English Language Challenges

I think that the blogging experience has been overall positive. Before this semester I think that I had lost some of my writing abilities in terms of using the english language, however being able to write periodically in the language has made me realize the importance of using them on an almost daily basis. I think that the University should include english in the compulsory curriculum since I blame my loss of language skills to not being able to practice them as much as I used to when I was in school.
Mainly I think that my writing skills have improved in regards to drafting and connecting ideas with one another. This is a common issue with both english as a second language and my primary language, I think that is because sometimes I have a lot of things to say and don't trust in my own memory to remember them all, so I just write everything as fast as possible and then, when I proof read the text hat I justo wrote, I realize that some paragraphs fitted better in a different order and that sometimes the connection between ideas isn't clear (I guess this is because I know clearly what the connection between those ideas are in my head). I don't think that this problem will ever be "solved", firstly because if people can understand the general idea, then it's not a 'problem' just a 'style difference', and secondly because writing is such a personal matter that whose to say which is the correct way of writing and the incorrect one. What I aspire is to be able to share my ideas in the clearest and cleanest way possible without compromising my own writing style and I think that in that regard, the blog activity has been very helpful, so I think that I'm going to keep on writing in english.
Outside of the class, my approximation of the english language is basically watching a lot of british and north american tv shows, reading a lot of books (because I don't get to practice my english very often, I try to read as many english books as I can) and trying to speak more frequently with my mom or my friends who also speak english. Also, there have been a couple of courses that require reading papers written in english, so I often volunteer to translate them for my classmates who don't know the language.

Changes to my Study Programme

First of all, I think that the current curriculum of the career is excessively broad and tries to comprehend an exaggerated amount of subjects. I think that it would be more efficient to have fewer compulsory courses and more elective ones so that the students could leave with a more specialized formation in the areas that they are truly interested in. The fact that the curriculum is so broad means that the students have to take 6 to 8 courses a semester, an insane amount of courses compared to other countries that have 3 to 4 a semester (in sweden they have one subject at a time for 6 weeks and they finish the semester having passed 4 courses). That many courses means less time for hobbies or social interactions with friends and family, that is particularly difficult for the students who live alone or with roomates because as well as the coursework, they have to clean, cook and maintain a household. I think that the university is rapidly adjusting to the use of technology, the u-cursos platform is quite useful and has a lot of potential if the teachers and teacher assistants used it more, also there is a reasonable amount of  books and texts available in the library and we have agreements with other public and university libraries to lend books that ours is lacking of. The wifi on campus could be better, faster and more accesible, but in the library, cafeteria and some classrooms it works fine. Finally, I think that the teachers should try to update their teaching methods, I think that in times like these, when the information needed is so readily available, the classes should focus more on discussion and critical analysis than just repeating the class syllabus.