Thursday, March 19, 2020

Visa F-3 para estudiantes mexicanos en la frontera

Visa F-3 para estudiantes mexicanos en la frontera Los estudiantes mexicanos y canadienses que viven cerca de la frontera de Estados Unidos pueden estar interesados en estudiar en este paà ­s. Desde el aà ±o 2002 tienen a su disposicià ³n las visas F-3, y M-3, adems de las F-1 y M-1 que aplican a todos los estudiantes internacionales. En este artà ­culo se informa sobre los requisitos de las F-3 y M-3 y sus diferencias con respecto a las visas de estudiantes ms conocidas. Pero antes de empezar, dejar claro que la diferencia entre las categorà ­as F y M es que à ©stas à ºltimas estn limitadas a estudios vocacionales. Requisitos de las visas de estudiante F-3 y M-3 Sà ³lo las pueden solicitar ciudadanos o residentes permanentes legales de Mà ©xico o Canad.Pueden estudiar en escuelas o universidades que està ©n a una distancia mxima de 75 millas a contar desde la frontera.Obligatoriamente tienen que continuar residiendo en Mà ©xico o en Canad. Tienen que desplazarse para realizar sus estudios pero siguen manteniendo de modo activo su residencia fuera de los Estados Unidos.Pueden estudiar a tiempo completo o a tiempo parcial.Adems, aplican los requisitos no contradictorios de las F-1 y M-1, incluido el requisito de SEVIS. Principales diferencias entre las F-3 y las F-1 Uno de las principales diferencias es el cà ³nyuge y los hijos solteros menores de 21 aà ±os de una persona con una visa F-3 no pueden pedir visas derivadas para los Estados Unidos. Sin embargo, esos familiares inmediatos en el caso de una F-1 pueden solicitar una F-2 para acompaà ±ar a su pariente a los Estados Unidos. Otra diferencia importante es que el estudiante con una F-3 no puede buscar empleo en el campus en el que estudie. Sin embargo, una vez que finaliza sus estudios universitarios puede sà ­ que puede disfrutar de un CPT o un OPT. Otra desventaja es que mientras que el estudiante con una F-1 sà ³lo solicita una vez el documento I-20, los estudiantes con la F-3 deben renovarlo cada semestre. 3 mitos sobre los estudiantes extranjeros en USA y las visas Frecuentemente se cree cosas en materia migratoria que no son verdaderas y acaban costando muchos disgustos. Relacionado con los estudiantes hay que destacar tres: Lo primero que hay que dejar muy claro es nunca se puede estudiar en Estados Unidos a tiempo completo cuando se tiene estatus de turista. Esto es una violacià ³n migratoria y, cuando se descubre, est dando lugar a revocaciones de las visas de los estudiantes y, cuando estos son menores, tambià ©n las de sus padres estn siendo canceladas.   En segundo lugar resaltar que no se puede estudiar con una visa F-1 en una escuela de primaria pà ºblica de los Estados Unidos. Por el contrario, sà ­ que se puede estudiar por un solo curso en una escuela pà ºblica de secundaria, lo que se conoce como high school. Pero en estos casos es necesario y obligatorio pagar las correspondientes tasas. Y no hay excepcià ³n. (No confundir con el caso de los estudiantes que estn en los Estados Unidos con una visa J-1 de intercambio). Y por à ºltimo, y en tercer lugar, tener muy claro que estudiar en la universidad en Estados Unidos no da jams derecho por sà ­ mismo a poder quedarse a vivir en el paà ­s o a obtener una tarjeta de residencia, tambià ©n conocida como green card. Es cierto que los que cursan una maestrà ­a o estudios superiores pueden tener ciertas ventajas para obtener una visa de trabajo H-1B, pero siguen necesitando un patrocinador. En este punto es de interà ©s conocer las experiencias de estudiantes que llegaron con una visa F y obtuvieron la residencia, como el caso del espaà ±ol Miguel Pà ©rez. De interà ©s para estudiantes internacionales Las personas con interà ©s en estudiar en Estados Unidos deben informarse sobre becas, incluso en las universidades y colleges de à ©lite, requisitos para aplicar, notas de TOEFL para demostrar conocimientos e inglà ©s y cules son las mejores universidades.   Asimismo, si su inglà ©s no es muy bueno o si los recursos econà ³micos no son muy amplios es recomendable familiarizarse con los Community Colleges. Para estudiar en una institucià ³n en EE.UU. frecuentemente se pide la convalidacià ³n de estudios que debe realizar una organizacià ³n autorizada. En casos ms limitados puede ser necesario obtener la Apostilla de la Haya. Esta à ºltima certificacià ³n ser requerida para homologar los estudios de EE.UU. en el paà ­s de origen. Finalmente, si se est estudiando fuera de los Estados Unidos es de interà ©s conocer programas de intercambio con visa J-1 que permiten realizar prcticas por un tiempo determinado o incluso trabajar durante el verano, como el programa para staff de campamentos o el de trabajo y viaje. Este es un artà ­culo informativo. No es asesorà ­a legal.

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

How to Start a Book Report

How to Start a Book Report No matter what youre writing, be it the next great novel, an essay for school, or a book report, you have to capture your audiences attention with a great introduction. Most students will introduce the title of the book and its author, but theres so much more you can do. A strong introduction will help you engage your readers, hold their attention and explain what is coming up in the rest of your report. Giving your audience something to look forward to, and perhaps even creating a little mystery and excitement, can be great ways to make sure your readers stay engaged with your report. How do you do this? Check out these three simple steps: 1. Hook the Audience's Attention Think about what you experience in your daily life that captures your attention. The news and radio shows promo upcoming stories with a little teaser, often called a hook (because it hooks your attention). Corporations use snappy subject lines in emails and enticing headlines in social media to get you to open their messages; these are often called clickbait as they get the reader to click on the content. So how can you grab your readers attention? Start by writing a great  introductory sentence. You may choose to begin by asking your reader a question to hook his or her interest. Or you may opt for a title that hints at the topic of your report with a dash of drama. Regardless of the way you choose to start a book report, the four strategies outlined here can help you write an engaging essay. Starting your book report with a question is a good way to grab your readers interest because youre addressing them directly. Consider the following sentences: Do you believe in happy endings?Have you ever felt like a total outsider?Do you love a good mystery?What would you do if you discovered a secret that changed everything? Most people have a ready answer for questions like these because they speak to common experiences we share. Its a means of creating empathy between the person reading your book report and the book itself. For example, consider this opening to a book report about The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton: Have you ever been judged by your appearance? In The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton gives readers a glimpse inside the tough exterior of a social outcast. Not everyones teenage years are as dramatic as those in Hintons coming-of-age novel. But everyone was once an adolescent, and odds are everyone had moments when they felt misunderstood or alone. Another idea to hook someones attention is, if youre discussing a book by a well-known or popular author, you might start with an interesting fact about the era when the author was alive and how it influenced his or her writing. For example: As a young child, Charles Dickens was forced to work in a shoe polish factory. In his novel, Hard Times, Dickens taps into his childhood experience to explore the evils of social injustice and hypocrisy. Not everyone has read Dickens, but many people have heard his name. By starting your book report with a fact, youre appealing to your readers curiosity. Similarly, you may choose an experience from the author’s life that had an impact on his or her work.   2. Summarize the Content and Provide Details A book report is meant to discuss the contents of the book at hand, and your introductory paragraph should give a little overview. This isnt the place to delve into details, but draw off your hook to share a little more information that is crucial to the storyline.   For example, sometimes, a novels setting is what makes it so powerful. To Kill a Mockingbird, the award-winning book by Harper Lee, takes place in a small town in Alabama during the Great Depression. The author draws on her own experiences in recalling a time when a small Southern towns sleepy exterior hid a vague sense of impending change. In this example, the reviewer might include a reference to the books setting and plot in that first paragraph: Set in the sleepy town of Maycomb, Alabama during the Depression, we learn about Scout Finch and her father, a prominent lawyer, as he desperately works to prove the innocence of a black man wrongly accused of rape. The controversial trial leads to some unexpected interactions and some  terrifying situations for the Finch Family. Authors make a deliberate choice when selecting the setting of a book. After all, the location and setting can set a very distinct mood.   3. Make a Thesis Statement (if applicable) When writing a book report, you might also include your own interpretations of the subject matter. Ask your teacher how much personal interpretation he or she wants first, but assuming that some personal opinion is warranted, your introduction should include a thesis statement. This is where you present the reader with your own argument  about the work. To write a strong thesis statement, which should be about one sentence, you might reflect on what the author was trying to achieve. Consider the theme and see if the book was written in such a way where you were able to determine it easily and if it made sense. As yourself a few questions: Was the book meant to be entertaining or informative? Did it accomplish that goal?Did the moral at the end make sense? Did you learn something?Did the book make you think about the topic at hand and assess your beliefs?   Once youve asked yourself these questions, and any other questions you may think of, see if these responses lead you to a thesis statement in which you assess the success of the novel. Sometimes, a thesis statement is widely shared, while others may be more controversial. In the example below, the thesis statement is one that few would dispute, ​and uses dialogue from the text to help illustrate the point.  Authors choose dialogue carefully, and a single phrase from a character can often represent both a major theme and your thesis. A well-chosen quote included in your book reports introduction can help you create a thesis statement that has a powerful impact on your readers, as in this example: At its heart, the novel To Kill A Mockingbird is a plea for tolerance in an atmosphere of intolerance, and is a statement on social justice. As the  character  Atticus Finch tells his daughter, You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...until you climb into his skin and walk around in it. Quoting Finch is effective because his words sum up the novels theme concisely and also appeal to the readers own sense of tolerance. Conclusion Dont worry if your first attempt at writing an introductory paragraph is less than perfect. Writing is an act of fine-tuning, and you may need several revisions. The idea is to start your book report by identifying your general theme so that you can move on to the body of your essay. After youve written the entire book report, you can (and should) return to the introduction to refine it. Creating an outline can help you best identify what you need in your introduction. Article edited  by  Stacy Jagodowski