Best Major in El Salvador

In this blog, i will speak about what is the best major in El Salvador . First, I want to share from two points of view : what is the best major for most of the people, and what is the best major, but in my own opinion.

As we all know , El Salvador is a country that now has many options to study a major in college. Unfortunately , there are few employment opportunities today.

That's why , for most of the people, one of the best majors is studying Medicine or Engineering. These carreers , apart from being very well paid , can give social prestige and that is something "important" for most Salvadorans.

But in my opinion , there is not exactly " the best major in the world ." We are who can make our work the best. Because, there is no use having a good salary, if we don't love what we do and it is much less without the purpose of serving others. In other words, the " best major " is the one that you like to do and, most importantly, that you love to do to  for serve others. 

For me, the best major that has offered me El Salvador is teaching. In this days, people who choose to teach in this country are brave. Education in El Salvador is now a real challenge, because many students living in the middle of violence and, often, the teacher is the only guide that can help them to go out of that situations . A teacher, is not only the responsible for teaching numbers and letters , make examinations and deliver grades. It is a work that goes beyond,  The teacher is responsible for teaching values ​​for live with other people.

As we all know , the work of teachers isn't one of the best paid in the country, but it is one of the most rewarding . To be like an instrument for people to learn more and grow as people. Undoubtedly, the work of a teacher mark the lives of people .

It's for this reason and many others, I consider teaching as one of the best carreers that El Salvador has offered me . In this work , I not only develop my skills, also, I serve the society and that is why my favorite major because it is a profession of service to others.

JAPAN: THE COUNTRY BEST PREPARED TO ATTEND EMERGENCIES CAUSED BY NATURAL DISASTER

In my opinion, there is no country that can’t suffer the consequences of a natural disaster for a simple reason: we are humans and we can’t face the Mother Nature. But, over time, there have been some countries that have prepared some techniques to decrease the quantity of damage after a natural disaster like an earthquake or tsunami.

After a research, I reached a conclusion, for me the best country prepared to attend the emergencies of a natural disaster is Japan.

As we know, Japan is situated within the "Pacific Ring of Fire." This ring is a narrow strip bordering the Pacific Ocean characterized by having the highest rates of volcanic and seismic activity. Precisely where this limit is located, occurs one of the largest movements of tectonic plates on Earth. These plates are often the cause of the most destructive earthquakes in the world and are often associated with tsunamis.

In Japan, They are not only are prepared to attend an emergency after a natural disaster. They also make some awareness to the people for be prepared at the moment of a disaster.  9 out of 10 Japanese are prepared for a major earthquake.  The majority of people have emergency kits with medicine, lamps, reserves of food and water. Also, in their homes have installed supports to prevent the destruction of furnitures and electrodomestics in an earthquake.

The People who live near the coast are accustomed to suffer thousands of earthquakes of low magnitude (in fact, the word tsunami was born there). The locations on the coast, the more prone to tsunamis, are better prepared: every home has an alarm system that allows local authorities to communicate with tenants under threat. In addition, roads and other escape routes leading to higher ground, with less risk, they tend to be clearly marked. Many areas also have dikes to contain the water and some coastal cities have sensors, connected homes, that can automatically close the doors to prevent the waves from penetrating inside.

Also, The effort and investment of Japanese in the infrastructure and social awareness, placing them as the best prepared country against the risk of earthquakes. Big buildings and facilities are constructed using rigorous seismic standards and that have endured the severe shocks. Without the training of the Japanese, the disasters would be worse. But, they have shown the ability to establish their business operations, as well as ensure the functioning of society. 

NATURAL DISASTERS: WHAT A FAMILY SHOULD DO IN THAT MOMENT?

In this blog entry, I will give some pieces of advice about what a family should do if they live a natural disaster and lose everything.

On first, it is difficult to explain that kind of experiences. Imagine, you have your house, your bed, a great TV in your living room and to a day to another you lose everything. It will be hard for you. But, in that moments you have to choose and always is better take care of the family.

Second, and the most important. THE FAMILY IS FIRST. Whatever the problem, you have to choose between safe the life of your parents and siblings, your wife and children's life or your Playstation and the ultimate Home Theater you bought the last month. The material things can recover (it can be difficult but not impossible), but if you lose the life of someone of your family, you can't recover it again.

Well, those pieces of advice were just for awareness about what kind of things are most important in that type of situations.

Now, I will give another kind of advices about what you have to do in the moment of a natural disaster.

• ·         Whatever the natural disaster, you have to gathering the whole family. If the house is not a safe place, look for a shelter or a place you can be safe.
• ·         If you have time to recollect some things, take necessary things like medicine, canned food and some clothes. But, if you don't have the enough time of that, as I told you, it is better take care of the life.
• ·         Keep calm, and this is really important specially if there are children in the family. When they see their parents of their oldest siblings worried, they start to ask a lot of things of, in worst cases, they will suffer like a trauma and convert the situation more difficult.

Those are some things you can do in the moment of a natural disaster but, the best advice i can give you is this quote:

 "It's better prevent that sorry".

• Keep a first aid kit in your house with the enough  basic medicines for a couple of days. If you don't have it, have it as fast as you can!. Keep an emergency kit, this is most complete. With some canned food, water, lamps, clothes, and all the necessary things to survive.  And keep in your cell phone the principal emergency numbers like the police, red cross or firemen. They can help a lot to find a shelter.
• It's important save money, imagine: you lose everything. You need to have some money to look for a place for the family. It can help to start again. We will never know what kind of things we will live, so, it is better to save some money for the emergencies.

Finally, Trust in God. This situations are really difficult and He's the only person who can help us to survive; He can give us the enough strength and wisdom to start again and survive the proof.