This morning we actually went to school to learn more about the history of the people here in Brazil. We had a wonderful day listening to the presentations about 4 influential Brazilians that have helped change Brazil and the world.
The first was a presentation by Joe Burwasser on Celso Furtado who was a Brazilian economist and helped form the ideas that came up with the Plano Real, which brought about the new currency the Real, and helped form the economy for Brazil into the 5th best in the world.
The next presentation was done by Michael Andraszczyk on Joaquim Nambocu who was a lot of different things, but most importantly he was an abolitionist for Brazilian slaves.
Then Josh Barton talked about Gilberto Freyre who among other things was a historian of the Brazilian people. Aparently not all of his historical conclusions were correct, but Gilberto Freyre may just have been writing to offset the general beliefs of his foreign contemperaries.
Last was Michelle McMurray's presentation on Paulo Freire who updated the way that people think of education, especially education of the underpriviledged.
Afterwards we had a free day. Huzzah!
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