Testing and Being Tested

In this blog you will find each one of my academic group profiles, We are Colombian People, our profile is very interesting.

Mauricio Cadavid Profile

My name is Mauricio Cadavid. I am 38 years old, I am from Cartago in the department of Valle del Cauca, I am married and I live with my wife. I have 2 sisters and 3 brothers. 

I am environmental engineer and I have an specialization in environmental sciences, I have been working with different municipalities in the northern region of Valle del Cauca as environmental consultant. 

I lived in the USA for 4 years and when I came back to Colombia I became an English teacher, I started working at the Colombo Americano Pereira, I worked there for 10 years as a teacher and also as Academic coordinator. 

In this moment I am working as teacher at La Corporacion de Estudios Tecnologicos del Norte del Valle a higher Education institution located in Cartago, I teach here and I also work in the international relation office.

Deyser Gutierrez Profile

My name is Deyser Gutierrez A., I am 30 years old, I am a Psychologist, and I am specialized in Strategic management, I am divorced, I live in my own flat, In Medellín City, I have 2 brothers and 5 sisters; My father died when I was a little child. 

I am a Virtual English Tutor at UNAD University, since 1999, I work as a Psychologist in a Humanitarian Corporation, This organization helps economical poor people, we used to say this People is “the social violence children”, it´s a terrific job in a cruel area looking for a light in the middle of a huge sadness. 

I enjoy teaching English in this university, I adore what I do, working on education and helping others with my job as a psychologist. I like to visit new places like Yellowknife in Canada, El Calafate in Patagonia, Uluru in Central Australia, Red Sea in Israel, these touristic or academic visits for me are important, because I can learn about new cultures, flavors, odors and sensations unique, every year I travel because of my learning. 

In my spare time I usually study another career, actually I have 5 of them, and I enjoy studying. I think, one of the most important things to live in peace is learn to read text and context included gestures, expressions, veiled sense because of the precision and clear sense of everything when you are interrelated with other people. In this moment I am studying at the UNAD the English program "Licensure in English as a foreign language" to improve my personal knowledge and teaching strategies. 

Claudia Esperanza Profile

Hello everybody, my name is Claudia Esperanza Gómez Gómez, I’m 34 years old, I’m teacher since 1995 because I studied in a Normal School and then I studied Technique of Preschool. I live in Bogotá, I am married since 2004, and my husband works in a store of sweaters. In this moment I work in ITTalent, I’m Academic Coordinator. I have 3 sisters and 2 brothers, my father and my mother lives in Zipaquirá. I love my family because they are the greatest that God give me. 

I like to read in my free times, but in this moment I have few free times for the University, It’s very hard. I love the plants, in my apartment I have a balcony, and in it I have some plants, it’s beautiful. 

I teach in CSAT a girls group that study preschool, On Saturday in the Afternoon, It’s very nice because I love to teach. I enjoy when I can share my knowledge with other people, I like help when the people need it.

Julian Naranjo Profile

My name is Julian Antonio Naranjo Arcila. I am 29 years old; I live in Yarumal city, Antioquia. I’m in first semester of Bachelor of Arts in Teaching English as a Foreign Language.

I am a philosopher; I have been working as a teacher since my graduation date on April 26th 2008. It is a great pleasure to me sharing this course with you; my goal is to be a professional able to accomplish in my life new ways of getting knowledge and understanding of the things I haven’t discovered yet. 

For my professional life I hope to become a Bachelor of Arts in Teaching English as a Foreign Language and exercise my teaching with more resources than I have at my disposal now. 

I've been scout for over 10 years; I have a special love for nature and for trying to leave this world in a better condition than I found it. I believe such love is directly related to my favorite activity which is going camping in the forest. I don’t have a lot time to watch TV, but I like to watch sports, especially soccer. 

At the moment I have a Scout group in my home town and in this group there are about 70 scouts with whom I share a special feeling for nature, love. This feeling gives me strength and encourages me to continue teaching to children how to be good citizens and good people, while they protect nature and help others to achieve their goals in life. 

Paraphrasing Badem Powell, I work every day to try to put happiness into the lives of others. And perhaps one day I will be able to say: my mission is done, because just as the founder of the Scouts Movement I want to leave this world a little better than I found it[1]. 

[1] Baden-Powell's Last Message (1945) 

Carmen Esperanza Profile

My name is Carmen Esperanza Castañeda, I am 58 years old. It is quite a reason of pride to tell my age, as I feel God has been so good to me and has given me the opportunity to enjoy different circumstances. So age is experience, is wisdom, and is happiness. 

I am an ordained pastor, one of the few ordained women in my denomination, that means I am a reverend, but not many call me like that jus by my name. I have five children and four grandchildren. I love pets, as I live in the countryside I am able to have more than one dog and more than one cat. It is a real gift for me to get up in the morning and look at the blue sky, or to feel the cold weather of rainy days. The most I like is to have breakfast listening the singing of birds and other noises proper of nature. 

My commitment to service, as I do not see my duties as my profession, includes working with women, helping them in different situations, counseling, visiting, praying, accompanying them in their circumstances, and sharing their sorrows is part of my life. Also my concern about children has lead me to focus my work in training in their spare time teaching values that unfortunately their families are not interested in give them. 

Music of the world is one of my hobbies, I like hearing classic music, African, Portuguese fado, Brazilian samba, I love them. Also reading is something that has attracted my attention since I was a child. I think most of my reading took in my early years. Normally there are two or three books on my night table and I try to read at least a chapter every night. 

Travel is also of my interest, even I am afraid of the highs I manage to travel when it is possible. I want to go Paris, Portugal and Italy.