fight for the ones that come after us, don’t we?
