TO STUDENTS AT THE CURNE

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

ATTENTION:  STUDENTS OF PEDAGOGY, MAJORING IN ENGLISH (EFL TEACHING) AND MODERN LANGUAGES

ARE YOU REGISTERING FOR SPECIALIZED SUBJECTS?

IF YOUR ANSWER IS “YES”, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW. FIRST, ENTER www. maxeteaching.blogspot.com, CLICK 2011, AND THEN JULY. IN ONE OF THE POSTS THAT WERE MADE DURING THIS MONTH, YOU WILL FIND THE MATERIALS YOU NEED IN EACH OF THE SPECIALIZED AND ADVANCED SUBJECTS AND THE ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS. FINALLY, GET THE MATERIALS AND GET READY FOR YOUR FIRST DAY OF CLASS BY DOING THE ASSIGNMENT (S).  SEE YOU THERE BRIGHT AND EARLY.  WE WILL START OUR LESSONS RIGHT AWAY.

TAKE CARE

MAXIMO ENCARNACIÓN GOMERA

PROFESSOR OF THE LANGUAGES SCHOOL AND THE FACULTY OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES AT THE UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SANTO DOMINGO, UASD

Teachers at Centro Universitario Regional del Nordeste (Regional University Center in the Northeast)

By Francisco Antonio Pichardo Espinal

    

San Francisco de Macorís

Dec, 08^th, 2012

Teachers at Centro Universitario Regional del Nordeste (Regional University Center in the Northeast)

By Francisco Antonio Pichardo Espinal

As human beings, teachers have their own way to behave as members of society. So happens in the Centro Universitario Regional del Nordeste (Regional University Center in the Northeast). It is one of the most important UASD`s branches located in San Francisco de Macorìs. Here, teachers are seen as humble people who have their virtues and faults. In fact, teachers at the CURNE have many features we can state as positive and negative.

      First of all, teachers at Centro Universitario Regional del Nordeste (Regional University Center in the Northeast) do not have any specific rules about the outfit they have to wear in the classroom. It does not mean that teachers are allowed to teach inadequately dressed. In this tenor, the Vice-Director expresses that the institution, unlike other colleges, does not give any admonition to their teachers in terms of outfit. She says, ``our professors know their responsibilies about the way they need to dress when they come to school. This is due to teachers are models students follow while pursuing their careers.´´ Also, the Vice-Director says that the institution suggests that female teachers should not stand in front of their students in revealing clothes. These teachers should not wear an outfit that shows their backs, chests, or leg`s skin up their knees. Besides, there are also suggestions for male teachers such as not come to class wearing t-shirts, shorts, sandals, slippers, hats, or sunglasses. Also, it is recommended not to wear extravagant perfume. Thoroughly, a teacher who wears an outfit out of context could distract the students’ attention. Consequently, this could affect the goals of the institution. Even though we live in a tropical country, a big number of the CURNE`s teachers wear heavy clothes. For example, in this institution it is not weird to see some teachers wearing thick fabric suit and tie. Also, many of them wear casual clothes which are acceptable to teach in classrooms. Moreover, some teachers attend to the university wearing accessories such as bracelets, hats, and scarves. In fact, the CURNE`s teachers have the right to dress as they please unless it damages the institution`s reputation.

      Another element to take into consideration is evaluation. Teachers at Centro Universitario Regional del Nordeste have not established a specific way to evaluate their students. However, the curriculum suggests three partial exams. It proposes a first exam to evaluate the first four weeks; a second exam given to assess half of the semester, and a final exam to complete the last score of each student. The final grades for student subjects usually are published ten days after final exams. Besides, some teachers give extraordinary exams for those students who do not have the score required to pass a subject. Those exams are supposed to help the students who get between 60 and 69 points in the sum up of all the activities to be evaluated including the three exams. Frequently, some teachers at the CURNE convalidate the value of one exam with another kind of activity. For instance, they convalidate tests with an oral presentation, seminar, or even an excursion. This means they do according to their own style.  From the very first class day, most of the teachers show their students the distribution of the points among activities, in which the students learn the value of each one. Those activities could go from students’ attendance to the final test. Accordingly, some CURNE`s teachers are hardly criticized due to their way of evaluation. The matter is that few of them change the value of final tests for having fun by going out with their students.

      Some positive features that teachers at CURNE have, are that they are described as the ones who have the most complete knowledge about the fields they teach. Those teachers need to hold a Master’s degree before they are hired as teachers at this regional university. This requirement has not been enough to ensure a correct behavior of all the teachers in terms of respect for their students. For instance, there are rumors which state that some teachers negotiate grades with students. Some invite them to go out and have fun. Also, teachers at the CURNE as in other institutions or colleges, they miss one hour out of the total time they are supposed to teach in a day for a subject. They agree with the students to finish earlier. This way, they intend to decrease the charge of work and stress.

     In conclusion, the Centro Universitario Regional del Nordeste (CURNE) does not have very strict rules the teachers and students have to obey in terms of outfit. Also, teachers here are not imposed any kind of evaluation in order to apply in classrooms. In fact, CURNE is an institution which has made great contribution for     decades to society. Many of its teachers have written interesting books and done researches which help to better life condition in the Dominican Republic. This ensures hundreds of new professionals all over the area every semester. Mainly, those contributions have made the CURNE an outstanding higher education institution.

San Francisco de Macorís

Dec, 08^th, 2012

  Centro Universitario Regional del Nordeste Student Associations

   By Nidio M. Tejada Jerez

                                                                               

                                                                      Saturday, December 1^st 2012

                                                                   San Francisco de Macorís

Centro Universitario Regional del Nordeste Student Associations

By Nidio M. Tejada Jerez

        Even though in the recent decades every government of the Dominican Republic has promised to help in the development of a high quality education system for poor students in this nation, schools have lack of resources.  Rarely, teachers and students can say that they have what they need to reach their educational goals.  For this reason, students have been forced to create organizations to fight for the things they need.  Students associations became popular during the 70s, and since then, they have been a good allied for the Dominican Republic’s education system by asking the government to solve its most urgent needs.  San Francisco de Macorís’s student organizations have not been the exception.  Through the years, they have won an outstanding list of very important goals  for the benefit of  students in this city.

       Nowadays, student organizations are facing a difficult period.  That’s why it is important to consider their origin, present role at the Centro Universitario Regional del Nordeste (Northeastern Regional University Center), and what they have won and lost through the years.  Student Associations at at this university did a great job at their beginning, but they have changed and lost part of their fundamental essence gradually.  A student association leader said that student organizations are having problems to enroll new students in their activities.  He blamed transculturation for the students’ attitude or indifference. He said that nowadays students seem to be focused on entertainment, sex, and avoiding hard work.  He means this generation is materialistic, lazy, and has no passion for anything, but amusement.  This situation makes things harder for student associations to work  and find new members and leaders. Although student organizations‘s role is to inspire junior students to go after higher goals and values, in part they have lost their way. They have been seduced by political favors which intend to make them work for their political purposes, making student associations lose a great deal of their own identity.

        Student Associations at Centro Universitario Regional del Nordeste (CURNE) in San Francisco de Macorís were established on a very difficult period in our nation.  During de 70s, Joaquin Balaguer’s government saw every student as its potential enemy and many of them just disappeared or were usually found dead in the city.  In that time, student associations like Fuerza de la Juventud Socialista (F.J.S),  later Fuerza Juvenil Dominicana (F.J.D), Frente Estudiantil de Liberación Amín Abel (FELABEL), Unión de Estudiantes Dominicanos (UNED), Frente Estudiantil de Liberación Flavio Suero (FEFLAS), and Bloque Juvenil Socialista  (B.J.S.)  began their activities in this town.  They started the fight for better education for poor students against  dominant high classes’ interests.  Student associations leaders had to get together in secret places in the country side.  Many very young students were not afraid of getting involved in this kind of fights, like Apolinar and Juan Taveras and William Logis.  Sometimes, to pay the cost of their activities, some students’ leaders had to go to a blood bank and sell their blood.  Otherwise, they had to travel without money, hopping to receive help from other people on the way.  Some police officers chased them and shot the places they were staying, just to send a message to their companions.  Many good students died in the pursue of their goals.  Two good examples are Milton Dilone and William Mieses.  Both of them were killed during the 70s.

         Through the years, students associations have changed drastically from their original role at the CURNE.  Nowadays, they have more office work to do than before.  For example, one of them is helping students to get the Solidarity Card.  In the same way, another group controls the student’s copy center.  And all of them try to help new students by giving them academic pensums and information about their classroom locations.  These activities are good for students, but student associations work is not always that positive.  Although, according to student associations original’s purpose, they are supposed to defend students rights. Their too frequent and violent activities force them to stop receiving their complete class programs.  To make things worse, sometimes a student is killed during their protests resulting in less class, more violence, and fear.  Sometimes, many students and teachers realize that student associations are not really helping to defend the students’ most important reason to go to the university, which is to become high qualified professionals.  In addition, student groups are seen by politicians as a bridge to get a very important position at the CURNE’s University Council.  The University Council receives the leader of the student association that has won the elections of the Dominican Students Federation as a member of its assembly with voice and vote. Because of this, political parties try to control the winning students association.  In other words, if they control the student associations leaders, they control the Dominican Students Federation according to their political goals.  Thus, even though student groups’ original role is to defend students’ interests at the CURNE, they can’t fight against their sponsors’ orders or decisions, making student associations’ role in the University Council suspicious and doubtful.

         The CURNE’s student associations have won many battles but have lost others.  They have won a good name in other cities in the Dominican Republic because they have reached important goals for students of this town.  For example, in the 70s, Santiago and San Francisco de Macorís were competing to get the first branch of the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, and thanks to the student associations’ work, S.F.M won what is now the oldest extension of the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, UASD (Autonomous University in Santo Domingo) in the Dominican Republic.  Students from La Vega, Cotui, Nagua, Samana, Salcedo, and Moca can come to this city to study, while students from Santiago had to go to Santo Domingo.  Santiago city didn’t have its own UASD branch until the 90s.  After that, the student community won a new building for the university.  They asked for the opening of new careers like medicine and they got it.  They fought for students’ transportation, a bookstore, a copy center, and many other good things and won them from the government.  On the other hand, it is sad to say that since the students associations are under political parties control, they have lost their autonomy, original purpose, and goals.  Nowadays, politicians give money to the student groups to make parties and buy alcohol for the young boys and girls who happily vote for them.  This way, politicians take control of the students’ Federation and avoid any kind of contradiction from the students’ organization.  To make things worse, most of the new students are not looking for anything, but fun.  This way, students associations have lost a generation of thinkers.  Currently, it is difficult to find good young leaders.  In the past, great young leaders inspired junior students to fight for valuable goals, but in these days, they seem like puppets of higher interests and that is a terrible loss for the student organizations.  Due to their wrong way to protest, student associations are losing people’s support.  For example, when they stop the traffic burning pneumatics and throwing stones to innocent drivers, they are making themselves look like dangerous organizations on people’s eyes.  If student associations want to be useful and fulfill their original purpose again, they must return to their beginning identity and fight to get back the freedom they have lost.

        In conclusion, even though during the last 40 years, many good young students associations’ leaders worked very hard to change their dark reality.  Besides, many important things have been gained by student’s organizations for students in San Francisco de Macorís.  Today, it is evident that student institutions have become part of the corrupted system they have tried to change.  This young generation is not interested in those kinds of problems.   It seems that its only passion and purpose in life is to enjoy the moment and find the easiest way to live like that every single day, no matter the consequences.  For this reason, to return to their original identity,  student associations’ only hope is to form new free thinking leaders who could resume the students’  cause and regain peoples’ trust through an honest and transparent life of service.  If students associations do not do that quickly in the near future, the only battle they are going to fight is the battle to survive.

San Francisco de Macorís 2012

Our career

Our career in college is still a dream that has not come true. Many meetings have been set to talk about the matter, but there have been more words than actions. Sometimes I think studying the certificate in English is not worth majoring because I don’t really see it as a career with its incompletion, it is most like an English course and I know most of you, readers, have thought the same way as me. I’m not talking you out of studying this profession with these words, instead; I’m inviting you to take action with us and make it real we need to join our forces. Our success in getting it done depends on the actions we take now, so let's work on it!

Online Shopping

Purchases over the Internet are a commercial mode grows daily worldwide, with significant benefits for consumers. The traditional commercial interaction worked with satisfied customers, for one or more reasons, with certain establishments or brands who moved to their physical locations to purchase their products.

Later it begans the massive use your phone to take orders for the goods that were made known through catalogs. This stills in circulation, but a huge and effective opponent has laid its foundation for knocked out: online stores and e-commerce development.

ASSIGNMENTS FOR MY STUDENTS AT CURNE, SAN FRANCISCO DE MACORIS, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

     As you all know, classes were cancelled at our university last weekend, so some more work needs to be done in order to catch up with programs. Please, find your subject or subjects below and see what your assignment is for next weekend.

IDI-243 (Literature)

-Summary on Othelo by Sakespeare

-Summary on The Glass Menagerie by Williams

-From the Big Pamphlet, Read Reading Dramma

IDI-228 (Composition)

-Study the following Types of Paragraph: Narration, Description, Compare-Contrast, and Cause and effect.

-Type the three (3) paragraphs you have written for your writing project (hand it in to me next weekend)

-Read a small pamphlet named "Writing the Essay." Concentrate on writing the introduction and the conclusion. This is at Annie Copy Center. 

FEM-129 (Special Didactics for EFL I)

-Write a lesson plan for teaching a mini-lesson (10 minutes)

-Get ready to teach the mini-lesson on Nov. 23

-Do not forget Test No. 2

IDI-224 (Level 6 of EFL)

-Unit 7 and Test 2

IDI-135 (English Grammar)

-Besides the preposition, the conjunction, and the interjection, study Modifiers

-NOTE: TEST NO. 2 WILL BE ON NOV. 24

SEE YOU THERE

A TRIBUTE I WROTE TO AN INMORTAL PROFESSOR

     It has been a long time since I posted the last writing piece on this blog. When I was participating in the Summer Writing Institute in Plymouth, New Hampshire, U.S., I had been assigned to take a piece of writing with me and this is the one I shared with the other participants there. If you have any comment, I will appreciate it if you posted it.

PROFESSOR EMILIO LOPEZ: A GREAT HUMAN BEING

By Máximo Encarnación Gomera

For many reasons, this is the best occasion for travelling through a hero’s time line, whose teaching and one memorable key idea keeps pumping in my head:  “Everyone must be respected for what they are, not for what they have or know.” 

Once, I was teaching at a college that is a branch of the biggest one in the country at the time.  After a tiresome trip from a city in the same region of a country located to the eastern side of a magic tropical island with a saint’s name, I went into the teacher’s lounge and felt very happy to see Emilio, that short and quiet old man sitting at the biggest table in the room. That man was my former Professor.

In the process of my personal growth, this exceptional human being had contributed greatly with my awareness of the fact that people must defend every molecule of their human legacy with all their strengths.  And each day I step on the ground, I am more and more aware of the mostly ornamental role played by degrees, acknowledgements, and material possessions.

While sharing with Mr. Lopez, an array of pictures came to my mind.  One is the one of a teacher in front of his students marching while speaking softly within the rows and all of them listening in deep silence.  Another is this teacher telling some jokes and all the students laughing and enjoying them.  Once, when both professor and students were deeply immersed in their lesson of the day, he said, “A teacher is so many things.”  These pictures and others showed it very well.

The most important of all is a notion inferred from the teachings of the whole corpus of that colossal character: “the most important is being a human being. Also, among all, this is the best honor every person has ever received.”  In those moments, my mind was filled with the struggle of my own beliefs and those simple-but-deep ideas. 

“You know, I can’t live without teaching. Thus, I asked them to hire me again and they assigned me some subjects here”, said the white haired Professor Lopez after the big hug and the usual greetings shared with his former student.   

That was also a reply to a mandatory statement and a question:  “I heard you had retired. What are you doing here?” I felt even happier due to those words explained the fact that we had become colleagues. 

“What are you teaching?” I asked.  “They said Special Didactics to English needed to be taught, but I know you are teaching those subjects in this area”, expressed the listener as a reply while, as by instinct, we took a seat at the same time.  Once again, the passion showed by the hard-working man told that he would spend his whole life doing what he was born for and enjoyed the most: teaching.

Unwillingly, once again, my mind went away and in a very distant corner, I found an enthusiastic professor, sometimes glasses in hand, addressing his troops, “Next class day, there will be a strike, but do not worry.  We will meet in front of the faculty building and later, we will go to my house and have the lesson there.  There is no time to lose.” 

“In my opinion, you are the best to teach those subjects.” Then I continued, “Even though I attended your classes long ago, you are still my professor and the school does not need me if you are around.”  

Later in time, on a Saturday night, as usual, my colleague and I were heading from the small town to the capital City, where the main cite of the university was and also our homes and families.  In those times, I had been pursuing my Masters Degree since recently.  As soon as I entered the program, I had conceived deep into my self, “Professor Emilio Lopez would be the perfect advisor for my thesis.” 

On that bus, hit by the flashes of the other vehicles, and the darkened green of the fast-passing trees, and among the sharing of different and varied ideas, I said, “Professor, when we finish the modules for my masters, I would like you to be my thesis advisor.” 

With the soft voice he accustomed to express those great ideas, Mr. Lopez replied, “There is no problem.”  Then he added, “You know, I have been out of that for quiet a time; however, I would do it even if they did not pay me for the job.” 

More than a year later, when I was ready to start writing my thesis, professor and pupil started meeting at the advisor’s home midweek in midmornings and whenever it was necessary. 

“What made you use this concept here?” or “Why are you using such procedures to achieve your goal with the application of this instrument?” were part of the way Professor Lopez used to conduct our sessions.  Sometimes many changes had to be done.  Others everything was okay.  His orientations and encouragement were always present.

We finished the process and Professor Lopez sort of gave me an oral examination on the contents of the thesis. 

At the last part of that examination, that vastly experienced professor asked me, “Now that you have gone a step ahead in your career as an educator, and more prestige and opportunities will open for you, what are your plans as a master professional?  This called my attention.

“I want to contribute with the development of the field in my country.”  After these words, I raised my look to the ceiling as if analyzed a painting masterpiece on the concrete above my head, and added, “However, the most important title I have been granted is the one that accredits me as a human being”.

That last session came to an end. The joy of the accomplished task made me hurry home faster than usual.  On the way, my head and heart encountered the usually overcrowded classroom of Professor Lopez.  I saw my classmates and the guests who shared part of their knowledge once in a while. 

From those times until I departure for another leg of my journey, maybe I will meet my professor and continue sharing a pure friendship.

Maybe, in that instant, I will serve as a messenger to let the immortal Emilio Lopez Feliz know that for most of his pupils and many of his fellows, he is one of the best examples, of love, collaboration, contribution, hard work, and friendship.

Plymouth 2010

ASSIGNMENTS TO MY STUDENTS AT THE CURNE

Hi, everyone,

I hope everything is ok with you and your families after all the rain we had last week. Since classes were cancelled for that weed, and we need to catch up with some contents, here are the assignments. Find your subject and see your assignment.

IDI-243 (ENGLISH LITERATURE)

Besides what you studied for the exam, write a summary on Othelo by Shakespeare. Also, read and summarize The Glass Menagerie by T. Williams

IDI-228 (ENGLISH COMPOSITION)

Besides studying the characteristics of the paragraph such as coherence, unity, suppor and sentene skills, make sure you followed the whole process of writing for the two first paragraphs of your writing project. Hand in your two paragraph this coming weekend.

FEM-327 (SPECIAL DIDACTICS FOR ENGLISH II)

Besides reading chapter IX (Big Pamphlet)  and about some teaching methods, read about the Learning Strategy, Cooperative Learning, and Multiple Intelligence (Book about methods).

FEM-129 (SPECIAL DIDACTICS FOR ENGLISH I)

Besides reading about Communication Skills and other related topics, find out about what reading is and types of reading such as lists of sentences, narrations, descriptions, and dialogues.

IDI-224 (ADVANCED ENGLISH I)

Besides getting ready for unit 6, get ready for unit 7.

IDI-135 (ENGLISH GRAMMAR)

Besides the Adverb, the preposition, the conjunction, and the interjection, read about modifiers. Also, start getting ready for exam no. 2 (up to the interjection).

TAKE CARE

SEE YOU NEXT WEEKEND, GOD WILLING.

Máximo

MESSAGE TO ALL MY STUDENTS AT THE CURNE, SAN FRANCISCO DE MACORIS, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

DEAR STUDENTS,
I HAVE CONFIRMED THE CANCELLATION OF CLASSES AT THE CURNE IN SAN FRANCISCO DE MACORIS FOR THIS WEEKEND (FRIDAY, THE 26TH. AND SATURDAY, THE 27TH., 2012).
PLEASE, VISIT THIS BLOG FROM WEDNESDAY, THE 31ST. ON FOR SOME ASSIGNMENTS.
I WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEKEND.
TAKE CARE
MAXIMO

TO ALL MY STUDENTS AT THE CURNE:

     Due to the hurricane that is around, the Rector of our college, Mateo Aquino Febrillet, announced the cancellation of classes for today (Thursday, October 25th., 2012). Therefore, I will not travel to San Francisco de Macorís today.  If classes are not cancelled for tomorrow, I will be there. I am going to write another message before 6 p.m. 

I hope everything is ok with you and your families.

Take care
Máximo

TO ALL MY STUDENTS AT THE CURNE, SAN FRANCISCO DE MACORIS, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:

YOU ALL KNOW THAT THERE WAS NO CLASS AT OUR COLLEGE LAST WEEKEND.  PLEASE, TAKE A LOOK AT THE ASSIGNMENT ACCORDING TO YOUR SUBJECT OR SUBJECTS:

IDI-243 (Literature):

1-Write a summary on Santa Clo' Comes to la Cuchilla by Abelardo Díaz Alfaro (Make sure that, before starting to write it down, you had read the guidelines from the Handbook for Specialized Subjects). Be ready to tell the story in your own words in simple present.

2-Read the guidelines on how to write an essay from the Handbook for Specialized Subjects.

3-Read Santa Clo' Comes to La Cuchilla and reflect on the relationship between the short story and present societies.

IDI-228 (Composition):

1-Find out about the first subtopic for your writing project. Make sure you have as much information as possible.

2-Read about Affixes, Run-Ons, Sentence Fragments, Punctuation, and Capitalization.

3-Read about The Writing Process: The Subject, Audience, and Purpose.

FEM-327 (SPECIAL DIDACTICS II):

1-Read about Dominican Curriculum.

2-Read about Planning a Balanced Program: the lesson  plan, the unit plan, and the yearly plan (Chapter VI in Big Pamphlet).

FEM-129 (SPECIAL DIDACTICS I):

1-Read about Nature and Functions of Language: What is language?, Engish as a native language, English as a Foreign Language, English as a Second Language, The target language.

2-Read about Culture: Definition, The culture of English-Speaking Countries, Techniques for teaching culture (See big pamphlet, the Internet, and other sources).

3-Read about Factors that affect the learning of English as a Foreign Language: the school and community, relationship between teacher and students, and number of students in the classroom.

IDI-224 (Advanced English I):

-Study units I and II.

IDI-135 (English Grammar):

1-Study the Pronoun and the Verb.

2-Write a summary on the short story you chose at lib (Make sure you read the guidelines from the Handbook for Specialized Subjects before writing your summary).

3-Start reading Wolfer's Roost by Washington Irvin (You can find it at Annie Copy Center).

See you this coming weekend (Thursday, Sept. 13th.-Saturday, Sept. 15th.)

BULLETIN BOARD PUBLISHING

San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic

Hi, everyone,

     Last December, at the end of the semester, my students published their essays about their communities on our brand new bulletin board at Centro Universitario Regional del Nordeste, CURNE. As always, it was a lot of work, but we enjoyed the adventure.

 

 Heidy and the teacher share during the revision-and-feedback stage.

This semester, my students prepared a portfolio. The teacher checks Ana's out.

See Belarminio's colorful portfolio?

There we go!  Our mission is posting all the essays on the bulletin board.

This is our brand new bulletin board.  My students found out that the other one was in terrible conditions.  They made this.  See how beautiful it is. How creative they are!

 Here, they start posting their writing.

 

This is a wonderful team at work.

At this point, they think they are done. However, some more papers still need to be posted.

They had to rearrange everything.

 

 Now, they are done.  Mission accomplished, at last!

 

 These are the writers from left to right: Melvin, Ana, the teacher, Adelina, Evaristo, Rosalina, and Heidy. Belarminio could not make it, but his paper was posted anyway. We really missed him and he missed all the fun.

I hope you enjoyed all this and post a comment in English, of course!

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