Eric in Santiago English 4 Blog

 I already have a job, and at this stage of my life, I'm pretty sure I'm not going to change it. I'm happy with being an English teacher (EFL to be specific). If my life had been different, and I had studied something else... Well, I almost decided to major in Geology, and I wanted to specialize in Paleontology. If I had studied Geology and Paleontology, I would have become a paleontologist. I am really fascinated by the geological history of the planet Earth; I always enjoyed science in school--especially Biology and Geology. I am fascinated by the fossil history of our planet and how life developed. There are so many different stages of life on Earth that are amazing: the Cambrian Period with really strange sea creatures. The Permian period with various reptiles, pre-mammals, and pre-dinosaurs on land. By the way, most of them were wiped out in a big extinction event at the end of this period--around 90% of life forms on Earth were extinguished. Of coure the dinosaurs of ...

 This post is a free topic, which means that we can write about anything we want--as long as the post is clearly dedicated to a topic. I'm going to write about something that has interested me for some time, and is actually getting more interesting for me as I get older: having a good diet or good eating habits. I'm lucky that I grew up with parents who had generally good food habits. We didn't eat a lot of junk food, just occasionally a hamburger or pizza or something. Also, my mom hated sweets so we never really had any at home even though I loved them, and when I was a kid I really loved visiting friends because I wanted to eat their cookies or chocolates...hahaha. Nowadays, I can be grateful that I grew up eating regular meals with salads, some meat--basically regular food. The reason I say regular food is that I think it's best, or for me it's best, to try to eat mostly basic foods. Foods that exist more or less naturally without a lot of processing. Generally ...