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 * Week 1**

April 2, 2012. In recent years there has been greater use of the Internet to affect social change. From the Arab Spring to micro bloggers in China, people have begun using the Internet to make their individual voices heard and provide a venue for discussion and change. Governments are beginning to look at this and see it as a threat or concern for their rule. What are your thoughts or opinions on this topic? Is this a positive aspect of use of the Internet or does it cause unnecessary problems? Should governments be able to "shut down" the Internet to keep order? Spend 10-15 min writing on this topic.

In my opinion, Internet is like other media and like other media people have the right to said through it what ever they want. Shut down the Internet is ilegal, is similar to cancel a radio station because people are speaking too much. Also, if governments in the world think that over the Internet there are organizing activities that are against to population safety, the right thing to do is give to people information about it; they have to fight with the truth in their hands. Whatever action that go oposite to people right is an unconstitutional action even this action pretend to prevent people for dangerous situations.

Over the Internet there are many information and almost all people have access to it.

April 3, 2012. What is your all-time favorite movie and why?

I do not have a favorite movie, I have many favorites movies. In general, I like comedi movies and movies that have a deep content. For example one of the movie of Jim Carry, that is not a comedi, I liked a lot. The movie is a drama about two people that met in a train. At the beginning the movie is confusing because the movie present the present first and them it give you the back ground of the story. If for one minute you the action is lost probably you would not able to undertand the movie. Other thing that I like of the movie was the acting of Jim. I used to see him in comedi performers so, wach him in a drama impressed me highly.

April 6, 2012. In 1936, Henry Ford established the Ford Foundation. This organization supports a variety of causes, including artistic and educational programs. If you were able to create your charitable foundation, what type of foundation would it be and who would you help?

If I have the opportunity of creating my on foundation will be to supports botany investigation in poor countries. The poorness of some countries go against biological conservation because people do not think about deforestation when they need cut many trees in order to get food. Those country have a enormous biodiversity, but they have not studied yet, so they do not know what they have. In order to conservate whatever thing, first you have to know it, second you have to learn about it and then you will love it enough to protect it. So, as more scientific investigations develops in botany area as more people know what they have. Another reason why I would like to create this kind of foundation is because there are not many foundation that support this kind of cause.

April 7, 2012 On April 11, 1968, President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. This act protected the rights of people, including African-Americans and women. Do you think it’s important for all people to be treated equally? Why or why not?

I think that all people have to be treated equally because we all are equal to each other. Is unfair that people are bad treat because the color of their skin or because they are from other countries. For my one of the most important civil right is free speech. In most of the countries people have the right to speech in other do not. The right of speech is the most important for my because is the stronger way of expression that human have. This right is no limited to speak verbally, this right cover paper expression for example news paper, also included radio and all tv program. Other people may think that the right to vote is more important, but although vote is a strong way to said what do you think, people just vote one each four years. The right to speech give people the opportunity of said whatever they want in whatever moment. You can practice the right of speech each single day. I was


 * Week 2**

April 11, 2012

On Monday night I was in a lecture. I though that the lecture will be about Pop Culture because the speaker is a journalist who write about this topic. Also, in the advertisement that appeared in the news paper said that the speaker will talk about Pop Culture. The thing is that the speaker did not talk about Pop Culture instead, he just spook about decision that people have to make in their live and the value of be aware of opportunities because can be found in any place. I can not say that the lecture was bad, because was not, but was not that I expected. In addition, my friend, who was seated next to me, did not like the lecture neither, he also was expecting something more. Another thing the I did not like about the lecture was the way in which it ended. Was so confusing, I think that almost every body were thinking about the same, the lecture ended or no. However, listen people speaking English is very helpful for me; those people are no training to teach foreign so the speak like a normal American person, very fast and usually with a complex vocabulary.

April 12, 2012

My morning routine

Basically I do the same thing every day. Starting at night, I turn on my two alarms, one of them will ring at 6:50 am and the another one at 7:00 am. I am a morning person, but is no easy for my wake up early, so I set up two alarm in other to wake up and get on time to class everyday. When the first alarm ring I know that I have 10 more minute and I take this time to relax on the bed and wake up softly. Them, when the second alarm ring is time to get up I take my breakfast. I think that breakfast is the most important meal, so that I always take breakfast. I try to combine cereal, milk, and fruits in order to get a complete meal which include proteins, fibers, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals. While I am listening to NPR. NPR is a online radio which has news shows in English. When I already eaten my food I go to the shower, but the computer still on and I can listen to news while I am preparing to go classes. Finally I check that everything that I need been in my back pack, water, coffee, books, homework and, scholar materials. Usually the process of being prepare for classes take me 45 minutes but some time one hour.

April 15, 2012 Weather

The weather of the Dominican Republic, my home country, is very different to the weather here in Athens, Ohio, but they also have some common characteristics. The weather of my country is always hot. It does not has a real seasons, we say that we have two seasons, summer and hot summer. My country is humid and ward and frequently windy. We are in the Caribbean so, there is not snow in any place. In contract, Athens is cold and dry. It has four season distinguish from each other. I winter snow too much and is too cold for me. Also air in winter the air is very dry as dry that I can not breath well. In summer is extremely hot and the air is highly humid. The common factor between Dominican Republic and Athens is the changeable of the weather. Although the temperature differ to each other both have high fluctuation. Here in Athens as in my country the temperature of the day can vary among 15 degree. Also in both places can rain at any time. In the same week they have sunny, cloudy and rain days. So that, I think that the real different between places is the temperature.

April 15, 2012 Good luck Every time that i have to study hard for a exam or I have to write an essay is a beautiful day out side. Is very disappointing because I can not go out, I have to spend this day studying. I good example of what I talk about is today. Yesterday was a cloudy and rainy day but I could study as I wanted because I was sick. My stomach hurt the whole day. So today that I want to go I and also I feel very good of my stomach I can no enjoy the good weather because I have to study. But today is no the only day that happen to me this unfair situation. I have a good luck for that. Almost every time that I have to stay at home of one reason or another is sunny out side. I remember my birthday 18. The day before I went bed late with a little pain in my throw. When I woke up I had fever and I horrible pain in my throw. This day was beautiful, although February is cold in my country, this day was warn and sunny. In conclusion, the life can be unfair some time.


 * Week 3**

April 17, 2012 The U.S. Market In comparison with many sub-develop countries United States have more option in all aspect. For example, the first day that I went to a supermarket in US I spent almost two hours trying to buy three simple articles; I wanted a body cream, a shampoo and a brush teeth. The principal problem was decide which one is better than the others. I saw many new brands and each one, in the case of the cream, promise me the softest skin. The second big problem was choose between those that I considered cheaper. Although I decided buy the cheapest one, there were many at the same price and cheap. The final problem was to buy. Even I already decided which shampoo I will buy, I was not sure that were the best option, so I checked again in order to make me sure that I had in my hands the best bargain.

April 19, 2012 How to be prepare for a exam There are many ways to get ready for an exam but here I will explain the strategies that I use in order to success in different kinds of test. The may point of each class have to be learn, is no enough go to the class and pass all exam if at the end nothing was learned. So that, the most important strategy is keep the focus on learn, does not matter if is interesting or not if you are focus on what do you have to acquire the class will be easier. Because the most important aspect is to learn it is highly relevant that you study every day, is never a good idea study the last day, because you may pass the exam but you won't learn anything. Know that you now the mot important point I can go on to the next point, What kind of exam you will have. As each class is different their exam will be different too. Here I will focus on three type of exam, Oral, writing, and reading exam.

April 21, 2012 Oral Exam This kind of exam can be the most difficult one for most international student, but also for national students. It is more complicate than other type of exam because you have less time to answer and you can not delete something that you already said. For the oral exam I recommend a lot oral practice. Generally oral exam request fluency and fastness. Therefore, you most practice answer and record you answer in order to keep the answer among the time request and in order to increase the fluency and fastness. It is important that you know very well in the material because you do not have time to approach slowly to the answer, so that as better you learn the material as better you will do in the exam. There is also a type of oral exam that you can prepare material for, that is the TOEFL test. In the oral section of the TOEFL you must speak about several topic, many of then you must have not heard about before. For this exam you just can practice the fluency and fastness you can not practice memorize the material because you do not know what they will ask you.

April 22, 2012 Writing Exam This is the easier exam to be prepare of because request home preparation only. For this kind of test I recommend that people who will take it read as much as possible. The first that you need to do is to check which material will be in the test. After you have all the material that will be in the exam you need to classify it in order of difficulty. The one that is most difficult need to be more studied. The second step is make a schedule included all the material and the hours that you will have to spend study it. Remember, while you doing the schedule keep in mind that for the more difficult material you must have to leave more time. Them, follow the schedule; do not skip each time you have a party or a special event. It is very critical that you spend enough time study. The last step is be relax. At the exam you have to be concentrate in what you are doing and that goal will be complicate to achieve if you are stressing. Therefore be relax. Another important thing to remember at exam time is be confined in what you have learned. If you study enough, if you know the material you have to truth you.


 * Week 4**

April 23, 2012 Reading exam Today I would like to talk about reading exam. I have had many speriences with this type of exam. I have taken the TOEFL several time and my major request many reading exams as well. From my year on this task I can suggest that people who are going to take this exam read and also write a lot. Now i will explain how to read and how to write. First be awarded of how long is the material that you will be tested, if you are not going to take the TOEFL. After you have all the material in you hands order it by difficulty. You will choose the easier one to study first. Then, read the summary, subtitle and question that are in this material. After that, read the article completely and while you read try to answer the question that you found in the material. If there are not question in the material make your own question base in the subtitles. After you first reading you may be able to identify the thesis or the argument. You must read a second time to make sure that you understood the major point. Then, make a simple outline with the major point in the upper position and the minor points in the lower position. Read the material a third time in order to clarify any doubt and to ensure that what you understood about minor point are correct. Receive the outline every day, if it is possible, until the day of exam.

April 25, 2012 TOEFL exam The TOEFL exam is one of the most difficult because in comparison with other type of exam you have too litter time to finish all. Other reason why this exam is difficult is because it request certain strategies that most international students are not familiar with. In this section I would like to explain some strategies that can be used by international students who have taken the TOEFL many time and did not pass. In order to success in the reading section you must not read the whole passage. My advise is read the introduction and conclusion completely then read the first sentence of each paragraph. While you read is very important maintain the concentration, is very easy lost yourself while you read something that are not interesting. To keep the concentration up you have to take note while you read, ask to yourself which is the purpose of the lecture? what the author want to pursue with his or her argument? which are the major and minor points? The answer to those question must be written down in your own words.

April 25, 2012 TOEFL exam In addition to reading section in the TOEFL exam there are other complicate element of this exam, the listening section. Understand through headphone somebody else speaking English can be difficult because the sound is affect by the headphone. Also, they may be non-native american and their English speaking can be hard to interpreted. Some recommendation for people who have trouble in this section is listen to itune U. This too, itune U, has several video and records of many American university. There you can find lecture about the topic of your interested, most of them in English. People that are recorded in order to be posted in itune U may be non-native american. Listen to this lecture will help people to increase their understanding. Also I suggest that people that are going to take the TOEFL, even they don not have problem in this section, practice note-taking using itune U. Put in practice this exercise will help people to develop fastness in writing and in comprehensions.

April 26, 2012 Cafeteria food The last quarter, winter quarter, I had a dining plan. This plan allow me to eat 14 meals per week. when I got the plan I thought that will be a good idea because I live on campus and I do not have kitchen. Very soon I realized that have a dining plan is not a good idea at all. In general I found cafeteria food horrible; there is not varieties, cafeterias are always crowded in lunch and dinner time, and the most important fact is that the majority of the food is unhealthy. Regarding the lack of divers dishes, each day were the same food, for example, on Monday were always rice, chili soup, and pasta. At the beginning was good enough, but after a month I did not want to smell chili soup any more. Other problem that I encountered was dining time. Because it have specific time where it have each meal, students who have dining plan have to eat during this period of time. Therefore I had to spend more than a hour eating, although one of the benefit that the cafeteria is saving time. The most important issue, in my opinion, is the unhealthy. I do not know how they do it, but cafeteria's food is particularly unhealthy and intasteful. Many of the dishes are greasy, for example toasted bread, they always put it too much butter.


 * Week 5 **

May 1, 2012 Celebrations The way that people celebrate important moments in their live or the way that people celebrate general traditions is very specific among cultures. I come from Dominican Republic where people usually celebrate every single thing. We also have big celebration like Christmas and New Year, but general we make a party for any reason. Here in United States people usually celebrate many thing like in my country, but in contract the celebration differ between them. Here in US there are celebrations called fest. Those fest take place at a stress. Basically, fest consist in drink alcohol and listen to music. Young people come there to socialize and have a good time. Beside drink and listen to music people play games and have grill. In my country there are some celebration that can be compared with US' fest. This celebration also take place in the stress. but last a week instead of a day as US's fest. During this celebration people drink a lot and listen to music. The normal about music is live bands that performed every day. but each day there are different bands. Other different between DR celebration and US fest is that DR celebration do not have game nor grill.

May 1, 2012 Essay Writing Process Each task request specific abilities and processing. Writing is one of the task that have basic steps that have to be taken in other to produce good result. In my experience writing essay I could be able to identify 5 steps in the process of writing. The principal step is understand the assignment, if the homework is no fully comprenhence there is no way to write the request assignment. Them, when the assignment is understood, the brainstorming step begin. Brainstorming consist in think about your topic and them write down all the idea that come to your brain. After put down all the ideas, revision and edition should be made. In the revising and editing process attention should be payed to those ideas that do not have clear connection with the topic and edit those which clearly have a relationship with the topic. After the checked and rewritten the current ideas you may think that there are too few thought, therefore, you may need more.

May 2, 2012 Essay Writing Process Second Part A good way to add more ideas to your essay is brainstorming as many time as needed. Remember hat the number of the ideas needed depend of two factor: the complex of the topic and the long of the assignment. Therefore, if your topic is complex you need to develop many ideas in order to explain it completely. If the assignment is short (five paragraph), you should choose a easy topic because you do not have space to develop a complex one. When you have all ideas ready the follow step is organize it. You must select an organisation partner; chronological, relevance, sequence, etc. Is very disappointing and confusing read a disorganize essay. Is recommended arrange the idea from the less important to the most important. Also, if the organisation is chronology you should choose what time do you want to emphasize the beginning or the ending.

May 4, 2012 Essay Writing Process Third Part Well, you already have all you ideas organized is time to make a outline. Is very important to develop a good outline from the beginning because it will guide you toward a better result. Make you that all your ideas are clearly connected to the topic, remember that the reading is no in your mind, therefore you must to forget to espresso clear relationship. After the outline you are ready to write the first draft. The first draft must be written using the outline that is done. Because you spend plenty of time making the outline it have to be good enough to produce a fast first draft. You should no spend more than one day writing you first draft. When you are processing the first draft do not stop in grammar of punctuation error, keep writing because at the end of the first draft you have to have time to revising and editing what you wrote. Then, when the first draft is done, the second most delicate part of the writing process begin. By the way, the most difficult part is elaborate an excellent outline. You must revise your draft at least one day after you wrote it. There are to way that you might use in combination or alone in order to revise your the work done. First method is read silently, in your mind, paying special attention to the error that you tent to make. The second method is read loudly, also paying special attention to the error that you tent to make. After revising you have to edit because you may find some error that have to be fitted. so that, you have your second draft in your hands. Is recommend give your second draft to a friend for a revision because your friend might see error that you could not. After receive the second draft from your friend you should consider his or her advice and produce the final draft. Good look in your future work!!!!


 * Week 6 **

May 9, 2012 How to follow a recipe Many people have struggle following a recipe. They try to cook a dish that have not make before, so that sometime the result are not what they expect. I also have been in this situation; with many enthusiasm, but with any experience. After try many time follow a recipe I learned some tips that always help me to get the perfect dish. The first thing to do when you try to cook following a recipe is read it carefully. make you sure that all ingredient are in you have. Then, read the direction and make you sure that you understand it. Also, while are you reading, pay special attention to the unit; you should understand each measure. For example when the wrote the recipe the make it short so many unit may be abbreviated: ounce may be equal to oz. Another thing that must be revise is the tool needed. You should have in you have very tool in order to have the right amount of each ingredient. Other important thing is to be careful whit the salt. Many recipe do no tell you the amount of salt the you need; also son ingredient are salty and you may do not know. Therefore, pay special attention to salt and salty food because too much salt make the food impossible to eat.

May 10, 2012 Dominican Food: How to make a Moro. The Dominican Republic, the country where I came from have many traditional dishes. Our food is a combination of African and Spanish food. Among traditional dishes moro, locrio and sweet red beans are the most Dominicans. Moro is a mixed of rice and beans that is accompany by meat. If you want to make a moro you should look the next recipe. Primary find the ingredients which are: beans (1 p.), rice (1 p.), garlic (1 u.), onions (3 tbsp), tomato (1/2), oil (1 tbsp), water (1 c.) and salt as you like. After you have all ingredients you should also buy a "caldero" a pan used in Latin America to cook rice. Then, put the oil in the caldero, turn it on in medium fire. When the oil is hot put the onion and the garlic; fry it until get a litter be brown. After that, put the tomato, the beans and the water. Turn the fire into a high fire. When the water is boiled, put the rice while moving and leave quite until there is not water. Then slow the fire until the minimum level and let it cook for a half hour. After that, move the rice again and try it, if it is soft, it is ready to eat. Bono appetite!!!

Dominican Food: How to make a Locrio. Make a locrio is pretty simple if you now how to make meat with sauce. The first to do is buy the ingredients. Is recommended buy fresh ingredient because the food will taste better. The ingredient needed are: one pound of rice, one pound of meat (whatever you prefer), one garlic, a half onion, one tomato, one peppers, and oregano, oil, pepper and salt as you want. After get all ingredient heat a caldero with a litter bit of oil. Then, add all ingredients except the rice. After those vegetable are ready, add the meat. Cook the meat until is bland. Then, add one cup of water and wait until it boil to add the rice. To get better result do not used a top in the caldero until the water on it is completely consumed. The rice have to be cooked for an half hour. Then put away the top and check the rice is bland. Once the rice is bland, put the caldero out of the fire. The locrio can be serviced with beans and green salad. In addition, a perfect combination can be fries plantain.

Dominican Food: How to make Russian Salad In The Dominican Republic we have a dish called Russian Salad. This salad do not have any relationship with Russia but with named Russian Salad. This food is very delicious an is easy to prepare. The ingredient needed are: one pound of potato, one pound of carrot, one apple, 1/4 of an onion, three tbsp of mayonnaise, juice of one small lime, and salt as you like. In a pan boil the potato and the carrot until get bland. After that trough the water away and let it get cool. Then cut it in small square, like a dice and also cut the apple in the same way. Also the onion has to be cut as small as possible.Once is cut mix all ingredient in a bowl. Taste it and make you sure that you put enough salt. Then put the bowl in the refrigerator for one hour. This salad is frequently eaten with locrio. To get better result, you can use vinegar instead to lime. In addition used vinegar make the salad last more day in the refrigerator. Be aware that you should not eat the salad more than three day after its preparation.

My Jobys I have many jobys, most of them are in out doors places. For example, I like hiking. When I was in my coutry I used to hiked to the bigest mountain of Dominican Republic, which is the highest mountain among Caribbean islands. Every year around January a joined to a group of about 30 people and we go together to the mountain. Even I am a biologist and the thing that I enjoy the most is the environment, I usually go to hike because the company. Hiking alone is not bad, but after you hike with other you would not hike alone again. When you hike with people the route get shorter. You can almost forget that is raining and wet. Also, they make a amusint chat during hiking that can make you lough the hole trip. In addition, hiking with people alow you to know different kind of person. For example in one of my trip I made the most weird men ever. He was very quit during the trip, but in one moment he beginning to yell and complaint about the difficulty of the trip. Who could image that this quit men will turn in a monster in one minute. After a hour, we stop for a rest and the iratic men apologized for his behavior.
 * Week 7 **

Female-Male differences in the Animal Kingdom There is many disparities between Male and Female. One of those is the body size of each sex. Many people may think that Male are always bigger than Female because that what happen in human being, but in the wild world of animals the opposite is the truth. A good example are birds. General the Female of the species is bigger than the Male. Bird are no the only one that have this characteristic, the female of some species of frogs are considerable bigger that the Male. That means in some species the Female member is twice the size of the Male. Other interesting feature is the color that Female and Male show. Male are much more color full than their Female partner. Some time that specie have the same shape and tapes, but the colors in the Male one are more vivid. This is frequent in birds, insects, and some fishes.

Biodiversity This concept is relatively new and it mean the amount of species that are in a limit space. For example, We can talk about biodiversity in terms of island, continents or smaller are like nationals parks or state. There are some country which biodiversity excel among others. Mexico, which is in Central America, have a great biodiversity; it is called mega diverse. In addition there are places, like insular complex, which biodiversity is unique. One of those island system is The Caribbean. Those islands together have 40% of endemism in plant. If we look closer to individual groups of plant we will see that some groups have more endemic species than other. A very charismatic group that have a high percent of endemism, is Orchid. There is more than 300 species of orchid and more than 50% are endemic. Also, this group have many genera endemic.

Tourism I'm from The Dominican Republic and as a Dominican I can tell you that it is the best country to visit for your vacation. Before explain why Dominican Republic is amazing, I would like to say that I have been in other countries, for instead, Cuba, Costa Rica, Chile, etc. Therefore, who are reading may know now that I have some experiences as a tourist and I know more or less what feature a place has to have in order be visited. One of the principal characteristic that made my country a excellent place for tourist is the kindness of the people. Dominicans have the particular of being nice with almost everybody. Many people from other places say that they feel like home when they are in my country. Other feature, and possibly the most salient, is the beauty of its beaches. Because Dominican Republic is a island with big bank sand in its coastline, it is surrounded by expectacular beaches. In addition to its beauty, the beaches are warn, what make it a paradise for everyone.


 * Week 8 **

I have move housing three times in my live. I do no remember the first time that I moved because I was one year old. The second time was the most important and the one that have impact my life the most. I was 11 years old when my mother get divorce fro my father I decide to move to another town. I remember very clear this moment, it change my life forever. At the beginning I was very exited wiht the idea fo move housing, new place, new things to do, but when the day of moving got closer, I felt depression and frustration. I though in what I'm going to left behind, all my friends, my school, the big backyard of my house with many fruits trees, etc. Therefore, I had a hard time packing my clothes and every thing because I did not want to move any more, but the decision was taken and there was nothing to do about it. I moved to the other hove in summer, when I did not have classes at schools, so that, was very difficult socialize and make friends since I did not have any opportunity to meet people. the can be describe as one of the most outrageous summer of my life. Then, the school begin, and I met many people, more than I have met before. In my new town were more young people than in my older one. After all, I liked the change.

To move from my home country, Dominican Republic, to USA, were one of the biggest and most dramatic change of my live. There were many factors that made this moment so hard. on of the factor was when I received the news that I will have to move. This was very close the the day that I supposed to be here. I did not have much time for anything. less than a month before of may supposed depart day, my sponsor send me a email telling me that I have to move to Ohio in January. Then a realized that when he said January he meant the first day of this month. I took a fight from Santo Domingo to Columbus on January first at 6:30 am. When I arrived to Athens, there was very cool, I have not been in this kind of weather before. I could not bright or walk or drink water, the cool made those activities so painful for me. I Cannot forget this day, was to windy and freeze. I tried to find a restaurant to eat but i could not because I did or have any map or friends here. I end in Sonic, the worse place in the world to eat. i ordered a hot dog that not only was salt and spice but also too juicy. In addition, I did not have any water to drink and I did not know where to buy it. therefore I suffer thirty for one day, that was horrible.

There is many cultural different between countries, but I think the most choking is the food. When I first arrived here I could not eat at all. All food where untastefull for me. I did not understand how the chiken did not taste to chicken. In my country we used my species to seasoned the meat, specially chicken because it do not have a strong flavor. We usually add some oregano, garlic and pepper, but here seems that chicken is not seasoned. Other aspect that is impressive is the amount of salt the USA's people use. for me, it is too a few, I always have to add more salt to my meal. More important than the season is what is eaten. In my country we east rice and beans every day, hardly ever we eat potato or bread for lunch. But In USA is very difficult to find a restaurant that have rice for lunch. Image my surprised when I saw the restaurant menu, I read it many time, trying to find the rice there, but not, I did not fin any. People here usually eat very light at lunch and strong meal for dinner, but in my country is the opposite. We think is better eat light dinner because you will get better sleep. Now, I am more adapted to the USA food. I try to have more small meal, instead to one big and two small. Also, we my class schedule, is almost impossible for me get a big lunch because I have class at 1:00 pm. Whenever I eat a big lunch I get so sleeping, so that I trying to avoid big meals.

My work in my country consist in create alternative in order to protect plant species that are endanger. This work is not a easy one because we have may species that request protection. One of the factor that jeopardize plants species in my country is the change in the land usage. As we are a small island, every single impacts, like cut a small forest has a great impact in plants species. In poor regions people usually cut small portion of forest to use the wood as a fuel and plant some vegetables. The impact look small under the eyes of those people but botanist like me, who understand the fragility of insular system know what important are small portion of lands. Other elements against plants conservation is the industrialization. Companies are building all over the country without taking in account what species live there. Through this factor more species are lost than with the change of the land usage. Once we have indentify which one is the problem of the species, in other words, which factor is threatening the species, we try to identify how much this species has been affected. With this purpose we quantify the population counting each single plant. 