My experience traveling to an urban city

 

My experience traveling to an urban city

November, 18th 2021

14 years ago my family decided to move from a part of the Ecuadorian Amazonian zone to a rural part of Ecuador, now I have 15 years old, my family decided to travel to Quito, it was the end of the 90s over the Ecuador there were a lot of dismissed presidents like Abdala Bucaram and Jamil Mahuad. Due for the economic crisis the Amazonian part of Ecuador gets economically affected. We traveled to Quito because my family view some opportunities to get a job and have more incomes from it. In the beginning it was difficult for my parents to get a job in the city and we were living from some savings that my father had, but in the pass of some months my parents found a job and they started to get money from that job.

A few years later I had the optimal age to start to study, my parents decide that I have to enter into a school. At the beginning it was very funny to learn with didactic games and some literature activities, but in the pass of time the education changes a lot.

Adaptation to the social and intellectual environment

Two days ago, my grandfather came to Quito and stay a few days with my family, he is from Pastaza and he is not familiarized with some of the technological advances that we have in Quito. First of all, my grandfather talks with my parents about how they adapted here in Quito. After that he started to talk with me about my studies and my social relationships. I tell him that when I started to learn some topics of the school I was confused because that are topics that my parents didn’t know and they can´t help me with that.

It was difficult, but then some people started to open some places in where they let people to rent a computer to investigate over the internet. That computer allowed to me the capacity to investigate about the topics that are difficult for me and also to realize some investigation works.  

After that he was impressed about the technology of the city, and the he asked me about how I met my friends. I tell him that in the school was very difficult to make a friend because there are people with another other thought than me and it was very difficult to talk with someone and form a type of friendship. Also I tell him that in my school afortunately were some people that thoughts in some cases like me and they did things that I was interested in like playing games and also talking about various things.

After that my grandfather wanted to walk and I to continue talking about other things.

My experience– conclusion

As I told in this blog my experience here in education was good because I get some help with technology of this place. I also know that this technology and the level of education that is here is not found in the area where I used to live and that surely I have not found the friends I have and communicate with them as I do through the internet when we do not meet at home. In other words, in this case, traveling to Quito not only benefited me in my social and student life also it helps my parents who were economically affected.

Matías Paucar

Variations

It is common for many families to move from one city to another, the most common reasons why people migrate from one place to another are due to environmental factors, search for job sources, obtain a higher education, search for more resources and a better life and more.

 Today I will tell you how my family had to migrate from a rural place to the city for economic reasons, my whole family lived on livestock and the harvest of different products which they transported to sell in different cities, there were times of the year in which The harvest was very low and we did not obtain any income for my family, in the town we lived it was puy small and not so well known, everyone knew each other in the town, my grandfather tells me anecdotes about the beginnings of the town and how it was progressing little by little, my grandfather usually talks stories about the people of this town, he says that the people are very kind and sweet, but I don't know much about it because for economic reasons and also in search of a better future and studies to me, my whole family decided to migrate to the city, my grandfather was the one who decided to make this decision and brought my whole family, from uncles to cousins ​​to live in the city and thus be able to generate a source of income among the whole family, n We migrated to the city of Quito on October 8, 2007, at that time I was a girl, I was the smallest of my family, when we arrived in the city we decided to stay at the house of a friend of my father until we got a Fixed place to stay, we were at my dad's friend's house for 3 whole months, until my uncles and older cousins ​​got construction jobs, it wasn't much of their knowledge but it was an opportunity to get funds and so on in the future Get your own business or company. We all managed to obtain a permanent job and a house for each family, my grandfather tells me that he decided to stay with my father since they had a business plan with the little knowledge about agriculture that they had, the years passed and my uncle, grandfather and my father managed to get a sponsor for the business they founded, starting in a small office but over the years the company grew more and more until they managed to create jobs for the people who need it, fourteen years have passed ever since my family made the decision to migrate to the city to seek a better future for my family and me.

Today I obtained many benefits and advantages thanks to my family, I obtained more development opportunities by increasing productivity in my family, and thus also gave us the opportunity to obtain sustainable economic growth for my family and to obtain my studies. My family and I are one of the miles of anecdotes and stories that may exist related to migration and opportunities that correspond to us.

Emili Aguirre

Pursuit of happiness for a rural family

 Martín Escobar I DP C

Pursuit of happiness for a rural family

Martín Escobar

18 November 2021

It's been 10 years since this exact date where my whole family completely changed their life when we moved from a rural area to an urban one, but how was this change? Was it a positive or a negative thing? Is life in the rural area as bad as it sounds, how is it different from the urban one? If you want to know these answers and more, stay reading what's coming from this blog on the Pursuit of happiness for a rural family.

What is life like for a family in rural areas?

Why does a family decide to move from a rural to an urban area?

To narrate what happened we must first start from the beginning. My family was from Alamor, a smallest town in Loja, Ecuador; I remember clearly that my family was composed of 7 people, there were my four brothers, my parents, and my grandfather, we were dedicated to a variety of activities, each one had a specific job, my father carried goods of different types from one side to another, for example from Alamor to Quito, the trip is very long exactly 10 hours and 35 minutes, and so he made trips from one side to the other, to bring food to the house, however, he always had that perseverance and although the salary was very low his goal was always his family.

My mother, on the other hand, was dedicated to everything related to agriculture, ranching, also had a bakery, but it closed very soon, the above mentioned requires great responsibility, I remember that she had to get up early every day, that is already had to be awake from 4:30 in the morning if she got up late was a big problem, because of our small farm, also came income, when a person wanted to buy an animal or request a product, in short, the work was very arduous.

My grandfather was a retired policeman, but the problem was that his monthly salary after his retirement sometimes did not reach him or his colleagues, once they told him that they did not send him because they did not know his location, they did not believe he lived in Alamor and it was a serious problem.

While my siblings, we called ourselves the four musketeers, where one went, the other went, I remember that we studied in a school very far from our home, we had to get up very early to catch the only bus of Alamor or else we had to run to school and very tired, usually, it was always happening the second thing, and not the first thing.

However, any challenge or obstacle that appeared we always passed them, sometimes wounded, but among the family, we help each other and thus heal the wounds of the other and vice versa, we have been characterized by being a united family, responsible with their obligations and very religious, However, at that time many limitations prevented our progress and growth, and you can see it by what was said above, for these reasons is that one day we all sat at the table in our house and presented our problems, we concluded to travel to Quito, to an urban and safe area to preserve the future of the family.

When we made the trip, I was filled with fear, but I remember that a day before practically the whole town gave us the last goodbye, they offered us food and even money, the little they had, but for education, we didn't take it.

In the car I was very insecure because in Alamor I formed beautiful relationships with many colleagues and even teachers, I did not know if I was going to do well in Quito, I asked myself what if this does not work, among other questions, but thank God there was my grandfather who distracted our minds as much as he could, telling us his stories in the police, to which and how many presidents he served, as well as telling us how is Quito, among other things.

To what extent would this change of life affect a person, either financially, emotionally and so on

In the beginning, I have to admit that the whole family was strongly affected by this change of life, from a rural to an urban area, we had a budget with all the animals and products that we sold, together with the sale of the house and the farm we kept us stable, I remember when we were enrolled in the school Provincial Council of Pichincha, that affected me too much, I was separated from my brothers exponentially, also my father could not find work, while my mother for a moment thought of returning, but here who was the support of all this was my grandfather, he gave us all his support, he told us not to give up, we did not give up because an Escobar and even less a Sisalima does not give up.

Those words were the impulse for the whole family and after that came only successes, my father found a job in a multinational company to which he made shipments of goods, but now with a much different job and with a higher salary, while my mother found a job in a private school and at the same time gave courses of what she did in Alamor to different universities, she later decided to explore this subject in greater depth and become a professional.

My brothers arrived early to their classes, they improved their grades a lot, they practiced sports in different clubs, they even were in the Pichincha Concentration and finally, my grandfather received his retirement payment, monthly, on time, and without excuses.

Is this change positive or negative?

In conclusion, all those families who live in rural areas, and the pressure is too much, as well as the stress and require a change as soon as possible, travel to an urban area, do not hesitate to do it, because you will not be starting from scratch, you will be very advanced by experiences that life has given you, my family does not regret at all this change that has been made, it has positively influenced our lives, yes at the beginning it was very complicated, but you only have to give time to time, in rural areas you will not find what you are looking for, while in urban areas there are more job opportunities, more educational opportunities among other things, it is just a matter of adapting.

In addition, I want to thank my grandfather because he was important for the development of this blog.

Personal Blog

 

Have you ever thought about moving to the city?

Here is my experience of how it was when I moved with my whole family to the city

The 8-year-old my father was offered the opportunity to work in the city, so to prevent my father from traveling every weekend, my family decided that it would be better for us all to move, at first it was an ineffable idea, Nobody wanted to leave behind the life they had already built, we had our friends, work, neighbors who always helped us if something happened and school. Later we were all fascinated by the idea of ​​moving to a bigger place where we could meet and have new experiences.

POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES THINGS OF MOVING TO THE CITY

At first it was difficult to leave the life you had already built, to separate yourself from your friends, although today with the technology we have you can talk to them every day and you can even call them, it is not the same to talk to them on the phone than in person, then you start to focus that you weren't the only person who ended up moving to the city, you get to meet new people and you become very compatible with them.

Likewise, it is very difficult to get around the city, all places are far away and sometimes there are many vehicles and a lot of traffic is generated, so the trips that should last 15 to 20 minutes can sometimes last 30 to 40 minutes and if they are Fridays usually last up to 1 hour, and not all people respect the signs, which causes more traffic and in some cases accidents. With my family we used to always leave 1 hour before home to save ourselves all the traffic and we always had the motto of "It is better early than spending all day in traffic".

One of the things that I liked a lot when I moved to the city was school, it was always fun there, they accepted me very well and the first day I was able to make many friends, but for my older brother it was not the same, he had some problems with subjects and he always had extra classes because he didn't understand very well, he always gave his best and always tried to improve his grades. On the other hand, my mother found it very difficult to transport around the city, she always took the wrong transports and when she asked other people for help they were always very rude, that's why she always went by TAXI and then when she got more attached to the city she went by subway to work.

Moving to a city has many positive and negative aspects, it all depends on the environment where you are and where you grow up, in addition the support of your family and your friends also influences a lot, at the beginning it will be hard because not knowing anyone, not having someone to talk to about your days and being busy with moving and trying not to get lost in the city, but as time goes by you meet new people, learn the streets of the city, create new experiences and realize that moving to a New environment that you did not know before becomes one of your favorite things, to be able to create new experiences with other people, to know the traditions of those people and that they know yours, and in the end you rebuild your life.

Mikaela Herrera 

How video games can teach us

Video games are the most entertaining medium for teenagers, and also a enemy for some  parents, but why are the video games an enemy for the parents?

From my point of view the video games are a enemy for the parents, because they take away our time, we are more interested in the games, but the parents dint visualize what we achieve by playing 

Few years ago when I was a child what only matters for me was to play video games, for a time my dad give me only 1 hour to play a video game, I think because he see that playing so much was bad for my study's, time after playing I could improve in English class.

For me the best thing that a video game can teach us is the language, just by putting the video game in the language that we want to learn in my case it was English, I was able to improve the language  and understand better the same language, like meanings and others

there´s a loot of advantages of the video games, and teach us is an advantage that we need to use a lot of it 

For me other thing that a video game can teach us is about meanings, just by seeing and object  in the video game that we are playing and see the name of the object we can learn about it, what it means, and what is the object

For me that helps me a lot to identify an object by the name, and for understand the meanings of the object. 

Other thing that I see about what a video can teach us is about history, I don´t see this a full way to learn, because there not a lot of games that can teach us about history, but at the same time is a good way to learn.

I don´t learn full history by the video games but it is also a good way that can teach us, about some facts, names, etc 

Also for me video games can bring us a lot of things to our brain, in my case playing video games of memory, platform, adventure, simulation, bring us memory, fine motor skills, strategic planning, what I can say about the video games is that it can quit out errors from real life.

Video games are not full bad for teenagers, they can teach us, and is a good media for entertaining for teenagers, also for parents, that can pass time trough they kids, video games are good but we don´t have to exceed 

By:Joel Castillo

How the change to the city affected my family and me

Hello, my name is Matias Villavicencio and I am going to tell you about my experience moving from my hometown to the city when I was little.

Are you going to leave your hometown, where you have been since you were a child, and you don't know how it will affect you and your family? Don't worry, this is what happened to me and what happened to my family moving to the city. Since I can remember I have lived in Ricaurte, a small town in Chone, always spending time with my best friends that we have been since childhood, we have done everything together and we have had great anecdotal experiences, likewise I have spent a lot of time together with my grandmother In Chone we have a very nice farm, with cows, pigs, chickens, and a horse.Since I was little, I remember that every morning I woke up before 6 o'clock to feed my chickens, pigs and milk the cows, I always do just that, also in my free time it helps to collect cocoa and dry it, this It was what I liked the most. There was a day in which my father and mother, very serious, called me and my brother and explained to us that due to economic situations we had to go live in Quito.

(I promise you, my friend, that when my parents told us that, I stayed cold, I did not want to go, for me it is better to live in the country than in the city, but it was necessary to go to Quito).

The process of migration to the city

My parents told us that we were leaving in 3 days, and we should have left everything ready and organized, this process was very ugly, seeing how your house of all your life was gradually becoming empty is the worst, putting your things and clothes in suitcases is ugly. Then we had to find someone to help us take care of our animals and the farm, it is a long process and you have a bit of a mystery about how that person will do their job.

But believe me this is nothing compared to saying goodbye to your grandmother, knowing that now you are going to see her for less time and from time to time than she normally was, it is very sad, you don't want to do it, because you are going to cry and your grandmother Also, because they will feel far away and they will not see each other for some time and you will also feel the same with your best friends.

This is the first step, the most painful thing already happened, but now what happens? Now we must see where we are going to live and where we are going to study? In this phase you will be afraid, because you leave your life, to create a new one. , But this has good things, right? The answer is yes, in my case, my parents already had everything planned, we were going to live in the house of my other grandparents and study in a better school than I was. The day came to leave, it was a very long and sad trip, all the way I was remembering all the beautiful things that happened on the farm, with my friends and with my grandmother, my parents were explaining to us the good things that this was going to us bring and they were right, because my other grandparents will be happy to see us, I will have new friends and I will have new experiences. After the long 5 hours, we arrived at my grandparents' house, they welcomed us very well, with a delicious breakfast.

The feelings of my family and me

In this process of adaptation I was having mixed feelings just like my family, on the one hand my grandparents from Quito were very happy that we are going to be with them for a long time, my grandmother from Chone was sad, she missed us, we always spent with her since I can remember, with my best friends we played online and we always tried to talk, but it was not the same. My parents, my brother and I, on the one hand we were happy that we are going to have a new stage in our lives and on the other hand we were sad to leave our old and happy life.

How was the adaptation process?

Although you may not believe me, this process can take a long time, it was difficult for me to adapt, especially to the climate of Quito, because in Chone it is very hot and here it is too cold, with my parents and my brother, we knew how to devise different strategies to communicate with my grandmother and see how the man who was helping us was doing. Somehow in my new school they knew how to help me and make me part of their own. As time goes by, you like it and you find a positive face to what you are living today.

My conclusion

What I can tell you, my friend, as a reflection or conclusion, is that you know how to face this challenge in the best way together with your family, support each other, so everything will turn out better.

Life is like a video game, each day is a different level, with a different difficulty, in this game called life, you have certain obstacles they can be easy or difficult, as you progress, find a way to pass that obstacle, ask for help, try it, It does not matter that you delay, but do it, always at the end of the road there will be the best rewards, it is normal that you have fear and insecurity, but everything happens for something and I am sure that this will help you and your family, just have faith and everything will be better.

-Matias Villavicencio 

MY LIFE IN THE CITY

Hello everyone, a long time ago my family and I migrated from a nice and beautiful countryside to the big city. My parents decided to make this decision to move to the city to have a better life, because going to the city can improve things, essential systems or basic needs that are necessary to have a good life. For example, health, sewage system, drinking water, education among other things. Having said that, we can move on to what my life in the city is and will be like.

Family life in rural areas

Let's start talking about my rural life, well when we lived there, my grandfather told me that life was very quiet, that there was no noise from the cars of the factories. The only thing you could hear were the birds and as the sun always reached us because there were no buildings to get in our way, there was no noise from the factories or cars.

That my grandfather told me, I think it is true, since in the countryside there is a life where technology or the new culture that exists in the cities does not reach. In that case the city is very nice because you can meditate, and you can have a place where you have a fresh air where the worries are minimal.

Why does a family decide to move from a rural to an urban area?

Continuing with my life in the city, I can say that I am very used to living among buildings and houses because they are beautiful structures and have a lot of glass. I have also met my best friends and I have learned many things at my school. When I have gotten sick with the flu or a headache, the hospitals have been very good because I have not gotten very sick.

That I have realized by living in the big city is that it makes it easier for you in many things like education and also helps you to improve your living conditions like food and electricity. But the most important thing that living in the city helps you is to improve your chances of being able to get these basic necessities with a good job compared to one in the countryside. That is why many families go to the city to be able to get these new necessities and to root the new culture that is in the city because the society is going to advance and if they stay behind, they are going to disappear.

To what extent this change of life would affect a person, either economically, emotionally, among others.

It would seem that it is very easy to go to the city from the country, from what I am saying. However, it is not easy, there may be families that would have had more resources than others, so they did not feel the change economically, but from what my grandfather told me, for my family it was different.

He told me that our family was humble in the countryside, so we did not have so much money when we went to the city, it was difficult for us to have a lot of money, so we started in the slums of the city. My parents did not have so much money to support the family, their emotional situation was fragile and as a person they were broken, but they did not give up, so they kept going and for the same reason it is possible to write this article.

So, is it positive or negative to go to the city? I can say that in great part it is positive, since as I said before, it helps to improve the living conditions of many families, but there are also negative things like everything. For example, the big factories that cause pollution that can make people's lungs sick or there can also be a lot of traffic causing a lot of noise affecting the hearing of the citizens. Having exposed these two points I can say that for me it is positive to go to the city, although it has negative things, they are minimal, and it is an effort to have a better life.  

Bruno Gallegos 1 DP C