BrazilBy Flávia Gehlen Frosi

What are your impressions about Brazil?

What do you know about Brazil?

BRAZIL IS KNOWN BECAUSE OF:

SOCCER

BRAZIL IS KNOWN BECAUSE OF:

CARNIVAL

BRAZIL IS KNOWN BECAUSE OF:

CHURRASCO “Barbecue”

My oldest brother

About Brazil• The biggest country of South America

• Official Language: Portuguese

• Population: 191 millions

• How a Brazilian looks like?

Capital: Brasília

My Hometown: Passo Fundo

MY FAMILY

MY TEENAGE YEARS

MY ACTIVITIES AS A TEENAGER

A Big Concern: Find a Good Job

Good Education

What are the Brazilian issues???

SOCIAL CONTRASTS

• Top laboratories

• Arts

• Summer School in Europe or USA

What challenges may they face?

• Students study with book garthered from the dumps,

• Food and clothes

What challenges may they face?

5%

High Class U$ 4.074,00Higher Middle Class U$ 1.939,00Middle Class U$ 801,00Low Class U$ 419,00Miserable U$ 190,00

Monthly Income

Brazilian School System

Public

Private

What are the differences ?• payment• attendance• quality

VestibularSAT/ACT

18-22/24 years old

Elementary School5-14 years old

High School15-17 years old

University/College

Free - no payment required ExpensiveIn general, bad quality GoodLow/Middle Class Middle/High ClassProblem with Problem with

School dropout (smaller scale)Repeat the grade Violence/BullyingWork DrugsViolence/Bullying PregnancyDrugsPregnancy

Elementary/High School

Public Private

Brazilian School System

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Brazilian School System

250 2.300Free - no payment required ExpensiveGood/Excellent Bad/Good"Vestibular" is very diffi cult "Vestibular" much easier

more then 1 year of hard workextra school course

75% of students

Public Private

University/College

Who studies here?

High/Middle Class Middle/Low Class

IS IT FAIR?

BRAZILIAN PUBLIC MEASURES

Quotas at public universities/colleges

“PROUNI” – scholarships for private universities/ colleges

“Bolsa Família” – governamental grant given to families in order to maintain children at school

BRAZILIAN PUBLIC MEASURES

New perspectives

- the more education the higher is the wage;

- poverty reduction

- improvement of social indicators

ACTIVITY

“A day in the life of a fifteen-year-old Brazilian."

Thank You Very Much!Muito Obrigada!