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ACADEMICS NOVEMBER ISSUE 2015WORKING WHILE TANABATASTUDYING FESTIVALAdvantages & Learn about thisdisadvantages amazing ONLINE VS Japanese holidayTRADITIONALEDUCATIONDifferences and similarities that can help you decide the style of education that fits you best



C O N T E N T SACADEMICS 3 Editors Note 4   Working while studying Advantages and disadvantages 6   Tanabata Festival A Japanese Holiday 7    Online vs Traditional education Choose the method that better fits you 8    You decide: Online vs Traditional education in a graphical way 9    Let's see ourselves as people Feminism and equality 11    No more labels ACADEMICS MAGAZINE | 2

1 23 PAOLA LUNA MARIANA MARIANA It was such an honor to HERNANDEZ JARAMILLO In this semester I have work for the most While doing each activity I learned about many amazing magazine in did have fun. Decorating things about essays and the world. We filled it this magazing took time things like that and about with a lot of interesting some grammar in and effort. And in the sentences too. With the things and also the activity of the persuasive help of my classmates design is awesome. We essay I had my sturggles. I and my teacher I could totally should receive a think it didn´t came out go on in this class, price, like all the points very well, but only that last because they helped me when I had doubts. or 10 points. And even one.  In this magazine wethough I am not as good At seeing our magazine I made, we included many can say I like it and I know of the themes we saw in as I want to in writing essays, I was satisfied it is not publishing ”this semester and material. Although I would with the results. included some examples not have any problem of each. We made an“I really like this semester ahowing it. essay about the typical food in Japan that peopleand most of the activities prefer to eat in the that we did, I hope Miss festivals. Rosía to be my English teacher in 4th grade too.  Once written you 4 DIANA PUENTEhave to stand by it.You may have said Writing and editing this magazine was a great oportunity to realize I like designing and being able to create something from it to see whether scratch. I loved the final result, and I hope I can be able to be a you believed it or real editor of a real magazine one day. not. ACADEMICS MAGAZINE | 3

WORKING WHILESTUDYINGAdvantages & disadvantages \"Having a Job comes with new responsabilities, but also with new oportunities.\"B eing a student There are a few advantages For instance, you that we can name about develop useful abilitiesimplies doing having a job. As you earn for the future. It helpshomework, attending money you can save part of it you to maintain aclasses, extracurricular and use it in the best way. professional behavior.activities, and paying For example, you can buy the When working you alsoattention. When you things you like. develop responsibilities.work, new We get conscious of theresponsibilities come Also, you can help your worth of money; ; wealong for good or for family with house expenses realize what it would bebad. We can say that or necessities. Another to be in charge ofworking as a student advantage is that you learn someone or somethinghas its advantages and new things every day. else.disadvantages. ACADEMICS MAGAZINE | 4Get to know eight twenty- somethingwriters who will capture our literary hearts

The disadvantages of having There are some All in all, we can say thata job are the following. You ways to find equilibriumhave less free time. Since you in the midst of dealing studying and working athave to go to school and with work and school.attend to your work, you are First, you can always be the same time can bebusier than usual. Another organized. You canbad point out of this is that make a list of things “to good and bad, but it canwe get tired. Because we do” and spread themhave less time, we sleep and throughout the week. always be better if werest less, so it could be Then, we recommend toexhausting. Having too much respect schedules. Being find a middle point.“Forto do can be distracting. For punctual and respectinginstance, your get mixed timing can improve our every minute spentthoughts, like if you are at ways to be productivework you are thinking about and agile. As well, the organizing, an hour isthe homework and at school best thing to do is to putyou may think about your aside our stress. Since earned.” By Benjaminrole play at work. we are already being clustered with chores, Franklin20. -Eyevaer-noldthe “A place for the best thing we can do Marianne Teigeneverything and is to relax. We caneverything in its practice a hobby or greatesrtecgeentnlyiepsubhlisahdedplace.”-Benjamin hang out with friends. their timahdeeur lftoirnsfot. vyTeohlu, enangrde is aFranklin.. time seiiltnehocantsleyrdeaamcfhooerndt h, e th everythNinewg YaonrkdTitmhees re is Bestsellers list. a time destined for everything, so enjoy the moment.Get to know eight twenty- something ACADEMICS MAGAZINE | 5writers who will capture our literary hearts

A JAPANESE HOLIDAYTANABATAFESTIVALTanabata, also called the star festival, seems veryromantic.This festival is based on a legend, in which, the mainroles are two opposite stars separated by a river. Longstory short, Vega is a very beautiful women who isalso dedicated to sewing.In fact, his dad was worried about her happiness, sohe found a man for her. Then, Vega and Altair fell inlove but they miscarried their chores. In consequence,Vega´s father got mad and forbid them to see eachother. On the other hand, he felt sorry for them.Herdad proposed that if they worked hard enough allyear round, they could see each other the 7th of theseventh month.During the festival it is said that they are so thrilledthat they grand every wish that is asked for. ACADEMICS MAGAZINE | 6

ATTIC | JANUARY 2016 19Online education vsTraditional educationNowadays there are a lot of options for Another thing you should consider is theyou to choose your education, depending social interaction you want to have inon the way you prefer to learn. In this your educational process. In onlineessay we describe two of the most known education every interaction witheducational systems and their instructors and classmates will be online,characteristics. whether by chat or videoconferences; your classes may even be quicker,When choosing a method of education without the distractions of a typicalyou need to consider, among other classroom. On the other side, traditionalthings, the flexibility and level of education is better for those who needdiscipline you have. Online education face-to-face interaction daily, and thoseoffers a lot of flexibility to its students, who tend not to do so well at classessince you can take your lessons at learning on their own.whatever time that fits your schedules.Especially because of this, you need to It does not matter which system youhave a certain level of discipline and choose, what is important is that youorganization to be punctual in deadlines receive a proper education that fits youand homework. Different from online and your way of learning. When youeducation, in traditional education you choose your educational system, considerhave to attend class at a specific time of the previous information, so you canthe day and there is less flexibility in that improve and take advantage of youraspect, but also you don’t need as much habilites.discipline as in online education becauseof your teachers’ and classmates’ ACADEMICS MAGAZINE | 7support.

ATTIC | JANUARY 2016 19You decide! ACADEMICS MAGAZINE | 8

                                         Feminism is a word that has                                                  had a lot of meanings                                                      throughout the world                                                        and the years. As far            L    e   t  ´ s     s  e   e                       as we know, it could  O      u      r    s      e      l  v      e      s      a      s        p      e      o      p      l  e                    Tbeh iso nweo mrdo, rsein laceb eitl .                                                       has time being used,                                                     has been changed                                                    depending on the culture.                                         It has been mold into everycountry as the same, but still, having differentaspects. This word was meant to describe feminineaspects, but then, people or better said women gave ita modern meaning. It began being related to women´svote. It was used to fight for the right of property andprofession. Later, some people started seeing it like athreat to moral values, to family values. Why? Well,the word took a deeper meaning. It was not only aboutwomen anymore, people tried to generalize the word.      ACADEMICS MAGAZINE | 9

     We agree that, nowadays, feminism and feminist relate to the equalityof rights. Even though, we believe in equality of rights, we do notnecessarily believe in feminism. There are two types of feminism; normalfeminism, which defends women´s rights and stands for any attemptagainst their dignity. And there is also, black feminism, which stands forthe margined society, which includes gay, transgender, African­Americanpeople, and also men. For example, African­American women demandedto be respected as well as their bodies, in order to do not be seen asexotic. They made the relation of their bodies with hair. We see curled hair,straight hair, short, long, and it is normal, none of those is rare or exotic.We accept the fact that both are good reasons, but we perceive there is nounity in the concept.    We think this word should not be used because today it is said to“stand” for social, political, and economical equality of the sexes. But wewonder how it can be for both if it is based and has a femininebackground. We have observed that most feminist in social media aregrown women. Such as Coco Chanel, Eva Peron, Bell Hooks, Oprah,Beyoncé, among many others. We have seen that their past experienceshas made them rough and has obligated them to demand their rights. Butnow, although violation of rights is still normal for women and men, there isthe possibility that the concept of feminism has gotten out of control, lettingit be an abuse of power sometimes, or being confused as anti­maleideology.    In conclusion, why should we struggle to have a label other thanequality or respect? Why to keep looking and deform the essence of thebalance with strange denominations? Because you could be a formerfeminist or a modern feminist, but still, the initial point for these movementswas to look for the respect that each gender deserves. This way, notbalancing more into one side or the other. You can say which kind of“feminist” you are, or, you can just say what you stand for. ACADEMICS MAGAZINE | 10

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