CulterPaulus

I must be happy.
For the very first time on many months I finished all what I had in my agenda, on time!!!
And I'm surprised, because it's been a very busy week:

• I started my classes in the institute
  
• I had to re-build the main site of the institute: http://www.galileo-piriapolis.com
  
• I had to asist a customer day by day in preparing his CRM software (I'll be asisting him for a long time)
  
• I finished the website of a new customer: http://www.inmobiliariakowss.com
  
• I prepared the shop site of my company: http://www.info-bytes.net/shop (still uploading products )
  
• I prepared campaigns for http://www.vivapiriapolis.com , another site I manage, about my city.
  
• and I had meetings in the institute, gave support to teachers and administrators, spent time with my family, my daughter started her school and I take there every morning, and so many things.
  

Wow, now that I look, it was a lot of things to do!!!

Now... I'm enjoying my mate, and will play Happy Feet for the #5 or 6 time, with my little princess. And will prepare tortas fritas (something like fried cakes, another typical meal from Uruguay)

And tomorrow, will do some things at home. It has been raining last days and everything needs arranges outdoors.

So, I wish a happy weekend for all of you my friends!

Comienzo de clases.
En Uruguay las clases inician este año el 2 de marzo, dependiendo del nivel de enseñanza u otros factores. Como muchos saben, soy profesor de informática en un instituto de secundaria, aquí en mi ciudad. Este año aparentemente estaré dando clases por primera vez a los dos niveles que incluyen informática: primer y segundo año.

Esta próxima semana tenemos las reuniones previas de profesores. En el instituto donde trabajo las clases empezarán un poco después que en la enseñanza pública, pero ya hemos de estar preparados, evidentemente.

En cuestión de educación, cada año noto numerosas reacciones en los chicos: en general pocas ganas de estudiar, en muchos la incertidumbre por ingresar a un nuevo sistema de educación, con sus temores, con sus cosas infantiles que de a pocos se van convirtiendo en juveniles, y mil experiencias que se juntan en cada clase.

He ido aprendiendo a ponerme en el lugar de ellos, cosa que es muy difícil. Y con la ayuda de psicólogos y asistentes entender algunas reacciones de ellos. Entre las experiencias más lindas estan las que tienen que ver con los logros de algunos, tras un poco de ánimo, de dar estímulo y recompensar el esfuerzo. Cuando a los muchachos se les dá atención y la oportunidad de expresarse, logran mucho.

En ese sentido espero poder aplicarme bien a esta tarea, un año más.

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Beginning of classes.
In Uruguay classes begin this year on March 2, depending on the teaching level or other factors. As many of you know, I am a profesor of computer science in an institute of secondary, here in my city. For the first time this year I will be giving classes at the two levels that include computer science: first and second year.

Next week we have the previous meetings of professors. In the institute where I work, the classes will begin a little after than the public teaching, but we must already be prepared, evidently.

In education topics, every year I notice numerous reactions in the boys: in few, no desires of studying, in many the uncertainty to enter to a new education system, with their fears, with their infantile things that they go transforming into juvenile, and a thousand experiences that join in each class.

I've been learning how to understand the students, that it is very difficult. And with the help of psychologists and assistants to understand some reactions of them. Among the prettiest experiences is the good reaction when I give stimulus and to reward their effort. When to the students recieve attention and the opportunity to be expressed, they achieve a lot.

In that sense I hope to be able to apply myself well to this task, all this year.

Estoy terminando de leer "Hijos de la Mente" de Orson S. Card, que antes comenté que había comprado hace unos días.

Encontré algunas frases que me han resultado interesantes, y hoy se me ocurrió publicar la siguiente:

"Cambiar el mundo es bueno para aquellos que quieren su nombre en los libros. Pero ser feliz... eso es para aquellos que escriben sus nombres en las vidas de los demás, y retienen los corazones de otros como el tesoro más preciado".

Bueno, habría que leer todas las entregas de la saga para ver todo el sentido de esta frase en lo que tiene que ver con esta historia, pero en la vida real no está lejos de ser cierto.

The cousin of my wife was visiting us last week. He is from Paraguay. His future wife cooked chipa guazu and for the first time I tasted it. Delicious!!
It has corn and cheese, we ate all in few seconds

Thanks Francisca!

While the fog covered the city, we took my daughter to McDonald's to watch the games of Ronald, invited by a niece who works there. It was funny, but my little one didn't smile with him, and refused to have some pics with him!

Anyway, it was another day to walk and have nice fun. And have a break for me from the daily routine.




My niece and my wife... they were like little girls!