Public University?

I believe that in the past two or three decades has been made a process or privatisation of the eductional system in Chile. This phenomenon of privatisation isn’t new at all, begun whit the laws made in dictatorship and continues whit the governements of the “Concertación”.

But, in the last weeks we heard in the news to the new Director of the Division of Universitary Education of MINEDUC explayning the “new” reforms that will radicalize the process of privatisation. But, for the student’s movement this reforms isn’t new: the performance agreements (Convenios de Desempeño), the unification in the credit’s system and the funding to privates universitys are tendences we all heard since some years ago.

But, What’s new? And why we must go to the street to defend the impoverished public university we have? This governement is more radical and sincere to uncover their interests and projects.

I believe that today we don’t have an state university system: we pay an exorbitant amount of money (excluding to a great portion of the population to access to the University) and the knowledge made in the universitys isn’t oriented to the development of the society, but made for those can pay for it. Today there isn’t public university, that’s why we must build it.

The only solution I see is the struggle and proposes that the social’s movements can make, specially the student’s movement. Struggles oriented to build "una universidad del pueblo y para el pueblo".

Caribbean countries or First World?

If I could go anywhere in the world for vacations I would go to Brasil or any caribbean country. Because there are many beachs and places to have a party or get a drink and have a good time hanging around whit old and new friends. Also, I would like go to these countries ‘cause the weather: must be very cool have more than 25ºC average by year.

But, if I must to choose some country to live for some years I would like to go to England or France, ‘cause I want to study some postgraduate’s program on sociology in that countries. Specifically, I want to study in the Warwick University (England) or the l’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, EHESS, in France.

I don’t know if I would go whit someone to these countries, it depends. If there are vacations I’ll go whit some friends, but, if I’ll go to study somewhere in another country maybe I’ll go by my own.

Anyway, I don’t have any money saved, so maybe I would never go to these countries, but, it’s very enjoyable to dream.