We woke up around 9 am today. It was a relatively swift awakening (in terms of getting out of bed and downstairs) and before I could begin to mentally rational things, we were in the bus off to a full day at the University of Santa Maria.
At the university, all of us listened to a lecture on the economies of various South American countries given by Jaime Rubin de Celis, a professor at the university who was both an business teacher and engineer. The present was very straight forward and essentially the raw percentages of things such as GDP, trade partners, and countries’ specialty products .After, we ate a lunch in high school like cafateria and was served a pizza entree for lunch. It was essentially a sliced tomato, ham, and cheese pizza. After lunch, we finished the lecture, and we asked the professor many questions about the college, his job, and his travels. We were told that the Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María was considered to be an ivy league school in the United States. They have about a 35% drop out rate after first semester of freshman year. With his business views and knowledge, he believes this to be very negative--contrary to the beliefs of the engineers at the school--and wants to change this pattern.
After the lecture session, we presented our company to USM teachers--my specific company was the stock exchange of Chile, Bolsa Comercio De Santiago. The performance was definitely sub-par, but no doubt, we will be ready for the company visit.
At the university, all of us listened to a lecture on the economies of various South American countries given by Jaime Rubin de Celis, a professor at the university who was both an business teacher and engineer. The present was very straight forward and essentially the raw percentages of things such as GDP, trade partners, and countries’ specialty products .After, we ate a lunch in high school like cafateria and was served a pizza entree for lunch. It was essentially a sliced tomato, ham, and cheese pizza. After lunch, we finished the lecture, and we asked the professor many questions about the college, his job, and his travels. We were told that the Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María was considered to be an ivy league school in the United States. They have about a 35% drop out rate after first semester of freshman year. With his business views and knowledge, he believes this to be very negative--contrary to the beliefs of the engineers at the school--and wants to change this pattern.
After the lecture session, we presented our company to USM teachers--my specific company was the stock exchange of Chile, Bolsa Comercio De Santiago. The performance was definitely sub-par, but no doubt, we will be ready for the company visit.
After the day of classes, we had a "regaeton" dance class. This was a dance that was very physical and unheard of in the States. With a huge audience of Chileans and students, we practiced and performed anyways. Though it was difficult and the dances looked funny, everyone had a great time.
After the long day of work and classes, we met up with several USM students and went to a bar and hung out; a great way to end the day. I look forward to tomorrow and visiting companies!
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