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ANDY RUIZ JUNIOR: “MADE IN MEXICO” Second part.

José Alberto Gaytan

By  Alberto Gaytán García The night of the fight, nobody believed in the challenger, with only one month to prepare he went up to the ring with all bets against him thirty to one. In round three the Mexican was savagely knocked down by Anthony Joshua, incredibly he got up, endured the referee’s count and from then on he came to blows with the well-formed and invincible world champion, beating him. Every time the Mexican hit with his right hands with accurate blows to the head, the champion would sway…

ANDY RUIZ JUNIOR: “MADE IN MEXICO” First part.

José Alberto Gaytan

By  José Alberto Gaytán García Andrés Ponce Ruiz Jr. was born on September 11, 1989 in Imperial Valley, California.  He is 29 years old, his family is originally from Mexicali, a city located on the northern border with the United States; the word Mexicali comes from the union of the names of Mexico and California. Andy Ruiz grew up in the dangerous environment of the border neighborhoods and, together with his family fought as a child to survive on the “other side”. Being the son of Mexican parents, Andy, like…

THE CHALLENGES OF THE NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY OF MEXICO

José Alberto Gaytan

By José Alberto Gaytán García * Last week at the Tecnológico de Puebla an important national meeting of directors of the National Technological Institute of Mexico (TecNM) was held. The meeting was presided by the teacher Manuel Quintero Quintero, director of this educational system, his work crew and 266 directors of the technological institutes of the country. The main topic of the meeting was the coverage, quality and belonging to the regional development and the advances of the New Educational Model of TecNM presented by the work commissions composed by the…

Why is it difficult to obtain a patent in México?

José Alberto Gaytan

By José Alberto Gaytán García * One of the major problems facing research centers and public and private higher education institutions in our country, is the low or zero production of patents, this situation places us far from the world powers in development and the commercial and technological benefits derived from patents. It is extremely difficult and complicated to obtain a patent in the country’s higher education system, for example, the National System of Technology Institutes of Mexico, with an enrollment of 630,000 students, 270 campuses and 30,000 teachers, the…

The cousin that came down from the trees

José Alberto Gaytan

By José Alberto Gaytán García * Last week the Misantla Technology Institute’s 2017 International Congress of Engineering was held; On this occasion, the central theme of this important event was the development of human progress in the last 60 thousand years, the period in which modern man evolved. It was the privilege of your humble correspondent to open the program with a presentation entitled “The Algorithm of Human Progress”. It is of benefit to clarify that an algorithm is a certain group of operations organized in a logical and orderly…

TECHNOLOGY OF MISANTLA OBTAINS FIRST PLACE IN SCIENCE EXPO BRAZIL, MISLET 2016

José Alberto Gaytan

By José Alberto Gaytán García * Fortaleza, Brazil, May 23rd 2016. The students of Biochemistry and Environmental Engineering of the Technologic of Misantla, obtained first place at the international competition of scientific projects and technology MISLET 2016, held in Fortaleza, Brazil, from the May 17 to May 21 May of the current year. The winning project in the field of Biological Sciences was an “educational photocolorimeter prototype” which was designed and built in the Technologic of Misantla with recycled material that is used in biochemistry laboratories. The photocolorimeter has various…

MY WORK REPORT ITSM 2016

José Alberto Gaytan

By José Alberto Gaytán García * On Wednesday December 14, in Franche Hall of this city, we held the traditional Christmas dinner for the workers at the technology of Misantla and my annual work report. This year, thanks to God, my report was an extensive report of accomplishments made during 2016. As I mentioned that night, these achievements deserve  greater recognition for the workers of the technology because the ITSM is located in a small town of 40 thousand inhabitants and because we operate with a small budget compared to the large…

The art of managin our time.

José Alberto Gaytan

By José Alberto Gaytán García* Dear friends, the article that I’m  going to comment on, is of interest  to those people (like me) that have problems organizing  our time, who are in this situation, almost always, arrive late or “borderline” to work meetings, family commitments and other personal activities. -People that are in this difficult situation, almost never have enough time to meet the commitments of a normal working day, which is why, we always leave things  pending for “tomorrow”, this, as I pointed out, includes personal and family matters. In…

The procession of Mary and Joseph in Misantla

José Alberto Gaytan

By José Alberto Gaytán García* Days ago, at lunch time, I left the technological heading home. Right at the intersection of the streets Salinas de Gortari and Miguel Hidalgo, across from the football field known as “Plan de la Vieja”, I found a group of about fifteen people who were part of a Christmas procession. In front was a girl riding on a donkey playing the role of the Virgin Mary, next, the donkey was led by a child playing the role of Joseph, husband of Mary in the Christian…

The journey of the truth: The Tec of Misantla 1994-2014

José Alberto Gaytan

By José Alberto Gaytán García* Dear readers, in September of 1994, the Technology of Misantla began operations with 11 teachers and 17 administrative employees. Then, the Technology did not have its own facilities. Classes began at the House of Culture and later at the School of Bachelors “Alfonso Reyes” Misantla. The initial enrollment was 166 students in two careers, industrial engineering and Bachelor of computerscience. This year will be twenty years since that beginning. It has been a very difficult journey that this noble technology has crossed to reach the…