Constanza Cáceres

S ince the implementation of the transantiago in 2007, there  have been problems related to the service. The complains go from the passengers to the workers, these are related to the bad treatments, unfair labor contracts and to the prices of the service. The cost of the ticket is the second most expensive in Latin America, the cost of the ticket for the bus in Santiago is of 0,90 dollars and the cost fot the subway of 0,95 dollars, increasing to a dollar at pick hours. According to a poll, the service was qualified with a grade of 4,3 by the people from Santiago. This transportation service was seeking to solve problems present in many Latin-American countries. As a test it was implemented in the urban transportation system in Santiago. The government invested millions of dollars, and so far the biddings of the service mainly benefit private companies and their investors, instead of benefiting the drivers, the transportation users and the quality of life of santiaguinos,

I'm not sure specifically that I want that continue study after I finish my sociology degree. But sometime I think about study an degree as journalism, because I like the national and international contingency, the jouralistic investigation, the investigation in field, etc. Although this would mean pay for other degree, study 4 or 5 years, more, and I don't know if I can pay or start a new project. Furthermore,  this year I meat some Mexican students of doctorate in agronomy who have invited me to continue my studies of postgraduate in Mexico trough state scholarships from the Mexican government for students of foreigners, the idea is to link economic sociology with agricultural production. This idea I like to much because I’m interested in meat the farming experience in other countries. The true is that I’m really interested in the regional decentralization, the education, economic productions, and the social reality of the regional localities for know the problems and solve

Today I talk about I would like to work in the future. Actually I´m study Sociology but I’m not sure if at graduate I will star to working or I will do a master’s degree. I thought I could to work for the municipality in some department like education department, health department, etc. I´m really interested work for the local development to improve the quality of education system related to the kind of agricultural jobs. Another possibility is that I become in municipal councilor, municipal mayor or have a provincial government. I really like to help local development above all due to the situation in which the Maule region related to the unemployment, low agricultural productivity, among other bad conditions. I know it’s very likely that my future work is more office that outdoors, but I want involve the people of the community and work from the reality of the farm, producer, student, teachers, etc. Obviously I like have a good salary for, I don’t want to be rich but a salary