Working as an economist must be fascinating. If you chose to work with stocks, you must be very responsible and must like reading very much. You will get good rewards if you devote your hours to know everything about markets.
In the meantime, working with people´s money can be very stressing because people could remember your job only when you lose their capital. Of course, you can explain that it happens and stocks are an investment for medium or long term, but this may not be enough to some of them.
You must wake up early every day and read two or three newspapers before starting working to know every piece of news that can affect the market. Studying the world´s economy will be very important too.
To sleep, sometimes, you will need to take some Sleeping pills and you won´t stay with your family very much, however, when you get many clients, you could work at home.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Being a teacher! - by Amanda Nogueira
Working as a teacher is challenging, with so many good points and bad points.
Into the group of good things about being a teacher we have:
- Do the work without a boss watching you;
- Do what you want to do in class… what I mean in this case is: if you are in a bad day, that you´re tired or sad for example, you can just ask for the students to read and answers some questions from a book, or simply, check the notebooks;
- Another thing that´s good is the fact that you can plan your own schedule, which is more flexible than in other jobs where you may work 40 hours a week;
- Yet, if you need to be absent probably there will be a substitute for you, a person who will do your work for you, and that way, your boss (in this case “the principal”) won´t mind a lot about your absence, even because you have the right to be absent !
- And the best thing is: this profession is the only one that you can have a vacation twice a year, approximately around 60 days!!!!
… it´s a pity that there is a bad side in being a teacher (as all in the life)…
- To be a teacher means you have to be patient, very patient, but if you weren´t born with this gift certainly you should develop it;
- Eventually, you will have to go to a pathologist to check your vocal cords, because of the intensity (high! Almost all time) that you often have to speak in class, if you want to be listened;
- It would be good to do a “life insurance” because nowadays you take the risk to have your life threatened;
- And, to conclude, if you want to be rich, you should look for another job, unless you take a job as a teacher in a good private school/university or, if you are approved in an open competition to work in a Public or Federal University.
Well, I´m going to stop here to avoid getting depressed, after all, I´m a teacher too (just in my free time...)!
Into the group of good things about being a teacher we have:
- Do the work without a boss watching you;
- Do what you want to do in class… what I mean in this case is: if you are in a bad day, that you´re tired or sad for example, you can just ask for the students to read and answers some questions from a book, or simply, check the notebooks;
- Another thing that´s good is the fact that you can plan your own schedule, which is more flexible than in other jobs where you may work 40 hours a week;
- Yet, if you need to be absent probably there will be a substitute for you, a person who will do your work for you, and that way, your boss (in this case “the principal”) won´t mind a lot about your absence, even because you have the right to be absent !
- And the best thing is: this profession is the only one that you can have a vacation twice a year, approximately around 60 days!!!!
… it´s a pity that there is a bad side in being a teacher (as all in the life)…
- To be a teacher means you have to be patient, very patient, but if you weren´t born with this gift certainly you should develop it;
- Eventually, you will have to go to a pathologist to check your vocal cords, because of the intensity (high! Almost all time) that you often have to speak in class, if you want to be listened;
- It would be good to do a “life insurance” because nowadays you take the risk to have your life threatened;
- And, to conclude, if you want to be rich, you should look for another job, unless you take a job as a teacher in a good private school/university or, if you are approved in an open competition to work in a Public or Federal University.
Well, I´m going to stop here to avoid getting depressed, after all, I´m a teacher too (just in my free time...)!
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
STORYTELLERS
by Vânia Susaki
One of the texts that was given to us in the English test was about a program which started in the USA and joined different types of life’s stories, from any kind of people.
The program works at ‘Center of Digital Storytelling’ and its purpose consists of making an archive with photos and testimonials of every person who wants to share a little bit of their lives. After reading this article I went for It made a research and the result was: Museu da Pessoa.
In other words, not only the North American can leave a piece of their lives to humanity, but we Brazilians have here the same right.The process is the same of the Center in the USA, the ‘Museu da Pessoa’ has been working for 17 years with more than 8 thousand testimonials, 70 thousand photos and documents from people all over the country.
You can find this whole stuff at the website, there you also find the exposition of programs and other thematics works. The ‘Museu da Pessoa’ joins the ‘Center of Digital Storytelling’ and together they made on May 16th of 2008 the International Day of Life’s Storytelling (Dia Internacional das Histórias de Vida). Different cities participated in the comemoration, including: São Paulo, Cape Town, New Zeland, Canada and others. Canada’s program is available for cell phones, you can check it on: Murmur.
What are you waiting for? Give the world the chance to know more about your life, tell us who you are, what you want, where you are from, what you like! =)
Click on the links above and follow the steps, make the world hear you.
Contacts: www.museudapessoa.com.br
www.murmurtoronto.ca
Phone: (55xx11) 2144-7170
Sources: Revista Brasileiros, Março 2008 editora Brasileiros, pág. 26.
Combo Split B, World Pass, page 135.
One of the texts that was given to us in the English test was about a program which started in the USA and joined different types of life’s stories, from any kind of people.
The program works at ‘Center of Digital Storytelling’ and its purpose consists of making an archive with photos and testimonials of every person who wants to share a little bit of their lives. After reading this article I went for It made a research and the result was: Museu da Pessoa.
In other words, not only the North American can leave a piece of their lives to humanity, but we Brazilians have here the same right.The process is the same of the Center in the USA, the ‘Museu da Pessoa’ has been working for 17 years with more than 8 thousand testimonials, 70 thousand photos and documents from people all over the country.
You can find this whole stuff at the website, there you also find the exposition of programs and other thematics works. The ‘Museu da Pessoa’ joins the ‘Center of Digital Storytelling’ and together they made on May 16th of 2008 the International Day of Life’s Storytelling (Dia Internacional das Histórias de Vida). Different cities participated in the comemoration, including: São Paulo, Cape Town, New Zeland, Canada and others. Canada’s program is available for cell phones, you can check it on: Murmur.
What are you waiting for? Give the world the chance to know more about your life, tell us who you are, what you want, where you are from, what you like! =)
Click on the links above and follow the steps, make the world hear you.
Contacts: www.museudapessoa.com.br
www.murmurtoronto.ca
Phone: (55xx11) 2144-7170
Sources: Revista Brasileiros, Março 2008 editora Brasileiros, pág. 26.
Combo Split B, World Pass, page 135.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
About my Profession - by Adriana de Macedo (I1)
Working as a Financial Analyst seems very challenging. First of all, observing the evaluation of the company is exciting for me. In addition, seeing how the real situation of the company at the moment is and what the perspectives for the future are is very fascinating.
Further, working with the figures of the company, allow me to know where the money is being spent and I learnt to control my finances, too. For example, after that I started to work in a Financial Department, I’m always doing my personal Cash Flow.
Besides, working in my profession is fantastic, because you’d talk with people of all the Departments of the company. You need to have a good relationship with everybody.
On the other hand, I’ve been working in the same function for a long time and I think that working in the same function sounds kind of boring. Sometimes, I want to work in the same Department, but in another function.
I think that working in my profession is really rewarding.
Further, working with the figures of the company, allow me to know where the money is being spent and I learnt to control my finances, too. For example, after that I started to work in a Financial Department, I’m always doing my personal Cash Flow.
Besides, working in my profession is fantastic, because you’d talk with people of all the Departments of the company. You need to have a good relationship with everybody.
On the other hand, I’ve been working in the same function for a long time and I think that working in the same function sounds kind of boring. Sometimes, I want to work in the same Department, but in another function.
I think that working in my profession is really rewarding.
Describing pros e cons (Profession: Pharmacist) - by Maria Nilce (I1)
First of all, I’d like to say that any profession can be good when people work with love.
On the one hand, being a pharmacist is rewarding because you are taking care of people’s health. On the other hand, working as a pharmacist is pretty difficult because you aren’t a doctor, but, frequently people think that it’s possible to visit a pharmacist instead of seeing a doctor when they or their relatives are sick (or have any disease). However, many times the pharmacist must ask people to go to a hospital. Sometimes, people don’t like it when a pharmacist makes this.
In addition, a pharmacist takes many responsibilities. For example: He must pay attention not to exchange medication; pay attention to factory expiration date of the drugs; explain to people about risks of self-medication and to teach how to pratice responsible self-medication. Besides, he can meet doctor’s prescriptions mistakes and explain customer’s doubts.
Sometimes a pharmacist works more than 12 hours a day and there is no fixed schedule, mainly if he is owner of drugstore! However, a pharmacist can teach at College, but I don’t know if he would earn more than a professional that works in a drugstore, hospital, laboratory or industry.
Maybe a professor has better hours than an owner of a drugstore!
On the one hand, being a pharmacist is rewarding because you are taking care of people’s health. On the other hand, working as a pharmacist is pretty difficult because you aren’t a doctor, but, frequently people think that it’s possible to visit a pharmacist instead of seeing a doctor when they or their relatives are sick (or have any disease). However, many times the pharmacist must ask people to go to a hospital. Sometimes, people don’t like it when a pharmacist makes this.
In addition, a pharmacist takes many responsibilities. For example: He must pay attention not to exchange medication; pay attention to factory expiration date of the drugs; explain to people about risks of self-medication and to teach how to pratice responsible self-medication. Besides, he can meet doctor’s prescriptions mistakes and explain customer’s doubts.
Sometimes a pharmacist works more than 12 hours a day and there is no fixed schedule, mainly if he is owner of drugstore! However, a pharmacist can teach at College, but I don’t know if he would earn more than a professional that works in a drugstore, hospital, laboratory or industry.
Maybe a professor has better hours than an owner of a drugstore!
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
About a person that you love by Maria Nilce - Inter I (T/T)
I Knew my husband, Moreira, 19 years ago when I was teenager. He worked with my sister’s boyfriend at Policia Militar. He hasn’t changed much until today.
He has short straight black hair. He is average height and average weight. He is sun tanned.
In addition, my husband is someone who isn´t sociable.So, he likes to stay at home the most part of time and he is a person who frequently doesn´t like to go to parties or other social events.
He is a shy, quiet and serious man. But, on the other hand he is a person who is very supportive, modest and humane. He is someone who doesn’t brag about his accomplishments. Besides he is a hardworking man.
We have two children: Giovanni and Ana Beatriz.
Giovanni is 10 years old. He is someone who is easygoing, handsome, intelligent and shy too like his father. He plays the guitar.
Ana Beatriz is 9 years old. She’s a person who is sociable, however, sometimes she is temperamental. She is beautiful and thin. She has long wavy blond hair and brown eyes.
I hope that we’ll always be happy and we will stay together for a long time. I love my family!
He has short straight black hair. He is average height and average weight. He is sun tanned.
In addition, my husband is someone who isn´t sociable.So, he likes to stay at home the most part of time and he is a person who frequently doesn´t like to go to parties or other social events.
He is a shy, quiet and serious man. But, on the other hand he is a person who is very supportive, modest and humane. He is someone who doesn’t brag about his accomplishments. Besides he is a hardworking man.
We have two children: Giovanni and Ana Beatriz.
Giovanni is 10 years old. He is someone who is easygoing, handsome, intelligent and shy too like his father. He plays the guitar.
Ana Beatriz is 9 years old. She’s a person who is sociable, however, sometimes she is temperamental. She is beautiful and thin. She has long wavy blond hair and brown eyes.
I hope that we’ll always be happy and we will stay together for a long time. I love my family!
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