About me

In the Writing's class we wrote an essay about each of us. Here is my essay:

My name is Maite Abelleira Arocha, I'm 16 years old and I'm an adolescent girl. I was born and lived all my life with my family in Adrogue. My father's name is Javier and my mother's name

is Debora, both are medics. I only have an older sister called Lara who is studying medicine in Favaloro.

Talking about my physical appearance I'm not tall, I have braces for teeth and earrings. My nose is little and my lips too.

If I have to talk about my personality I believe I have to say I'm kind, I'm a very jolly person, I'm not expressive and what I most represent is competitiveness. If I play a game, I play the game to win, I do not play the game to have fun.

I don't have any interests at all. In my free time, I see series, like Vikings or Prison Break. I swin in the pool or I bother my sister when she os studying.

To conclude, I'm not an interesting person. However, due to my personality I have a lot of friends who are one of the most important things in life, friends are everything.

Tipos de familia

En la clase de Sociologia estuvimos estudiando los distintos tipos de familia, que también dependen de cada cultura. Hice un powerpoint con ejemplos y explicando cada tipo de familia.

Tipos de familia from Maitu Abelleira

The Religious-seculiar divide

In Global Perspective we discussed about the religion. In groups we did a presentation based on what we knew and the information we found.

Women

In Global Perspectives we discuss about the role of women in society and what they represent. With Maite, we did a presentation to show our opinion about this.

Sociología

En la clase de Sociología con Jimena Lara estudiamos acerca del origen de esta misma y su contexto. Para explicarlas usamos pinturas de la época, para ilustrar y analizar dicho contexto. Dejo acá mi trabajo.

Origen de la sociología

En la primera mitad el siglo XIX Inglaterra y Francia, gracias a la revolución Industrias y la revolución Francesa, hubo una crisis. En ese entonces, había preocupación por recuperar el orden social y la estabilidad. Por ellos, surgen las naciones estados modernos, nuevas organizaciones de poder y se expande el capitalismo. Se rompieron los lazos de autoridad pre modernos y pre capitalistas y sociales ya que apareció la burguesía. Hubo una nueva concepción de la vida y del hombre. Esto dio origen al iluminismo, "la superioridad del hombre reside en la razón". La Sociología reemplaza ideas religiosas por otros ideales: fe en progreso, ciencia, individualismo, competitividad y laicismo.

Presentación from Maitu Abelleira

Infarto de miocardio

En la clase de Biología estamos estudiando el ciclo cardíaco. La profesora nos dio un trabajo que consistía en elegir un problema del organismo que tenga que ver con este tema y escribir acerca de las causas, síntomas, prevención, tratamiento y detección. Elegí infarto y acá esta mi folleto:

Infarto de miocardio blog from Maitu Abelleira

Mediterranean Climate

In the class of EM we studied each climate. The teacher told us to create a presentation about one climate so with Jimena Timpanaro we had to do a presentation with all the information about Mediterranean climate.

Location: 

This climate is found between the 30o and 45o degree latitude north and south of the Equator and on the western sides of the continents. It is located in most of California, in parts of Western and South Australia, in southwestern South Africa, and in central Chile.

Seasons:

The mediterranean climate is characterized by warm to hot, dry summers and mild to cool, wet winters. Summers are longer than winter. Very few places experience snow in a Mediterranean climate. The seasonal changes are due to changes in ocean currents and water temperature.

 

Precipitation:

Mediterranean climate is a dry climate.  Almost no rain falls during the summer, so most of the rain falls during the cooler winter. Mediterranean climates receive around 20 inches of annual rainfall.

The chart, which is in the presentation, is from Rome, Italy shows the average maximum and minimum temperature in red and the average precipitation in blue.  You can see the rise in temperature and the drop in precipitation during the summer.

Temperature:

Winter temperatures are usually between 30 and 65 degrees F.  Summer’s average is above 118 °F.

Flora:

Plants in this climate must be able to survive long dry summers. Pine and Cypress trees are mixed with deciduous trees such as Oaks.  Fruit trees and vines such as grapes, figs, olives, and citrus fruits grow well here.  Other plants include small shrubs, grasses, and herbs.  

Fauna:

The natural wildlife found here include goats and sheep. These animals eat a wide variety of plants compared to cows who rely on grasses, which is rarely found in this areas.  Rabbits, jackels, and lynx can also be found here.