POST 3: MY FUTURE JOB / MY FAVOURITE CARTOON

This week you have two possible topics to write about. Please choose only one.

Hi everybody,
Today´s first option is to write about  Your Future Job. Please consider the following to write your post:

-What kind of job would you like to have? How do you imagine it?
-Would it be outdoors /indoors?
-Would you like to travel a lot as part of your job?
-Would you like to work in a government office? in a university? for a big company?
-What major are you studying / are you thinking of taking?    Explain why.
-Add any other related ideas.

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- Make sure you write comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts.

- Word Count: 200 words.
- Please read my sample post and have a look at the list of useful words and phrases below)

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(*) major:  a student's principal subject or course /  a student specializing in a specified subject: a math major, a major in education, an anthropology major, etc.

Property man

As you know, I’m a teacher and I’m very pleased working in this university, but if I had to choose a new job, it would be something totally unrelated to education: I’d like to work as a building contractor.

This kind of job involves buying run-down houses or flats with the purpose of refurbishing them to resell them later at a higher price. Therefore, this would be both an indoors and an outdoors job, since I would have to be in charge of improving both the rooms, and the facade and roof of the homes. And this job would also entail travelling around the city all the time, to visit potential homes, the houses being remodelled and the suppliers.

 In addition, for this kind of job I would need to take some courses on construction to get some basic skills, such as plumbing, carpentry, brickwork, etc. I’m very good with my hands, so I’m sure I would learn easily. When I was a kid I used to do repairs at home and some time  ago I had the chance to refurbish my ex flat, so I already have some basic knowledge.

With regard to timetable, I would need to work long hours and weekends from time to time, but I think it would be worth, because, since I would be my own boss, I would get long holidays.

And last, but not least, regarding salary, I know some people who have been doing this kind of job for some time, and they’ve told me that if you are good at it, you can make good money. However my main motivation would come from doing something I truly enjoy.

USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES:

-I’ve taken… / I’m doing a major in… /
-I’m thinking of working as/in… / I’d like to work as …/
-I’m considering to work as/in…/
-I’m planning to … / I have in mind to… / I’d love to…/ 
-I’ve decided to… /-I’m playing with idea of…  __ing /
 -I’m hoping to… /
-I can’t choose between …. or ../ I’m torn between …. and .… / It's a toss-up between .… and ....  
 -It looks like I’m going to… / 
-I’m not 100% sure, but I might …/
 -I’d like to get a job as…/ I hope to get a job in… /-I wouldn’t like to…/  
-I wouldn´t mind .......ing.  Ex. I wouldn't mind working Saturdays from time to time.
- I’m good at …..ing (organizing... / planning...)  
-I’m good with… (money, numbers,etc)/     I’m terrible at…./  
-I become (nervous) about ___ing  / I am very confident in… __ing /
- I can… / I can’t… /

- Some aspects to consider could be: Salary - Benefits - Location – Hours - Co-workers  - work atmosphere/environment.

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MY FAVOURITE CARTOON

Today's second option is to write about your favourite cartoon. Please, read my sample post, answer the questions below and upload a picture, if you can.

·        What is your favourite cartoon series?

·        Why do you like it?

·        how often do/did you watch / read it?

·        what is it about?

·        Is there anything else you want to add?

Make sure to write 200 words and write a comment on three of your classmates' posts.

  

Wiiiiiiilmaaaaa! Come open the door!!!! Yabba dabba doo!!!!

Do these words ring a bell? Yesssss. Bingo!!! They are typical words by Pedro Picapiedra, as we know him in Chile (Fred Flinstone in the original version in English), the main character in Los Picapiedras (The Flinstones), my favourite cartoon when I was a kid. I don’t watch cartoons anymore, but I used to watch The Flinstones almost every weekend as a child and I really enjoyed it.

I used to like this cartoon because it was funny to see how the characters lived in the Stone age, but their way of living was no different from our modern life stlyes. It was very funny for me to see the rudimentary telephones, machines, cars, etc that they had. All the appliances didn’t run on electricity but they were powered by animals or the people themselves instead.  For example, to make his car go, Pedro has to get into it,  sit and start running.

The cartoon is about Pedro and his family, his neighbours, the people in his neighbourhood and at his workplace. And it’s all about how Pedro gets into trouble most of the time, or about family conflicts,  or Pedro’s adventures.

I think the Simpsons were created after the Flinstones. In both cartoons men are simple and not very intelligent while women are more clever. The difference is that the Simpsons are very ironical, have a lot of dark sense of humour and portray the worst of “Usan” (American) people.