Job interview

What to do:

• Dress smartly, look bright and attentive, and speak clearly and confidently. Don't forget that in the first few minutes only 7% of the interviewer's opinion of you is formed by what you say - the rest is judged on how you look, act and sound.
• Find out where the venue is beforehand, how to get there and how long it takes
• Get your outfit ready the night before
• Find out what kind of interview it will be so you can prepare
• examine the person specification and your CV/application form, and think about what type of questions they will ask you
• prepare answers for the main questions - for example, why do you want the job, what are your strengths and weaknesses, what are the main tasks in this job?
• make about three or four points in each answer
• quote real examples of when you've used certain skills - just saying you've got a skill isn't enough
• take your time when answering the questions: make sure you understand the question and take your time if you need to think
• sell yourself: no one else is going to! Be positive about yourself and your experiences
• prepare some questions to ask at the end of the interview - use it as an opportunity to find out more about the role and the company. (Don't ask about money or perks just yet!)
• when discussing salary, know your market worth and start by quoting a little higher than this
• get feedback on your performance, whether you were successful or not
• turn off your mobile phone: treat the interviewers with respect and give them your undivided attention
• keep your answers focused on what you can do for the employer, not what they can do for you

What not to do:

• don't be late
• don't swear or use slang words
• don't slouch in your seat or do anything that makes you look uninterested
• don't smoke
• don't lie: the interviewer may see through you. Even if you get the job, your employer can dismiss you if they find out that you have not been honest
• don't let your nerves show too much; a few nerves are normal but extreme nerves will affect your performance. Use breathing techniques and try to remember that it's not a life and death situation - there are plenty of jobs out there!
• don't be arrogant and assume you've got the job. Nothing turns off employers more than someone who is disrespectful and over-confident
• don't discuss controversial topics such as religion, politics and gender relations
• don't criticise former employers or colleagues. Interviewers may mark you down as a troublemaker and a gossip.

Geniuses Children

These children have a higher intelligence, have great creativity and curiosity for learning, which is why they have different needs and requirements from other children, is important to recognize certain type of behaviors and reactions that these children have, for example these children learn to read in a short time, maintain a conversation between them 18 to 24 months, learn the alphabet and count to 10 or more, great creativity, like to socialize with older kids, totally independent and introverted .

When parents determined to have a child with this profile, they must make important decisions since according to Linda Kreger Silverman, specialist from the US Department of Education, parents have a fundamental role in the development of these children because they are the ones responsible for the child they have to inform the school and ask for case evaluation. Experts recommend noticing this profile between 3-8 years, since such children are extremely vulnerable to social problems affecting their personality.

Parents are in charge to stimulate these children, holding talks interesting for them, pay attention to numbers, arts or skills that develop, encourage them to not get bored and give an area where to be able to read, study quietly, because that most of these children lose their high IQ because of misdiagnosis and lack of stimulation.

Social networks

 

The social networks came to change the habits of the population. In 2006-2007 it was created a “sign” in Hi-5 and in this time it was the most popular social network that you could have.

Nowadays Facebook could be the most popular, you can post everything that you do, everything that you eat, and where you are and also can post a lot of photographs and music videos, some jokes and you can put everything that you want. Besides you can make a lot of virtual friends and receive a lot of likes but you have to be careful because some moments it can be an addictive and something dangerous for you, for your friends and for your family.

Why something dangerous? Because you can only see the photography of your “friends”  but if you accepted a person and you really don´t know nothing about this person, you don´t know who is she or he and you can be a victim, you can suffer like an abuse and depending of that, you can be a victim of a crime because you post photos of your social area, your family, car,  house and everybody knows where you live and this could make everything easier for a person that what to do a crime or something dangerous.

In other cases the networks can be addictive for some people, they need these social networks in every moment and have to post everything that they do because they see the “likes” like the “accept” and it begins like something funny but it can have a lot of several social and physical problems. But the social networks are not always negative, they also have a lot of positive things for example you can contact people that live in other countries, you can see their photos and talk to them, besides you can watch the news about your country and other countries.

La Piedra de Aserrí

This happen in a Little town named Aserri, this town was rule by a one handsome man and had a many girls that followed him, but one witch named Zarate was falling in love with him, she was a plump woman, she wasn’t beautifull, and had a big black eyes. She had a mysterious gaze, and when she talked she raised her eyebrow, always combed her hair with a braid.

Zárate used to cured some type of diseases, and in some cases that she couldn´t do anything she give a gift a to the people some fruits like grapefruit, oranges and when they come back to their house this fruits were transformed in gold coins and gemstones.

One day the proud man contempt she, but she swear revenge, and some days after the house where he lived turned into stone, the people that lived with he were converted animals, and the governor in a bautiful peacock. One afternoon Diogenes Olmedo went to visit a the witch Zarate, because he wanted to be lucky, he walked around 6 hours, he was tired and decided to a break in a stone, he was frustrated because he couldn’t talk with Zarate, but he fell asleep, suddenly he saw some white pigeons, and that said to him “if you want to talk with Zarate hits 3 times the stone and say this”

“Busco en vano mi ideal

años caminando y siempre en pie,

linda Zárate escucha y ábreme

por el amor del pavo real”

inmedialy the pigeons left and it fall out white rose petal. When he woke up, he hits 3 time the stone and Zarate appered, with tabaco in one han, and with a peacock in the other. And she said: tell me good men what do you want? I can please you? Diogenes come near to her, and told his sad history, his widowhood, his angry and sick children.

 The witch Zarate asked him when his wife died? And he said: No she is not dead; she disappear one day when she was in the river of the mountain. We never know more about her and her friends, they disappeared in a mysterious way, her named was Lupita Olmedo. 

In that moment Zarate raised her eyebown, and said: just because you beg in the named of my peacock I give you all that you need, but you have to walk more than hour and go up to the mountain, when he can arrive to the mountain he look a lagoon with oranges, lemons and all that he need to survive, in that moment Zarate said: this is the food for your sons... and you can take, suddenly 12 pigeons appear and the witch said this pigeon are going to be your guide and she disappear. 

When the man come back to his house, he was thinking and was disappointed, and he said why this fruit? Is a lot!! When he was in the middle of the way some fruits the fall down in the river. When he saw his sons they asked what the witch gift him; Diogenes pretending that he was happy, told showed all the fruit that Zarate gift them, and in the next day 12 pigeon come to them and gift a surprise.

The children went to sleep that day, but they were waiting to the next day for look the surprise that their father said, in the next day all the fruit were coverted in gold, and in the afternoon they hear barking dogs and horse footsteps what would be the surprise that twelve walkers returned one morning, happily went to the mountain and did not return. Lupita Olmedo came galloping forward to shake his children and his inconsolable husband. And had the Zárate witch, to see them bathing in the river had the idea of turning them into white doves and transform her and her friends. As for the peacock, he promised that as soon consents to her husband, restores its original form, but the Spanish honorable retain his ancestry, must resign himself to being a Peacock prisoner before the sorceress husband released.

San Valentine’s Day

The legend was happen in the third century, when a priest named Valentin in Rome decided to challenge the orders of the emperor Claudio III because, he did not allow with the young marries, because the young man were better of fight, and were better soldiers for defend the kingdom.

Valentin decided to perform secrets weddings, and for that he was executed in February 14, this priest had a big believe in love, and because of that this day we celebrate the day of the love.

Nowadays this day has become very popular, is more the people that celebrate with the parent, the friends or also with the family because we are celebrating all forms of love. Gift something in this day is essential, could be chocolates, flowers, cupcakes, balloons, or maybe going to dinner, but today is many people that like a soiree and the restaurant have to make reservation much time before.

Besides the stores are in charge to make a lot of propaganda, and influence the person to buy a big bear, a bracelet, a colony, a box of candies, many roses, or an special card, all the stores decorated with red balloons, put red and pink clothing, and they try to make a good environment just for the love. Also the schools practice this day, they have to make a card and gift to another person, they sell helium balloons and put roses in the lockers. I considered that this is a good practice because you can make whatever you want just for love, and we inculcates to demonstrated a the child the true love for every person not just when you are falling in love because this day you can give something to  your patents, your grandparents or some person that you really care about.

However  many people looks this day is like a day for consumist and a lot of people prefer to disregard the date and look like a normal day.