Environamental Engineering: challenges in a world in dangerous

Environamental Engineering: challenges in a world in dangerous

           

            In Brazil we have a lot of options of major to choose, in private and public universities. Normally, people are interested in public universities because they do not need to pay to study there.

            My parents always support my studying, so before I chose my major, they gave some options. I researched about it, and three things called my attention to choose Environmental Engineering.

            The first, it was because I always liked math and to solve the problems, so that is exactly the job of the engineer. And because Environmental Engineering is expected to have a good field of work in the future and in some places it is considered important with a good salary.

            In second, I study in a Public University, so I do not need to pay to study there and normally Public Universities are better than private universities.

            Finally, it was because the University that I study is in my home town, so I live with my parents, and do not need to travel or live in another city to study.

            Engineering is hard, mainly because of subjects related to math and projects we need to create. I like to create projects and to resolve problems that involve my community, for example, flood problems. In my city, we have problems with hard rain, so I want to resolve or help my city to get over this problem.

            However, I do not like some subjects in my major. Humanities, chemistry and biology are some that I do not like because they do not interest me.

            My major is considered new if compared to other engineering, like civil and mechanical, because of that do not have a lot of field of job like these engineering. But the world needs someone to create methods to resolve environmental problems and give some ideas to people follow the right way. In small cities like mine, it is difficult to find job, but in medium and big cities, there are big companies and there are vacancies to work for government. I hope to work in a big company to travel around the world working, or to government.

            With my major I can create projects to resolve problems like air, water and soil pollution, flooding, and to find solution to problems in a company, like what do with a big quantity of material that the company will not use.

            When I was in Brazil I was working in some projects in my university and city hall. In my university I have a project related to reforestation and environmental awareness. Another project is to flooding that I did an analysis of the areas with the problems and got to create a map related flooding and time. This project I did in the university and the city hall, and both support me.

            Is common and mandatory to do internships to conclude our major, we need to work some hours, for example, I need to work 400 hours and write a report about it.

The Best Decision

Sometimes we should make important choose in our lives, choose that will diceide what we eill do for the rest our lives, and will not back. These choose we did when we are young, starting life, there is much pressure on us.

I am lucky, because my parents always supported me, with their experience I could choose the besto for me. I think my best decision was my major Environmental Engineering. First of all, because I like so much, and I am in a area of Environmental Engineering that. I like too, and I can help other people with my knowledge, mainly poor people that have floods problems.

Because my major and my university, I could study in United States, improve my English and major. It is been a great experience, to live in California and to know new people every day.

Under pressure and with parents support I got to make a right decision, it is being important for me.

One Test, One Chance

One Test, One Chance

There is a sentence that tells “it is better to be prepared and not have the opportunity than to have the opportunity and not be prepared”. TOEFL test is so important for me to come and stay in United States. In Brazil before I came was necessary to do the TOEFL test, I had a minimum score to participate in the Brazilian language program, called Science Without Borders. Then I get, it was amazing to see that I get the score, so I could go to United States. However, I needed to do another test to get the score to enter University and study two semesters. Yesterday, 10/22/2014, the result of my test was ready. Before to see the TOEFL grade, all of my Brazilian friends and I, were exciting about the score, almost of them and I get it.

I studied so much in Brazil and here in United States. I always read different texts with several kind of subjects to learn new words every day. I did a lot of practice tests, because I knew that the TOEFL test is hard, we have little time to answer all the questions. My advice to other people is study the TOEFL test, because it is different, you should know how it is works, study the vocabulary, sometimes you can’t know what mean even in the context. Practice reading and listening, you should prepare your mind and ear to notice the lectures.

I my life I had some important tests, and I believe these tests were important for other people too. In Brazil a lot of people want to enter in a Public University because there are some benefits, like quality and don’t need pay to study there, so is too hard to enter this university. Then my first important test was the High School National Exam, with this exam I could enter in any university of Brazil in anywhere. I wanted to enter in a Public University in my city and my family and friends believed me, so I had a pressure to get this, but I get and was amazing to tell to my family and friends, and because of my university I did the TOEFL and I am here now.