Friday, October 5, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Reflección
“La
paradoja de nuestro tiempo es que tenemos edificios más altos y
temperamentos más reducidos, carreteras mas anchas y puntos de vista mas
estrechos. Gastamos más pero tenemos menos, compramos más pero
disfrutamos menos. Tenemos casas más grandes y familias más chicas,
mayores comodidades y menos tiempo. Tenemos más grados académicos pero
menos sentido común, mayor conocimiento pero menor capacidad de juicio,
más expertos pero más problemas, mejor medicina pero menor bienestar.
Bebemos demasiado, fumamos demasiado, despilfarramos demasiado, reímos
muy poco, manejamos muy rápido, nos enojamos demasiado, nos desvelamos
demasiado, amanecemos cansados, leemos muy poco, vemos demasiada
televisión y oramos muy rara vez.
Hemos multiplicado nuestras
posesiones pero reducido nuestros valores. Hablamos demasiado, amamos
demasiado poco y odiamos muy frecuentemente.
Hemos aprendido a
ganarnos la vida, pero no a vivir. Añadimos años a nuestras vidas, no
vida a nuestros años. Hemos logrado ir y volver de la luna, pero se nos
dificulta cruzar la calle para conocer a un nuevo vecino. Conquistamos
el espacio exterior, pero no el interior. Hemos hecho grandes cosas,
pero no por ello mejores.
Hemos limpiado el aire, pero
contaminamos nuestra alma. Conquistamos el átomo, pero no nuestros
prejuicios. Escribimos más pero aprendemos menos. Planeamos más pero
logramos menos. Hemos aprendido a apresurarnos, pero no a esperar.
Producimos computadoras que pueden procesar mayor información y
difundirla, pero nos comunicamos cada vez menos y menos.
Estos
son tiempos de comidas rápidas y digestión lenta, de hombres de gran
talla y cortedad de carácter, de enormes ganancias económicas y
relaciones humanas superficiales. Hoy en día hay dos ingresos pero más
divorcios, casas más lujosas pero hogares rotos. Son tiempos de viajes
rápidos, pañales deshechables, moral descartable, acostones de una
noche, cuerpos obesos, y píldoras que hacen todo, desde alegrar y
apaciguar, hasta matar. Son tiempos en que hay mucho en el escaparate y
muy poco en la bodega. Tiempos en que la tecnología puede hacerte llegar
esta carta, y en que tú puedes elegir compartir estas reflexiones o
simplemente borrarlas.
Acuérdate de pasar algún tiempo con tus seres queridos porque ellos no estarán aquí siempre.
Acuérdate de ser amable con quien ahora te admira, porque esa personita crecerá muy pronto y se alejara de ti.
Acuérdate de abrazar a quien tienes cerca porque ese es el único
tesoro que puedes dar con el corazón, sin que te cueste ni un centavo.
Acuérdate de decir te amo a tu pareja y a tus seres queridos, pero
sobre todo dilo sinceramente. Un beso y un abrazo pueden reparar una
herida cuando se dan con toda el alma.
Acuérdate de tomarte de la mano con tu ser querido y atesorar ese momento, porque un día esa persona ya no estará contigo.
Date tiempo para amar y para conversar, y comparte tus mas preciadas
ideas. Y siempre recuerda!! La vida no
se mide por el número de veces que tomamos aliento, sino por los
extraordinarios momentos que nos lo quitan”
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Working BEE
There are approximately 40,000 worker bees. The workers are all
female, but they can’t have babies. There may be as many as
2000 males or drones. Drones don’t do any work. Only a few
drones gets to be fathers of the babies. All the rest just hang
around. The worker bees feed pollen and honey to the baby larva.
Soon, it spins a little web blanket inside the cell and becomes a
pupa. After 16 to 24 days, a full grown bee climbs out of the
cell. Worker bees do different things depending on how old they
are. They take care of the babies, make wax, build the honeycomb,
clean up the hive, store pollen, make honey, guard the hive, and
collect pollen or nectar. When someone says "busy as a
bee," they are definitely talking about the workers. If a
worker (sterile female) is born in the spring, she probably only
lives 4 or 5 weeks. If she’s born in the fall when
there’s less work to do, she may survive the winter. Drones
(males) are kicked out of the hive when the weather gets cold.
Queens can live for several years. (Text retrieved from http://pelotes.jea.com/honeybee.htm)
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Learn
What happens if I tell you I do not believe in school, but I do believe in education? That I want to learn, but not what others imply?
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Truly an inspiration to me
Amanda Martin expressed the following words about me during the 15th Annual Lavender Graduation at Iowa State University, on May 3, 2012. She also received the Ally Award. Thank you, Amanda, for everything you do too.
"Cristobal "Criss" Salinas Jr. is truly an inspiration to me. He has overcome so much and is a positive role model not only for Latino students but for all students. I am awed by all he has accomplished at his young age. He has been a great friend to me and always has a hug or a smile ready for me. He sees the potential in people and encourages them to take on leadership roles, like he did with me for the ELPS Interview Days. He is a national leader in higher education. Iowa State is lucky to have him as a staff member here now. I feel so lucky to call him a friend and colleague, and I know he is someone I will continue to keep in touch with after graduation. Thanks for always supporting me!"
"Cristobal "Criss" Salinas Jr. is truly an inspiration to me. He has overcome so much and is a positive role model not only for Latino students but for all students. I am awed by all he has accomplished at his young age. He has been a great friend to me and always has a hug or a smile ready for me. He sees the potential in people and encourages them to take on leadership roles, like he did with me for the ELPS Interview Days. He is a national leader in higher education. Iowa State is lucky to have him as a staff member here now. I feel so lucky to call him a friend and colleague, and I know he is someone I will continue to keep in touch with after graduation. Thanks for always supporting me!"
Sunday, April 29, 2012
50 Rules Kids Won't Learn in School
50 Rules Kids Won't Learn in School by Charles J. Sykes
Rule 1. Life is not fair. Get used to it.
The average teenager uses the phrase "It's not fair" 8.6 times a day. You cannot control the unfairness of the world. What you can control is the way you react.
Rule 2. The real world won't care as much as your school does about your self-esteem. It'll expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.
You can't control the unfairness of the world. What you can control is the way you react.
Rule 3. Sorry, you will not make sixty thousand dollars a year right out of high school. And you will not be a vice-president or have a company car. You may even have to wear a uniform that does not have a designer label.
Rule 4. You are not entitled... (to everything your parents have, or everything you see on TV or in magazines. You will have to work for all of it. And then figure out how to pay for it).
Rule 5. No matter what your daddy says, you are not a princess. . .
Princess have better hopes than her/his parents either continue to foot the bill or leaver her/him a boatload of money in their wills; she/he marries very, very well; she/he wins the lottery; or she/he founds a compnay that comes up with a solution to global warming, a cure for cancer, or an explanation for Britney Spears' Marriage to Keven Federline. Otherwise, life is likely to be a letdown.
Rule 6. No, you cannot be everything you dream . . .
. . . unless you have the talent, education, and commitment to work for it.
Rule 7. If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. She/he won't have tenure, so she/he will tend to be a bit edgier. When you screw up, she/he is not going to ask you how you feel about it.
Rule 1. Life is not fair. Get used to it.
The average teenager uses the phrase "It's not fair" 8.6 times a day. You cannot control the unfairness of the world. What you can control is the way you react.
Rule 2. The real world won't care as much as your school does about your self-esteem. It'll expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.
You can't control the unfairness of the world. What you can control is the way you react.
Rule 3. Sorry, you will not make sixty thousand dollars a year right out of high school. And you will not be a vice-president or have a company car. You may even have to wear a uniform that does not have a designer label.
Rule 4. You are not entitled... (to everything your parents have, or everything you see on TV or in magazines. You will have to work for all of it. And then figure out how to pay for it).
Rule 5. No matter what your daddy says, you are not a princess. . .
Princess have better hopes than her/his parents either continue to foot the bill or leaver her/him a boatload of money in their wills; she/he marries very, very well; she/he wins the lottery; or she/he founds a compnay that comes up with a solution to global warming, a cure for cancer, or an explanation for Britney Spears' Marriage to Keven Federline. Otherwise, life is likely to be a letdown.
Rule 6. No, you cannot be everything you dream . . .
. . . unless you have the talent, education, and commitment to work for it.
Rule 7. If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. She/he won't have tenure, so she/he will tend to be a bit edgier. When you screw up, she/he is not going to ask you how you feel about it.
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