“Study if you want to be a person in life!"

No sertão nordestino, a preocupação era com a fome e com a falta de chuva. Na capital, diziam: “estudem se quiserem ser gente na vida”! Nossos pais: não eram tão estudados, mas trabalhadores honestos, plenos de amor. Respeitávamos, honrávamos e temíamos o poder familiar. Éramos receosos dos castigos físicos e morais.

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In northeastern Brazil, the concern was with hunger and the lack of rain. In the capital, they said: “study if you want to be a person in life”! Our parents: they were not so studied, but honest workers, full of love. We respected, honored and feared parents. We were afraid of physical and moral punishment.

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