Brazil Diary - Day 14
24-05-2006 (Wednesday)
On this day we started off to go to Collegio Rio Branco at 7.45 am. Incidentally this college/school is the best managed in Brazil and the Director is one Mr.Gunter who looked like a professor out of the novels that we read. He is quite a serious man and he gave us the information about the college. This college was started in 1946 by 20 like-minded Rotarians and now has 5000 students on the rolls and operates from two places namely Granjavienna and Higienopolis. The college offers from KG to High School and also runs ITAE( Institute for Advanced Technical Education) in addition to running a special school for the deaf children.
Mr.Gunter whose name sounds like the place Guntur in Andhra Pradesh, India has been in marketing since 1953 and has a keen eye for details. We were informed that the school gets around 1000 titles of magazines for the school library and Estado de Sao Paulo carries two pages of children related articles on every Monday. The contents also focus on what needs to be done in the next 15 years for the education to be more remunerative for the pursuer. He noted that off late the Brazilians have recognised the link between earning and education. on asking as to why most Brazilians are not able to speak English which is very important in these days of high technology, he said that Portuguese has long history and that the Brazilians generally do not like to embrace a foreign language or culture so fast as they are keen on protecting their originality. What a contrast compared to India which is moving towards westernization at a quick pace!!!
In the evening, I shifted to Ms.Regina's house from Ms.Mario's house as they are tied up with the hospital where Ms.Luciana's sister was expected to deliver a child. Ms.Regina is single and divorced. She stays with her younger brother and has a big cat in her house along with three big dogs which had no enmity among them. She gave me her dad's room to stay for the night and it is bang on the side of the main road. The room which was unused for too long looked like a setting in one of the horror movies that I saw as a child though nothing looked peculiar and the host was so hospitable. I could not sleep the whole night and it was a real 'nightmare'. With nightlife being high, there was the continuous honking of vehicles plying on that road and also some nighthawks having a ball of a time by racing on the road. This night was the most horrible and I just prayed for the 'Sun' to help me by rising early.
On this day we started off to go to Collegio Rio Branco at 7.45 am. Incidentally this college/school is the best managed in Brazil and the Director is one Mr.Gunter who looked like a professor out of the novels that we read. He is quite a serious man and he gave us the information about the college. This college was started in 1946 by 20 like-minded Rotarians and now has 5000 students on the rolls and operates from two places namely Granjavienna and Higienopolis. The college offers from KG to High School and also runs ITAE( Institute for Advanced Technical Education) in addition to running a special school for the deaf children.
Mr.Gunter whose name sounds like the place Guntur in Andhra Pradesh, India has been in marketing since 1953 and has a keen eye for details. We were informed that the school gets around 1000 titles of magazines for the school library and Estado de Sao Paulo carries two pages of children related articles on every Monday. The contents also focus on what needs to be done in the next 15 years for the education to be more remunerative for the pursuer. He noted that off late the Brazilians have recognised the link between earning and education. on asking as to why most Brazilians are not able to speak English which is very important in these days of high technology, he said that Portuguese has long history and that the Brazilians generally do not like to embrace a foreign language or culture so fast as they are keen on protecting their originality. What a contrast compared to India which is moving towards westernization at a quick pace!!!
In the evening, I shifted to Ms.Regina's house from Ms.Mario's house as they are tied up with the hospital where Ms.Luciana's sister was expected to deliver a child. Ms.Regina is single and divorced. She stays with her younger brother and has a big cat in her house along with three big dogs which had no enmity among them. She gave me her dad's room to stay for the night and it is bang on the side of the main road. The room which was unused for too long looked like a setting in one of the horror movies that I saw as a child though nothing looked peculiar and the host was so hospitable. I could not sleep the whole night and it was a real 'nightmare'. With nightlife being high, there was the continuous honking of vehicles plying on that road and also some nighthawks having a ball of a time by racing on the road. This night was the most horrible and I just prayed for the 'Sun' to help me by rising early.
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