Worried student

Dear Amy:

I´m searching for an institution to do my social service, it was really difficult to find a place with an attractive program, finally I did.

When I have my first interview there, the chairman told me it would be a good experience because I will have the chance to develop many skills in group and individual therapy with children and adults.

Yesterday was my first day and not only was it boring, also was it a waste of time, I spent four hours copying chapters of a book for an online course this institution is going to give.

Today, nothing changed and I wonder if it´s what I´m going to do for the next six months, so I asked a girl what she had been doing there, she told me: nothing but printing copies.

Maybe the best is to quit and start in another place, what would you do?

Love, worried student.

The $ports business

Many people try, but just few of them are able to participate in the major leagues. Why do they want it? Because it is one of the most profitable professions in many countries.

Sports have thousands of fans all over the world and are those fans who give sportsmen and sportswomwen their money and fame.

But in a country with no budget for education it´s insulting to see how much our athletes earn, but what for?, that´s even more insulting, they don´t even have the same level as their counterparts in other countries, and those who actually do are paid less.

For some students in the U.S. being an athlete is the key for going to college, most of them without any academical achievement.

Here in Mexico, soccer is an indicator of how things are, because in the soccer team of the main public University, UNAM, are players who don´t study there! And they are paid with part of the University´s budget, that could be spent in research; but the worst it´s that UNAM is not even selling its own tickets of its own stadium, Ticketmaster, as usual, is in charge of that.

Sports as business could work in Europe, they have a better economy, but in Latin America it´s absurd and in Mexico it´s more. Loocking for more information on internet, I found out that in the top ten of best paid teams, six are Mexican teams, it could be because we (as population) can easily become fanatics, and take as role models people who are just good (or in some cases just average) athletes, a clear example is Maradona in Argentina who after being one of the best athletes became a cheater and now he is god.

In the end, going to a stadium, buying a T-shirt or spending our money in a most productive way is a personal choice.

Bread and sports to the people!

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