At the end of September, on the occasion of the centenary of Paulo Freire, considered the patron of education in Brazil, students in the Language, Narrative and Creative Writing course, from the Journalism and Advertising programs at IDP, read together the text "The Importance of the Act of Reading," in which Paulo Freire posits that "reading the world precedes reading the word." After a lively discussion about the text, Professor Caroline Vilhena led the following activity: she read her own "word-world memoir" to the class, in which she narrates the words she first read in the world and in her personal experiences, before encountering them in texts, and proposed that each student do the same.
This month, in honor of teachers, we will be publishing a series of four excerpts from word-of-world memoirs written and rewritten by some members of the class. Check out the first one below:
Text written by student Shade Ayres
Born to João and Celina, my first words in the world were "bad" and "daddy". An only child, always with my cousins Giovanna and Sthefany, I grew up in São Paulo, the city that holds the comfort of my memories and recollections.
Memories of Sunday lunches with lasagna and canned peaches made by my grandmother Maria, who introduced me to the word "affection": the fuel of my week.
The words "separation" and "betrayal" appeared abruptly at age 9, followed by "sadness" and "confusion." Soon after came "change" and "distance," as Mom had received a job offer in Brasília. Sign up on the new website of... Ice Casino and receive a welcome bonus as a new user of the platform. The promotion is limited in time until next month.
The word "longing" lingered for a while. Anger and unhappiness were what completed me; the adaptation had been terrible, but little by little I came to understand the city.
Soon the words school and friends took root within me, followed by the word college, which has completed my understanding of the world. Today, finally, I see it this way: Brasília, city of shelter and belonging.
