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I want to learn languages, starting with French. We have traveled to France every year for the last 6 years and hope to continue to do so for many years to come. I am willing to work with someone and help them with their English skills.
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Peter
Spanish
Mar 18, 2020
Siempre es agradable conversar con Michael, sigue así!
Adeline Rodriguez
French
Mar 10, 2020
Très bonne heure de pratique de la conversation. On a parlé du Coronavirus, du Superbowl, de Rémi Camus et de l'écologie. À bientôt!
Guillermo
Spanish
Mar 5, 2020
En esta clase vimos algunas fotos de las vacaciones en el mar. Y también los objetos en la mesa, y la mesa en la cocina. Nos vemos luego Michael!
Guillermo
Spanish
Feb 12, 2020
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Michael es un estudiante cinco estrellas.
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    Digital outdoor advertising. To which extent is it really beneficial? (CPE practice essay)

    Living in the flourishing of the digital age, customers such as you and I are constantly <s>bumped</s> bombarded with <s>a bunch of</s> information related <s>with</s> to advertisements anywhere we go. Focusing on <s>the</s> enormous screens that are easy to spot <s>at</s> in the downtown area of any big city, to <s>which</s> what extent <s>are</s> do they <s>causing</s> cause a positive impact on <s>the </s>society?

    On the one hand, the first author is <s>on</s> of the opinion that the development of technology, <s>concretely</s>, specifically the new changes <s>on</s> in digital outdoor advertisement provide companies not only an easy way of engaging possible buyers, but also with “creative possibilities for advertisement which entertain, amuse, inform”. In other words, this kind of advertisement creates innovative capabilities to earn more profit and also develop their potentiality.

    On the other hand, the second text raises the issue of how companies make profit from the weaker groups such as children or elderly which also creates a huge amount of pollution causing no benefits to the society at all. From my point of view, I do believe that the <s>usage</s> use of this kind of marketing tool creates benefit just to huge companies which are able to pay for advertising <s>themselves in</s> using such big screens. However, I do not agree <s>with the fact</s> that it causes a lot of waste, inasmuch as since the beginning of the capital times advertisement has been all around trying to engage customers with one-use ads, whilst these screens are able to project different ads using just one device.

    To sum up, advertisements have surrounded us since <s>the </s>capitalism started. Nonetheless, we should take into account that these new changes in technology are not only beneficial to our own development, but also to huge companies which <s>take</s> reap the benefit of it since they tend to think in terms of their own profit instead <s>on</s> of the harm that they are causing to <s>the </s>society.
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    February 16, 2020
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    Mi Trabajo, Parte Dos Cuando voy a la oficina, salgo de mi casa a las ocho. Llego mi oficina a las nueve. He preparado un café a las nueve y cuarto. Cuando mi café es listo, yo estoy comenzado mi trabajo. Mi primera reunión es a las diez y medio. A veces la reunión termina en una hora. En algún momento una hora y media. Si la reunión es corta, yo trabajo antes del almuerzo. De lo contrario almorzaré. Después de almorzar, camino por la bahía. Es muy hermoso y tranquilo junto a la bahía. A veces, escucho a de audio español. Después de mi caminata, trabajo con mis programas y hablo con científicos. Salgo a mi casa a las cinco de la tarde. Llego a mi casa a las seis y medio. Mi esposa y yo vemos las noticias mientras cenamos a los siete. Después la cena, yo estudio o trabajo por una hora. Luego me preparo para la cama y me voy a dormir.
    February 16, 2020
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    Mi trabajo, Parte uno ¡Hola! Sé llama Michael. Soy de Estados Unidos. Estoy de California. Soy de Ingeniero Informática. Trabajo a una empresa en South San Francisco se llama MBP Titan. Está cerca de la bahía, así que tomo largas caminatas después del almuerzo y estudio español. MBP Titan es una empresa biotecnológica. Los científicos están tratando de fabricar productos a partir de bacterias. Escribo los programas que los ayudan a alcanzar su objetivo. Trabajo en la oficina dos días durante la semana y por mi casa tres días durante la semana. Escribo software en lenguajes llamados Python y Angular. También trabajo con bases de datos llamadas Oracle y Postgres. A veces tengo que aprender cosas nuevas, como el aprendizaje automático. Me gustan los nuevos desafíos como ese. También paso mucho tiempo hablando con los científicos, tratando de entender lo que hacen y lo que necesitan para hacer su trabajo.
    February 16, 2020
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    Introducción Mi nombre es Michael, vivo en San José y soy ingeniero Informático. Trabajo para una empresa biotecnológica desde 2017. Yo trabajo dos días por semana desde mi casa Tengo un hermano, el vive en carolina del norte. Tambien es ingeniero Informático. Tengo una hermana, ella vive cerca de mi en San Jose. Tengo un hijo, el vive en vietnam. Él quiere enseñar inglés allí. Tengo una hija, ella vive cerca de mí también. Ella enseña atención médica de emergencia y trabaja en una comunidad de retiro. Ella quiere ser enfermera Mi esposa estudia francés y yo tambien, todos los años en junio vamos a visitar Francia y así practicamos el idioma. Empecé a estudiar Español con mi hija hace más de 10 años y ahora volví a retomarlo para hacer un reto que dura 3 messes, me estoy preparando en este momento y la meta es de conversar durante 15 minutos en Español al final del reto. Deseo mejorar mi gramática y apprender nuevo vocabulario.
    February 6, 2020
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    Moi-même Je m'appelle Michael. Je suis américain. J'habite en Californie maintenant, mais je suis né au New York. Je suis ingénieur informatique, mais jusqu'a il y a une année j'étais aussi un avocat. J'ai aimé travailler avec des personnes. Je crois que plusieurs ingénieurs n'aime pas en travaillant avec des personnes; ils veulent travailler avec l'équipment, les ordinateurs, ou travaillent seulement. Pas moi; j'ai besoin de parler avec quelqu'un afin de savoir que je fais quelque chose nécessaire ou importante. J'apprend le français. Pour-quoi? J'aime l'histoire. Le droit à propos l'histoire de le pays. Où j'étais jeune, j'ai pu travailler en Angleterre pendent trois mois. J'ai voyagé autour de pays. Je comprends que l'histoire de l'angleterre est l'histoire des états-unis. En la même moyen, l'histoire de la France est l'histoire de l'angleterre. Ma femme étude français à Paris. Nous voyageons ici. J'adore le pays. Je voudrais apprendre plus. Maintenant, j'utilise quatre outils afin d'apprendre français; DuoLingo, iTalki, LingQ et Anki. J'essaye à practiquer à propos une heure par jour. Je cherche pour quelqu'un ou les personnes à pratiquer français et anglais.
    November 13, 2019
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    Bring value, not pleasure (2/2)

    According to <em>think logic</em>, (I do not know what think logic is... did you mean logic?) I would say (and it’s not scientifically proven as far as I know) that the level of depth that you can create between and you and your audience is related to the ratio of <em>the </em>engagement compare<em>d</em> to the dopamine stimulation. In other words, if you are able to create <em>a </em>connection without using the dopamine “trick” and your audience is still loyal to you, it means that the level<em> of connection that</em> you have created is deeper than the one <em>that is </em>dopamine-based. The graphic <s>bellow</s> below illustrates the relationship between those two indicators.

    At the end of the day, people don’t like to be fooled even for pleasure<s>,</s>. They may regret the relationship they kept with you and would definitely consider it as a waste of time.

    Nowadays is the era of attention grabbing: each company wants to monetize the time you spend on their website, app etc. But, <s>it will come</s> sooner or later a new more minimalistic era <s>more minimalistic </s>where people will appreciate the “real” value that you bring to their lives so they won’t need to get aroused by flashy colours, dizzying music or dopamine stimulated. If and when this new era emerges, books will get back the power they have lost recently.
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    November 11, 2019
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    The ultimate goal is character not skill

    Our modern education system is flawed. It has been designed to serve an economic machine which is contrary to its <s>origin</s> origins when it emerged in Greece. Indeed, the word school comes from the Greek word (by the intermediate of old French eschole) σχολή, skholế which literally means “leisure”, “free time” or “rest”. According to its roots, the goal of school is to rest or better occupy time for those who don’t work (remind yourself that Greek city-states economy was slavery based, only the citizen would study because they could afford not to work). Today, it’s the complete opposite, the ones who could not find a job are most of the time the less skilled or the less “educated”.
    Let us remind ourselves that during the Renaissance, <s>the </s>education was mainly <s>done </s>within the <s>same </s>family<s>,</s> . People would learn an occupation, so they would eventually <s>do</s> have the same profession as their parents. It was not really school, rather it was an apprenticed-based system. On the other hand, the nobles would <s>get</s> receive private instruction from scholars in order to elevate their mind according to a humanistic philosophy. We may state that during the Renaissance, there were two distinct educational systems, one designed to form the ruler, the other to train the ruled. It is somehow the same today apart from the fact that we are living in a more egalitarian society : people learn to work and acquire some humanistic knowledge.

    However, what should we do If work <s>because</s> becomes rare as AI and robots take most of our jobs? It seems that we would move back to the ancient Greek: robot would be our slaves and we will have to learn to rest, as a leisure activity. It is not totally true. We may still need people to run the economy since the “Creative destruction” is still working and occupations will still be reinvented. But what if not?
    Then, we should think as our ancestors which consist in building a strong character rather than acquiring a skill, because the latter could become obsolete at any moment.
    To think clearly of the future, it is necessary to be as flexible as a Renaissance person who chose to base his power on character rather than a skill.
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    November 6, 2019
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    Maintenant, j'apprends avec iTalki Maintenant, j’utilise une application qui s’appelle «iTalki» trois fois par semaine et travaille avec les tuteurs afin d’améliorer mes compétences orales. Je pense qu’il m’aide !
    November 3, 2019
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    Ma classe à l'université finit Quand la classe a terminé, le professeur est allé autour la classe à dire les étudiants qui n’ai pas passé l’examen. Quand elle a venu à moi, elle a dit que j’ai passé l’examen ; mais je ne dois pas avancer au niveau prochain. Sur mon papier, elle a écrit « Vous avez besoin d’asseoir dans un café avec un café et parler avec quelqu’un » D’abord j’ai cru qu’elle a été essayer être rigolote. J’ai toujours pris un café avec moi à chaque classe. La classe a été très longue pour moi. Mais elle m’a vu parler et écouter beaucoup avant je continue mes études.
    November 3, 2019
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    J'ai eu un probleme avec mes études à Paris! C’est allé bien pour la grammaire et le vocabulaire, mais j’ai fait peur à parler. Avant j’ai commencé la classe, J’ai eu peu d’occasions à pratiquer français avec quelqu’un. J’ai dit au professeur que je n’ai pas parlé bien. J’ai essayé mais j’ai fait peur à parler.
    November 3, 2019
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