Job interview practicing Hey, guys; how are you doing? While looking for some jobs, I thought I´d better start preparing for interviews. As the "talk about you" topic is many times asked, I decided to write a response to that, just to have an idea of how I´d cope with that in English. So, here it goes. I believe that most of our characteristics are consequences of influences we receive. Considering that, the first thought that comes to my mind when describind myself is the place where I live: Capão Redondo, a region of São Paulo well-known for its poorness. People who live there know tbat life is not easy and that one must fight tirelessly to reach his/her objectives. This characteristic explains why we are able to wake up at 5 am and arrive back home just at 22 pm. I shall also say that I live in São Paulo, a cosmopolitan town where I could find many opportunities and a comprehensive diversity of people. Finally, being brazilian, I stand cheerful and optimistic regardless how hard life may be. My parents reinforced all these characteristics all my life long; they also kept our house filled with books, eletronics devices turned apart and other objects that influenced on my tendency to be curious and, therefore, eager to learn. As I do not have money to burn, many of my achievements came from scholarships I got in schools, summer programms and english courses, for instance. Finally, I may complete that I am stubborn, excited to put things in practice and the dream I have since I was 8 years-old is changing the world. Hope you liked it, my friends! Feel free to also say things about the content itself. I will really appreciate if you tell me wether the text sounds like English, I mean, if it doesn´t have structures and else of another language (portuguese, that is). Thank you very much, hope you have a good weekend!

A great opportunity There have been a few years since I started to dream about graduating in the US. It would be an amazing opportunity of learning about new cultures, new thoughts and new contents of the college course itself. Recently, I've received an e-mail about the Yale Global Scholars program, which offers a fortnight summer course at Yale on classes about politics, law and economics. As my interest about society have increased strongly in the last years, I supposed it would be an amazing experience of life. Since I have to pay some taxes to apply for the program, I've looked for some financial aid, and, maybe, I've just found a backing. Surely I'm doing great effort to get this opportunity. Let us wait for some news.'

A great opportunity There have been a few years since I started to dream about graduating in the US. It would be an amazing opportunity of learning about new cultures, new thoughts and new contents of the college course itself. Recently, I've received an e-mail about the Yale Global Scholars program, which offers a fortnight summer course at Yale on classes about politics, law and economics. As my interest about society have increased strongly in the last years, I supposed it would be an amazing experience of life. Since I have to pay some taxes to apply for the program, I've looked for some financial aid, and, maybe, I've just found a backing. Surely I'm doing great effort to get this opportunity. Let us wait for some news.'

Music and Politics You are likely to think music and politics have nothing to do with each other, right? Well, actually, they have. In general, art is used to express fellings. It can be love songs, dancing hits and, even, politics opinion. You can criticize the way society lives with music. Isn't that amazing? When you listen to music as a critical listener, you'll get more involved by its lyrics. It's surprisingly lovely.

Let's change the world We have been increasingly encouraged to believe on common sense. Since our very first questions, there's a lack of answers and, as we grow up, society just keep telling us to accept the world as it is and to not disagree with what they call facts. However, the now-denying system is falling into pieces due to a range of reasons; I am one of the ones that are going to change the world. What about you? You can see things changing on the Middle East, on North Africa, on Europe, on Chile and on many other places. Although violence is not the best way to solve problems, the good thing about what's taking place in these locations is the dissatisfaction. You can almost hear people shouting: "The system is in ruins." In addition to this denying generation, my friends and I are creating a blog about everything that could make people think - and behave - critically. It's about developing your own ideology to make a better world. Actually, we created a blog discussing politics in an informal way some months ago. But we've realized a fact: although politics has problems, the way to solve them is not only talking about it, but also talking about what surrounds it. I'm refering to graffiti critics, culture projects, the politics itself and whatever happens in the world that matters to society. We're engaged in this because we believe that the crazy ones who believe they can change the world are the only ones who can do this. Do you also want to change the world? Start thinking! If you are interested on looking at the blog, enter the link www.umpequenopassomundial.blogspot.com.br/. This is not the new blog yet, but we will post the new addres on this blog when we create the new one. See you soon.

Taking the SAT Hello, ladies and gentlemen. I can't say if I am at the 10th grade or at the 11th grade, as the school system in Brazil is different from the US one, but I'm 15 years old and I'm seriously thinking about taking the SAT. I have two main reasons to do that: 1) I want to major in the US at a super top university, so I'll have to start practicing for the test as early as I can (although I'm afraid it's already late); 2) I want to take part on Yale's summer courses; although the test is not obligatory, the application gives you some blanks to put your SAT scores in case you have taken it; as I want to get financial aid on it, I think it's quite necessary taking the exam. I'm studying by "Cracking the SAT 2012", a book of The Princeton Review. I intend to take the exam on early March, so that I can get the results and send to it to the university at the end of the month. Could somebody tell me how much time the SAT correctors spend to send our results back please? Do you have any advices or comments? If so, please, let me know. It will be so helpful! Well, It's time to go and study a little more. Good lucky for every other ones who will take the SAT too. See you soon.