Blogpost 8: A subject you enjoy studying

If you read this you probably know that I am studying Dentistry at the University of Chile. This is my first semester so it was a bit difficult to adapt to university life in this context of pandemic and online classes.

However, there was a subject that I really liked called “Skills development and self-care for professional practice”. As its name says, consists of teaching us to develop some dental skills and the professional's self-care when working with a patient. It is the only subject that brought me closer to dentistry and despite being in online classes, the practical work classes were very close with my classmates and my teacher in charge.

I learned things like the general elements to recognize the workplace, dental nomenclature, how to carve teeth with soap, self-care in oral health and some diseases related to the oral cavity such as tooth decay, gingivitis and periodontitis, in addition the homework (home-work haha, I have been locked in my home for about 5 months) they gave us were nice for me, like creating a poster or a power point.

Bonus: I also liked the English classes a lot, as we were few members, a more confident environment was generated and the teacher was very nice. Without English classes there would never have been this blog that has helped me a lot to practice my writing.

Blogpost 7: Choice of two topics

 This time I will show you one of my favorite pages related to dentistry.

One of my favorite social networks is instagram so I spend most of my time watching videos and other publications, I like to watch before and after orthodontic videos or when they do restorations but there is a type of videos that satisfied me and that is the removal of dental tartar. There are many accounts or videos about dental tartar removal but the Indonesian dentist Tri Putra account is ideal if you like to watch those kinds of videos, some are really shocking cases of dental tartar and for me the more tartar the more satisfactory. Also the page will also provide you with some tips, although it may be a bit difficult to understand since they are in Indonesian. Whenever I go to instagram, some of his videos appear, they are addictive for me and I see them almost every day.

I leave the link for you to visit his account and see some of his videos.

https://www.instagram.com/doktergigi_/?igshid=1mct9e35q0wiw

Blogpost 6: Free Topic 2

My experience being vegan.
Since I was little I was always an animal lover and I was always aware that I should not mistreat them, much less eat them, but since I come from a traditional family they always forced me to eat meat because it was normal and because "it did me good". However one day the idea to stop eating animals came to my head and that thought went around in my head for a long time but I did not dare to do it since at that time it depended on what my grandmother cooked and I did not know cooking very well, until one day I told them that I did not want to eat any more meat so I did it, but everyone was quite surprised and thought that I was going to starve, about all my grandparents since they are from the countryside and are not used to vegetarianism, much less veganism. They told the other family members that I had "become" a vegetarian as if it were something crazy and many believed that it was wrong, that it was something very rushed and that it would not do me good, but I did not care about the opinion of the others because my conscience was calm when not eating animals and also had informed me enough. One day I decided to be a vegan and that shocked them much more when they did not eat dairy or eggs or anything related to animals. But veganism goes beyond not eating animals, it is being an activist against animal abuse, not using products tested on animals, not speciesism, etc. Some may think that it is something extreme but some think that it is something of justice. We don't need cow's milk, we need the calcium that we can get from other foods like broccoli or almonds, we don't need the protein from meat, we can get it from legumes that are much healthier, and so with many other foods that can be easily replaced, it is just motivation and you get well informed. Finally my family understood after many years that I don't need to risk another living being to feed myself well.
I love french fries!
Animals are with us not for us. ❤

Blogpost 5: A Photo and its Story

Maybe this is not the most emotional story or the funniest but I wanted to tell you about this moment that was painful for me at the time.

This is me at 6 years old, just waking up from surgery (easy, it was nothing serious) and receiving my favorite stuffed toy back then that my mom brought me to cheer me up.
But why the surgery?
When I was little I snored very loud (like an old man) so the solution was to have my tonsils removed (my mom had to make a great effort because we had no money to pay for it), besides I was not breathing well so they also had to remove my adenoids. The recovery was quite painful, I couldn't speak or eat well so my weight at that time was very low and I was very small, I spent many days in bed eating jelly and being a littlegirl, that was very boring to me but it was worth it because I stopped snoring although on the other hand, since that surgery I often catch a cold.

Blogpost 4: Free Topic

I'm going to take this opportunity to tell you about one of my favorite books and it's called "A Happy World". The book is science fiction and was written in 1932 by Aldous Huxley but when I read it it was as if the author was from our time because what he relates is quite similar to our reality, if you read it you will see that what I say makes quite a lot of sense, however it relates a utopian and technological world.
As the name implies, the book recounts a "happy world" where all people are controlled by a system called the World State. People are divided into castes from highest to lowest (Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons) where Alphas were handsome and smart while Epsilons were ugly and foolish, dividing society by economic and social hierarchy. The most important thing about this is that everyone used a drug called "soma" that causes an escape from reality, taking away all freedom and individuality from each person. In the World State, sex is informal and something very casual "everyone belongs to everyone", they were all infertile (humans are grown in test tubes) and family relationships doesn't exist.

Anyway, I could continue making a summary of the book but that is not the idea, you can read it and tell me what you think.
But if all this is about dehumanization and an imposition on happiness, What makes us human?

Blogpost 3: My favorite Piece of Technology

Anyone who knows me would think that my favorite piece of technology is my cell phone because it is what I use the most, but it's not, my favorite piece of technology is my mini-component. They gave it to me when I turned 14 years old (yes, it's a bit old), back then I was a fan of a band called One Direction and I had all their records but I had nowhere to listen to so that's why they gave it to me. However, over the years I have continued to use it very frequently, I use it when I study, when i clean, sometimes I connect it to my television so that the movies are heard better.

I like it because listening to music increases my spirits, motivates me, I feel that it complements me. Life without my mini-component would be very boring for me, because listening to music is something very important in my life and not only listening to it but also for the good quality that is heard with the mini-component, also the bass can be heard very well.

Blogpost 2: Why did I choose my major?

When I was little I wanted to be a Stewardess because I liked the uniform and also planes and traveling the world caught my attention, but I grew up and I didn't like that idea anymore.

 It all started when I was a little girl and I didn't like brushing my teeth, so I started to visit the dentist constantly and seeing that they didn't treat me very well (they were very neglected or in a bad mood), I thought about studying Dentistry to change that and treat my patients as well as possible, also later I started to take good care of my teeth and I liked that. But not only did I like Dentistry, I also liked helping animals and wanted to study Veterinary Medicine.

When I was approximately 17 years old, I liked Obstetrics because helping women was something that I liked and also just at that moment my mom got pregnant. So among my options were also Obstetrics and Veterinary medicine but my first option was always Dentistry.
I would like to work in public places like a CESFAM to help people who find it difficult to access a private consultation and help them to have better quality public health.

I’ve always liked helping others.