Wednesday 11 April 2018

Getting to know each other

Claudio Telha M. is the only son of my parents. Unfortunately, my father passed away some years ago after a sudden disease, but my mother is alive and kicking, healthy and smiling. My father came from Europe after World War II and my mother travelled from Chiloé to Santiago where they met and  got married. This information may be irrelevant to you, but to me it meant to grow up without uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces, granparents and so on....

When I was a teenager, I enjoyed going to the cinema, hanging out with my few, but good friends, collecting stamps, reading books and magazines....

I studied in Liceo Valentín Letelier and then I went to the university (Universidad de Chile)  where I enjoyed wonderful moments. I became a teacher of English--both social and scientific English. There I met the girl of my life, we got married and after a couple of years we became parents of a son and a daughter. My son is an engineer, lives in Brussels, Belgium, and is engaged with a Romanian girl;  my daughter is also an engineer now happily married; my son-in-law is an engineer as well; they live in Santiago.

I started giving classes of English in the Fac. of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences quite a long time ago. For about forty years I have been giving classes of Scientific English and from time to time Social English as well.

As I said above, as a single son, I have no brothers nor sisters, but now  I have my wife's relatives,  my son-in-law's relatives, Faculty friends and a large number of students who have been under my care along all these years, who have become, in a way, part of my family as well.

Now it's your turn:


Tell me about you; include information such as birthplace, studies, family, hobbies, ...
Include image(s) or photograph(s)

Number of words: 120 (minimun)
Make comments on 3 of your classmates' posts and a comment on the teacher's post.

24 comments:

  1. That's a amazing story! I like cinema and magazines too hahah:-).

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    1. Hi Megumi,
      Films create a new world in your mind...Have you watched Big Fish? Perhaps you would like it...
      See you,

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  2. A very interesting story. Thanks for sharing it!!!

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    1. Hi Ariel,
      Along this term, we will know each other much better. Thank you.
      See you,

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  3. wow!,your father lived in a historic moment, is very interesting!!! c:

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    1. Hi Sofía,
      There was a significant number of people who travelled from Europe to America after WWII. My father had Italian, Albanian, Greek ,... friends. Some of them went back to their native countries, others formed a family and stayed here...
      See you,

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  4. very interesting your story teacher, your children remember me to my sister, who live in Barcelona and she has a Catalan boyfriend, well, it is part of growing :(

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    1. Hi Carlos,
      We all have interesting stories that are easily uncovered, like yours...
      See you,

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  5. That's a beautiful place were your mother came from. Every year I travel to visit my parents there. Thanks for sharing.

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    1. Hi Raúl,
      Chiloé is a magical place with wonderful people... Nice to know that your parents live there.
      See you,

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  6. What a lovely history! I hope you can enjoy the love of the family for many year. Thanks for sharing.

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    1. Hi Rafael,
      We'll be sharing a bit of us through the posts. Thank you,
      Cheers,

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  7. taht was a beautiful story. I can't imagine how is be the only son ,because I have one brother and two sisters!!

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    1. Hi Paula,
      I can't imagine myself with brothers and sister...!
      See you,

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  8. that was an amazing story, it was interesting for me, thanks for sharing :)

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    1. Hi Francia,
      Nice to know you enjoy reading books. Have you tried reading English books in English? It is a fruitful experience.
      See you,

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  10. That was a beautiful story!

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    1. Hi Catalina,
      Your story should be interesting to read too...!
      See you,

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  11. is a beautiful story! I hope one day you can tell us more.

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    1. Hi Katherine,
      We'll share a bit of us through our posts...Thank you.
      See you,

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  12. wow your story is really beauty, i have never imagine that your father came from Europe!!! he shoud have a good stories

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    1. Hi Valentina,
      Yes, he told me interesting stories...!
      See you,

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