If I were

If I were…I have said this phrase many times!! I have wanted to be a lot unimaginable things. For example, once I was watching a TV program about the space, in which there were a lot of astronauts who were talking about their profession. I could see when they were travelling to the space. It was really amazing, so I said to myself: “If I were an astronaut, I could go to the space and be very near the stars!!” .When people asked me what I wanted to be in the future I used to answer “I want to be an astronaut”, but then I decided not to be astronaut because height made me dizzy.
Some days ago, I was watching TV and I heard that the coach of our national football team was going to give up because Harold Maine Nicholls had not been re-elected. Of course, I felt terrible because he is one of the best coaches in the WORLD!! And I said “if I were Marcelo Bielsa, I would continue working in Chile”. It is pity for the ones who love football, like me. On the other hand, if I were Mister Segovia, who is the new president of The National Association of Professional Football (ANFP), I wouldn’t accept to take the job because of the hate of the fans.
As I said, I would like to be many things, so I am going to tell you some of them:
I like singing but unfortunately I sing terrible. I think I am the worst singer in the world. One of my favorite singers is Beyonce because she not only sings excellent but also is a very good person, so if I were Beyonce, I would be really happy because I could travel around the world singing in so many concerts as I have dreamt. I could share and know others singers and be in any country I would want.
If I had enough money, I would travel to many interesting places from Chile like Easter Island, Chiloe, The Atacama desert, etc. I think there are a lot amazing places to visit in Chile. And If I were millionaire, I would travel around the world. I would go to Spain, France, Argentina, and English spoken countries in order to improve my skills.
If I were Leonardo Farkas, I would give my money to poor people in order to stop the poverty and I wouldn’t be so selfish, so I would try to be humbler!!
If I were a famous person, I would continue living like now, I would not change my way to act; I just would have more comforts.
If I were politician, I would work, because they do not usually work, or being honest they do NOT work, so I would be making a change in our country.
If I were a good sportswoman, I would open a gym and would help overweight people in order to make a country with healthy people.
If I were Education minister, I would work harder to improve the education in our country, I would emphasize the initial formation if future teachers.
I could continue writing what I would do if I were different people but I sincerely prefer to live my reality…!!

My Monster House

When I was child I used to play with three Friends and my elder sister; they were Catalina Javiera Evelyn and Antonio. We were used to playing in my house where there was an old house in which my grandparents lived.
The house was empty because my grandparents who lived in there were died. So it was the best place to play because we could be alone. We thought that was our house and we were a family. Javiera was the mother, Antonio was the father and Evelyn Catalina and I were the daughters.
The house was not so comfortable because, as I said, it was very old and untidy. It was built with clay brick. That material made the house chilly most of the time. One day we were having dinner with some meals made with mud and some flowers and suddenly we heard a strange sound. It was like somebody with little feet who was walking. It was really terrible, so we ran way!!
We met the next day and talked about the strange events happened. We thought the house was haunted because of the sounds. So we decided to investigate what happened in there. We told some friends the situation and they decided to help us in the investigation.
We met every day and did different thing in order to discover if the house was haunted or somebody was doing the sounds to make us scared. We were around the house every days but nobody was in there, so thought that there were ghosts in the house. The investigation became interesting for me because I thought I was a spy, but at the same time it made me afraid.
One day we decided to come in the house in order to discover if there was something. We looked each room but did not see anything so we kept in there for a moment. Suddenly we heard that something fell down in the kitchen, we went to see and there was a cup on the floor. Nobody had made it because we were all in the dinner room when it happened, so we ran away again…
I told my mother and she said”Don’t worry…Perhaps it is just your imagination”. I was really angry with her and with every adult because they never believe children!
We decided to go in the house again because we could not continue with that mystery.
So we went there and were some hours, but nothing happened. We returned the house the next day but nothing happened again. We thought that ghost had gone and we continued playing in the house normally. But one day we heard something in the ceiling… in less that one second we were outside the house. My mother saw us crying and very scared and went to see what happened. I told her the situation again and she finally believed me. So she decided to go in the house to see if there was something. We were waiting outside. I was really afraid of the ghosts, I thought they could hurt my mother but I did not dare to come in!! We were waiting for her. She finally went out. She was laughing, we asked her what happened and she told us that the sounds were not because of the ghost…but the mice!!!
Now, my friends remind that story and think it is funny, I think that as well, but I will never forget my monster house…

First of all we must know that we are all able to do our homework by ourselves because we are intelligent people.

When we are cheating we lie to our classmates, our teachers, parents and even ourselves.

Our teachers do not deserve to be deceived; they believe in the students, in their abilities or capacities, so we have to prove them that we can do any homework they want.

Parents of people who cheat are very proud of their children, but they don’t really know what their children are doing. We have to be grateful with our parents. Most of the times, they have made a big effort to get us to be in the best schools or universities. They have educated us in order to be good students, professionals, or more important, good people.

When somebody cheats, he or she is not respecting the classmates, who have made a big effort to do their homework.

When we cheat or copy other woks we also lie to people who have made that work previously. Their works deserve to be read but not cheated. I am sure they have made a big effort and worked very hard. And it is not fair that other people copy their ideas or thoughts. We all can think, so we can do any homework by ourselves. For that reason it is so important to know that it is not fair to imitate ideas of someone else and we must respect them.

When we have to do a homework we should read many books or to look for the best information. It takes a lot time and is not a very entertaining thing to do for people who do not like reading or studying.

We know that there are some people who learn faster or slower than others, so if we learn slower we should try more than those people who learn faster, but it does not mean that we have to cheat, on the contrary, we should work harder.

There are a lot of resources or means to do our homework. When can surf the internet, which is one of the most powerful weapons to study or to work. But students just copy and paste the information requested.

When can also read books or magazines and then select the best information. To read is helpful for us because we can think and process the information read. On the other hand, people who just copy and paste won’t have that ability.

There is a form to quote something which is interesting for us. We must write the idea in inverted commas or quotation marks, and then we must write the name of the book selected and the name of the person who has written the idea. This is a very good and legal way to include interesting ideas.


Many people can tell us about cheating. They can talk all the time about that in order to convince us not to do it. But the only person who can convince us really is ourselves.