CHALLENGES IN YOUR DISCIPLINE

CHALLENGES IN YOUR DISCIPLINE

Write about important challenges your discipline is currently facing, connected to each of the following areas:- Technology- Social Matters- Education- Define the challenges- Say how you think they should be resolved in each case- Mention the critical issues involved in each area-
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My discipline is the Veterinary Medecine. I really think that is a very interesting area because is a bigger area. We need a lot of knowledges for do our job. Therefore, we must integrate many knowledges for have a complete discipline. Thus, in the next areas: technology, social matters and education, we have opinion like the Veterinay of future.

- Technology: This is a very important area, because the news technologies are very useful for our work. For example, we can take radiographs and thus make proper diagnosis. It's more easy and complete.
Furthermore, with the help of professionals from other areas (such as engineers, doctors or technicians) we can create solutions to many problems of human and animal health (for example, organ transplantation research)

- Social matters. Here is very important our role. We have a lot of areas to work. We must teach to the pet owners at maintain the good animals's health. If the people so this, we would have less disease. Many of the diseases of humans, are caused by zoonoses, so , if we if we teach animal care, public health will be better and this is good for all us: people and animals!

- Education: In this case, I think that we haven't a good education about the animals health and care, and we like the veterinaries of future can do a lot of things. In my opinion, the education about animals, in our country is only in the TV shows. There are two tv shows in Chile about animals ("La Ley de la Selva" and "Annimales"), and it is here where they teach about animals.

I think in our country, Chile, we need a lot of culture in the veterinary medical area. Missing value more our profession and that must begin with ourselves. We can be a leader in many things, but this is only possible if we are sure we can do our job.

Wildlife conservation in Asia

SUMMARY FROM A CAREER-RELATED ARTICLE FROM THE GUARDIAN Go to: http://www.guardian.co.uk/> Select a news item connected to your area of studies / future career.> Write a summary of it.> Provide the link to your piece of news.> Ask students to leave a comment on 2 of their partners' posts.> 200 - 250 word ...

This time, I wiil write a summary of a Guardian's article. I choose an environmental theme: Asian wild ass conservation points to brighter future for Tibetan plateau wildlife. This article was write for Jonathan Watts. he writes about a recent trip to Asia, where he saw some animals known in this place as Kiang. He approached them and took some pictures. Watts was so tired for do another thing. While in Beijing, sought information and discovered that this is one of the few who has succeeded in conserving species. There are, more or less, 2000000 kiangs.

In his fourth day of travel, he saw many animals. Asia is a place rich in wildlife. Fortunately, this wildlife is recovering. He saw black-necked cranes , eagles, a fox and a range of other bird and plant life. Since 2000, the Three River Source area is nature reserve and the Beijing government confiscates the weapons of the hunters.

The communities of Tibet have also been organized. They have protected the chiru (Tibetan antelope) and through participation this species has increased in many individuals. The Dalai Lama made a statement in 2006 about the importance of wildlife. The people responded by burning clothing of animal skins. Watts met a Tibetan man who told him that burned animal skin clothes (only the low-value). Also, he said he can not be used in public clothing, hats or bags of animal origin, because people hit you.

Furthermore, it is trying to displace the predators for the fauna is not impaired, and may even increase, but some people complain because wildlife competes with livestock for pasture.

Finally, Watts concludes that there are many problems today between human development (such as mining, road building, climate change) and the conservation of wildlife. The problem is finding a balance between the Chinese government's policies and teachings of the Dalai Lama.



SOURCE
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2010/jun/15/wild-ass-conservation-tibetan-plateau

FACULTY FACILITIES

IMPROVING YOUR FACULTY FACILITIES1. WHAT IS THE CURRENT SITUATION IN YOUR FACULTY?2. WHAT THINGS NEED IMPROVEMENT?3. WHAT WOULD BE YOUR FIRST STEPS TO DEALING WITH THIS SITUATION?4. HOW WOULD YOU RESOLVE THIS SITUATION?5. WHAT COULD BE THE REAL BENEFITS/IMPACT OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS?6. NEXT STEPS >> FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS>> Number of Words: 250 - 300>> Don’t forget to make comments

Write about our faculty is very interesting. I think that we are so lucky for stydy here. The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of University of Chile is the BEST school in our country. We have a lot of places with pasture, threes and vegetations. Also, we have a swimming pool, a court for sports and a martial arts room's.

However, we have problems too. This faculty is far, far away of the city. Also, we are in La Pintana town. This is a poor place, there are a lot of delinquency. One time ago, in the bus a big man try to hold up me. It was horrible! Happily, he couldn't to steal me, because a woman helped me.

But, definitely the worst of the faculty is the food. There are 2 little shops and one "restaurant". The food in the restaurant is so bad. The workers are listless, and the food is expensive. Unfortunately, as is the only place nearby, we should eat there. The other options are to bring food from home or walk to Antumapu to buy there. We are so far away of the city, so we can't go to a shop center to eat or some like this.

I would like the faculty had more books in the library. We have a few of books in some item, so we can have for only one day the books. It's a reaaly short time.

Hopefully the new leadership of our faculty to improve the bad things and keep the good stuff.