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Blog 2: why did i choose this programme/career?

when i was a child (close to 8 years old) i dreamed to become a soldier, i watched them with respect and pride. i imagined myself  defending the country. until that i learned what is a real war. then in high school was a teacher who motivated me to study physics, because i really liked his classes, he was the kind of teacher that keep you learning and laughing at the same time. because him i went to some talks about physics and astronomy. some time after the teacher was expelled, because he had a problem with the rector. the next teacher was really boring and "basic", just formulas. I was wondering if it was the teacher or the contents. then in second grade another teacher invited me to the chemistry's olympics, i didn't wanted at all, but i went anyway. weeks after the teacher taught me many things that she didn't said at the regular class, my curiosity was expanding at the same time that the teacher talked. After that, in the vacations i went to EDV to ...

Blog 1: My autobiography

I -Cristóbal Mena Rivera- was born in Copiapó, a city located in the third region of chile in October 20th, 2000. i lived in Copiapó until the 6th grade when i moved to Antofagasta because of the work of my father. then at 2018 i moved to Santiago because of my studies. my family group is formed by my parents, and two siblings, my father was born in Rancagua, Chile, my mother in Petorca, Chile, and my siblings and i in Copiapó. At  nineteen my brother went away to Valdivia because of his studies in medical technology. Because of that we all get together only in christmas my childhood was a bit normal, no many friends, regular grades, regular parents. not much to say about that. I studied in a catholic school, "Liceo Católico  de Atacama", where they were very severe, to put you in context i couldn't use my phone in the break, i had to use haircut similiar of a regular soldier, between others. then in Antofagasta i went to a secular school, "San Agustin De Antofagas...