Vacations

      So, we are in the last two weeks of the year in esem. 2016 was amazing, and I hope 2017 can be better. I enjoyed a lot the school and met my best friends.

Last week, I was thinking about my vacations, and what I would like to do. I hope I can go to my friend’s house and watch a lot of movies of my list.

     I know I will miss my friends of school, because it’s three moths far away of them. But I can enjoy the time with my family. 

     Enjoy your vacation!!

With Love, 

Gabriela Vidori.

Having pets is like...

Unusual, not the bad kind of ''unusual'', it's like a different situation everytime, I remember once that I was trying so hard to sleep but I couldn't, cause I was having a bad feeling and I didn't know why and then my little girl, called Lilica, which is a such small and adorable dog, came and jumped into my bed by my side and stayed there until I could get sleep, immediately the feeling was gone, it's incredible how these little ones can make our day or even our lifes better, they can pass good feelings without asking anything in return, and I think, that's one of the most beatiful things in life, in them, and yet there are people who can mistreat them, as if they were nothing, even if we try, we couldn't love like them, we don't allow ourselves, and that's a truly shame.

-Emilia Aurea

i want to go to rock in rio, i want it so much. Oh my god, it is the second time that Red Hot Chili Peppers will come to Brazil and i can't go, it really makes me bad, it's my favorite band and one of my dreams is go to one show of them, but it is so expensive for my parents that I don't want to ask for to them too, i just can wait the band comes back and see if i can buy to myself the tickets. I will wait and one day I promisse, I will go

-RAFAEL CAMPOS

hope that donald Trump get out of the power,he is a bad guy, racist, homophobic, machist, etc. we need good people, we need to do something, all the world, because he isn't just a problem for the north-americans, he is a problem for every person in the world who wants equality, we will fight for it, we don't will get down, equality, for all

-RAFAEL CAMPOS

I will play guitar all my vacation, I miss it a lot, if you have any instrument, so you know how you have love for it, my guitar have a soul, a shine soul, one day, I want to play it for the rest of the world. do music is one of the mosts brilhancy talents of the humans, it makes you smile, cry, dream, see another world. Listen, play and at first of all, enjoy of how the music can be a gift of gods

-RAFAEL CAMPOS

Sometimes we have to change, sometimes we're changes. Don't never give up if you really want something, actually I'm trying to change myself, so I know how it can be hard, but you just need to want, be the difference, be better, stay in peace inside and outside with yourself, I'm sure that all is possible if you make it be possible, so go ahead and show what you got.

-RAFAEL CAMPOS

Gabriela in the first month X Gabriela in the last month

  In the first month everything was new, now it has become a routine and I have become accustomed to living here.

  Getting to know the tutoria was so strange and before I thought it would not work with my classmates and Isabel. But over time our relationship has improved and today I feel good and confident in speaking everything in the tutoria and asking for help from my tutora.

   My room has done well since the beginning and today they are the most important people in the school for me. Although everyone has strong personality we can deal well with this.

   The floor at the beginning was very far away but today, especially after the tournament, it was united enough.

   My class was the best class I could have. We always get along and today we are united and usually we are together and there I feel happy and it is like a family.

  Today I am more responsible and I feel more autonomous. Now I feel part of this and I feel happy and grateful for everything that I have experienced.

   The Gabriela in the first month did not feel prepared and nor did the penny dropped that I was here. The Gabriela today, missing a month to go home, is not prepared to be second year but anxious to live what is to come.

                                XOXO, Gabriela Afonso

The ESEM...

 The ESEM was simply the best opportunity I've ever had in life, if you do not know I'll tell you a little bit.

Here you will have contact with people from all over Brazil and this is an incredible chance to get to know different cultures. It is cool to hear different accents, typical foods and the way of life of each one.

  The infrastructure is sensational, gym, library, classrooms, theater, restaurant ... Everything will always be done to ensure a good stay in the three years.

  Teaching in here goes way beyond the classroom, you're learning 24 hours. In the classroom there are only 15 students, making learning easier.

  The teachers are incredible and will be willing to help whenever possible and your relationship will certainly be beyond that.

  Here you find a new family and quickly you feel part of it all and that here is your place.

   The school looks beautiful from the outside but the best part is being in here.

                         XOXO, Gabriela Afonso

It's difficul to say goodbye ...

   Yesterday happenned a meeting of my floor that was named after the monitors, because they are leaving next month.

   My bedroom was responsible for opening the meeting with a text and it was beautiful!!! We thank for everything they've done for us, for laughter, advice and hugs. They did not give up on us when all things were difficult and for always being on our side. Madhu, Lari and Cassia are amazing and we will miss you a lot.

   The floor made a wonderful video that made the girls cry and there was the demonstration of the love and affection that we created for them during that year.

   This day will remain in my memory forever as a very special moment!!!!
                       XOXO, Gabriela Afonso

My routine in ESEM are busy. Every day i Wake up 7:40, like late but have time to brush my teeths, take a fast shower and wear my uniform. After i finsih my three classes, i drink coffe with milk in colation. After eating , i go to my room and have more three times of class. After all classes, final is time to lunch , Always i’m very hungry so is my party, drinking Orange juice is all in my life. I really like it.

Sometimes i have extra courses, like theater or germany, i like doing too. I know that this experiencies is unique and i want to enjoy all i can.

I still having time to have dinner with my godmother and godfather. It is always funny eating with them, i know i’ll miss them a lot too.

Edson Serejo 

My life in Esem

My life in Esem ,this year is wonderful, at the beggining i was thinking a lot in my city and my friends, but i make more friends already. Now, i'm bad for the time is ending , and i will have to stay far with peoples that i met currently but are near to me 
Teachers here are more sociable and true friends.In english class, i love when Andrea give advices for us. In the class i have created ties with many friends that i'll try to keep for rest of my life. i joined a football team , i always played soccer in my city, here i found some friends that play too, so we decide to make a team.
In this last semester i met a girl that i like too much, i'm so happy cause of this, it was a funny story of how we started talking, but this i can talk in another postage...Are u curious?
Edson Serejo

                                               Welcome to Escola Sesc de Ensino Médio

           Hello my name is João Guilherme Almeida Couto and today I will speak about my new home ESEM.
         I'm from Paraná, Joaquim Távora. My city is a small place it has 12.000 habitants. The life there is quiet, It's a good place to grow up, but I choice ESEM.
Well when I arrived in ESEM I think OMG waht I'm doing of my life. I really have certainty about what I'm doing, but in this moment I thougth I need do this, it's an important moment of my life and I can't fail.
          Also when I saw what the school is, I see who was the best choice of my my life, the people,  the teachers, my room all was great to me and still are. Now my life is more interesting, I have more things to do and more games to play, my favorite game is foosball, I really liked this game, in my first monthy here I just play it, but I pay less nowadays. In short I just have to thank Esem for this opportunity.


         

          Hello, my name is João Guilherme Almeida Couto and today I will speak about an awesome cellebration, called Halloween, and tell some one of my experiences.

          When I  was a child I watched a lot of american movie what showed this celebration, so I was thinking how would be cool to play halloween with all city. I started playing in 2009, when my school go out with my class asking for candy, it was amazing and fun. My mother made a costum of pirate for me and I really liked it.            

 Now in esem ( Escola Sesc de Ensino Médio) I can celebrate this again. The students here make a lot of cool costumes of monsters, characters of cartoons, series and movies, and I am sure this halloween will be so cool like some years ago..

Well, halloween is a celtic celebration where people use monsters costumes and go out asking for candy. There is a typical sentence sayed by children, "trick or treat." If you say trick, the childrens will make a prank with you, but if you say treat, you just need to give candy for them.

          Hello, my name is João Guilherme Almeida Couto and today I will speak about an awesome cellebration, called Halloween, and tell some one of my experiences.

          When I  was a child I watched a lot of american movie what showed this celebration, so I was thinking how would be cool to play halloween with all city. I started playing in 2009, when my school go out with my class asking for candy, it was amazing and fun. My mother made a costum of pirate for me and I really liked it.            

 Now in esem ( Escola Sesc de Ensino Médio) I can celebrate this again. The students here make a lot of cool costumes of monsters, characters of cartoons, series and movies, and I am sure this halloween will be so cool like some years ago..

Well, halloween is a celtic celebration where people use monsters costumes and go out asking for candy. There is a typical sentence sayed by children, "trick or treat." If you say trick, the childrens will make a prank with you, but if you say treat, you just need to give candy for them.

Greetings, my name is João Guilherme Almeida Couto and today I gonna discuss the events that are happening in syria.
 It is known to everyone that syria is passing by political and social crisis, due to a civil war happening in the state. Although the actual war was very predictable, if we analise the past situations that syria was facing with both arabian an russian state, the proportions that the war is taking are phenomenal, and we have never seen anything like this in the past decade.
 In my personal point of view, discussing this topic is a very important task since it is an recent and relevant topic for today's news.

Let's talk about changes

I noticed that we on ESEM are always passing to changes, it can be phisically or psychologically. Here we are ''forced'' to live with new people for a minimun period of 1 year, in the middle of this, we create a relationship with this people, we accostumate to go to the class and see all this, now familiar, faces day by day. And when one year ends, we have to say good bye, with the insecurity that we dont know if we're going to talk face to face, or basically speak with their.
Is really difficult to me think that all is changing at all time. Nothing can be forever with we dont have the opportunities or fight to be.
I'm afraid of the unknown, of what could happen. Life is a chest of secrets, and we cant open until we go out our comfort zone.
Tony Pierre

What happened in one ESEM's year

My 2016 was and still amazing. I think i enjoyed as most as i could, i did things and met people that i never thought doing and meeting.

Going to esem was a decision that i'll never regret, i had opportunities that i know i wont have in any place i had gone. The courses of saxophone, germany and the classes on saturday to learn how to do a official research are something that i'll carry with me for all my life.

We learn a lot of things here that go beyond of the knowledge we get in the normal schools. We are alwas working on group, respecting the differences, contacting with people from all the cities on Brazil, that's no word for describe how good is studying here.

What change in my home when i'm here? I missed my brothers more than ever, and the hugs of my parents now seens like the best thing i need.

My vision of the world changed too, it looks like now i'm more politicized and i'm more interested of the situation our country is in, i think thats a strong point ESEM work on us, to create a critic thinking of everything the media throws on us.

I love being here, it's a shock for me thinking that already passed one year, and how fast the time goes away, soon we'll be in the 3rd year. I dont want to miss a thing.

Tony Pierre

My first dancing class                        

       I can remember that day very well. It was magical.                        
       I was five years old. As soon as I arrived, there were many older girls dancing. Everything was so synchronized. All seemed so easy. They looked like they were feathers, floating with the air and the song reproduced by a piano.                        
        When their class finished, it was my turn. This was the time I realized that it's not so easy. My teacher was serious that when I saw her, I was afraid. But, Passing the time, I perceived that this serious face was necessary and nowadays I thank her, because since that day I'm in love with dance
                                                                                         
                                                                            xoxo -kitkat

I just love music

    My mother always say to me when i was a kid, i sang all the time, even in bad moments. My father believes that i'm his life soundtrack and the a reason that every day, when he turns on the radio, he remember me. People always ask to me why i like singing oll the time and so much, but I don´t know how explain, i just love, it`s an other universe. I can notice in the body expressions in almost all people: if the music reminds them someone,  if they play an instrument,  if they like dance and a lot others things.  I know that the song sounds so individual, but it's only from a distance, if you can in, the next time when you´re with a musician, notice those things i told in that text. I realy believe that my love can take me anywhere, tt´s my way of communicating both between the people and between my heart and my soul. I just love, i just sing.

                                                                                 xoxo -kitkat 

The day that everything has changed.
A mix of curiosity, anxiety and fear were all over me. Finally my first day at Sesc school has arrived. I have waited so long for that day, and it was there, right in front of me, and it wasn't a dream anymore, it was real. Everything went different from what I thought it will be, after all we almost never get right what is going to happen. I thought I would get in the school, go to my bedroom to organize my things, but no, it was a chaos since I put my feet in there. I'm not complaining, because it was one of the best days in my life, but that it was full of emotions I can't deny. Got of the bus and there were a bunch of seniors yelling and asking "did someone has already received you?". Two wonderful people received me, and I'm close to them ever since. The first thing they gave to me was a checklist with the things that I would have to do during the day, and they helped me doing those things, making me to be admired with the good will of the people to help me, since then I study in a house school, different of anything that I have ever lived, and even that it has its defects, I learn in every day that passes to be a better person.

xoxo -kitkat

Let´s talk about childhood 

       Yesterday, i was organizing my wardrobe when i fond my childhood kite. I really don´t know how to explain what I fest at that moment. i was a whirlwind of emotions. Just a little thing made me remember all my childhood. I remember when I went out for the first time with my dad to fly a kite. That day was magic, it was summer, the sun was beautiful and the same wind that lifted the kite was messed up my hair.

        I miss my childhood...

        When a smile was my treasure.

        When the friendships had no difference of color, social class and religion. 

        When solidarity, fellowship, love and friendship was routine for everybody around me

        When I had no ideia how was difficult for the people to say "I LOVE YOU''

        When appearance wouldn´t be the kay of everything

        When the hurt in the heard would be cured just with kisses...

       oh, I miss my time as a child.... 

                                                                                 xoxo -kitkat <3

travel

If there is  something that I want to do in  my life, is an exchange program! 

        Since I was a kid I would like to visit a lot of place, one of my dreams it's travel around the word. I don't want to live for a whole life in a different country, I just want to visit or stay for a short time. I love my country and  I'll never leave living here! But, if a had the chance to do an exchange program, I would do for New Zealand.

WHAT A NICE PLACE!
if I want to see penguins, I can!

If I want to go parachuting, I can!

If I want to go snowboarding, I can!

If I want to go surfing, guess what, I CAN!

Without saying that if I want to choose between hot and cold, I can!
 🚨I just need to have the money to go! 🚨
        I don't I don't understand why all of my friends, I mean most of my friends, want to go to USA. For Good sic guys! There are such more interesting places around the world to visit in my opinion ,of course.
I have a list that I made when I was a child of places that I must visit before 25, I didn't even know that I would be in college whit 25 :(
Nova Zelândia
Bali
Borá borá
Tailândia
Dubai
Austrália
Antártida
Alemanha
Dublin
Canada
Malta
Japão
Grécia
África do Sul
Egito
Yes, a lot of places!One day, I will go everione!
And you, which places do you prefer to go?


                                                                                                               -VICTORIA AMORIM

Songs

Hi guys!! This is a rainbow that I saw someday last week, I don’t remember exactly what day it was but was the first rainbow I saw here in Rio de Janeiro and it was soooo beautiful so I thought “Oh my God, I need to show it to the world”, now it’s here in the internet for everybody see and I’m very happy.

Today, my friends, I will talk about songs, and how it’s essential for me. My day depends on the song that I woke up singing and if I don’t get up singing or thinking about some song, something is wrong. My mood changes during the day according to the song I’m listening to or thinking of, It’s kinda crazy. Some situations make me think of some songs and I love it, because that song start being played in my mind.

My song playlist makes no sense, all of my songs are in an only one list in YouTube and it doesn’t have any classification criterion, band, kind of music, nothing. I like it, because if I want to listen to Scalene for example, I will look for some Scalene’s song in my list and the next music will be different and the vibe will be different, It’a awesome!

To finish, now I’m listening to “The middle”, Jimmy Eat World. Good night! J 

~ Ana Barboza

I WANT HOLIDAYS

I´m very exicited with the holidays of this year, I feel that will be the best.

I love the Christmas, arrange the Christmas´tree, decorate the house, the dinner with delicious food, but my parents never doing a big Christmas, they don´t have much time. We decorate the house and have dinner, just my parents and my sister. 

I always want pass the Christimas with full house, the family speak up, everyone rushing around So I always asked to my parents let me pass with my mother´family in Curitiba, but my daddy never allow, because he thinks that Christmas is for pass with them.

No, that I not want stay with them, I just want to have a different Christmas and didn´t pass watching The Special of Christmas of Globo.

My mom called me last week and said that this year THEY ALLOW!!! And she has already spoken with my aunt.  I´m very happy with this. I just retorn for my home 5 january I will pass the Christmas and New Year there, is my dream.

I want to ejoyed that holidays I will stay with my family, go out with my friends and just having as much fun as possible! AND SLEEP A LOT 

Victória Zanoni

What do you want to be when you grow up?

What college do you choose? What course? How many children you want to have? How many years you will have when you die? I DON´T KNOW
The people asked this things to me like I had the obligation to knew, I don´t know nor I going to eat tomorrow. They asked to me all the time and when I said that I don´t know, they looked at me of disappointment.
I feel that everyone know what do you want to be, I see friends that plan whole life and kwon your college. When I thought about this, I´m sad and nervous, because I don´t like nothing that I want to do for the rest of my life.
I know that I want travel, is my only dream, Traveling for around the world. But to do it isn´t easy, I have to do college, have money. I won´t getaway of that, So I´m trying, I´m seeing all the course that are available in my country, but is difficult when you don´t get to do a simple vocational test.

I´m fraid that don´t know what I want to be in the end of third year.

Victória Zanoni

I'll miss my monitors

Some days ago, we did a mini party to our monitors. We saw that they were sad because of ENEM, so we tried to animate them. We printed some pictures and wrote about how much we like them, we knew that they'd like it.
We did it on the study room, about 9 o'clock the comemmoration were also completed, the food, the phrases and the photos were prepared.
We called all of the monitors to come to the study room to start the surprise, when they arrived, it was a shock of reality for all of us. We realized that next year they wont be with us on ESEM. We understood when they used to say ''Enjoy the time you have with us, next year you'll miss us'' but we thought we have a lot of time, and the year were passing, and now we are in November, less than a mont to end the semester, and to prepare our heart to the most importants and difficults things to on ESEM, dismiss the serie that is saying goodbye.
I've never thought that i'll miss 160 people that i dont talk with most of them, cause it turns to my routine seeing them by the campus.
Most of the people on the celebration cried, and i do. I'll really miss my monitors.

Tony Pierre

Why i hate doing Circus?


EVERY SATURDAY I have to go to the circus while all the school was sleeping, doing the homework or watching films.
 If I didn´t have to do this I would have more time to do every stuffs that I need to do.
AND I HAVE A MANY OF THINGS TO DO.
The circus from 2 pm to 6 pm. ARE 4 HOURS DOING EXERCICES and doing things while people seen you. I hate public when I speak or doing things.
The others people in the school have more free time than me. Because they do just 2 hours of Uzina.
The circus is really nice and  funny, I love doing the aerial part. For me is the most beauriful part and I really want can do that, but I don´t feel excited with the class. So is bored and I pass all the class think what I could do if I didn´t there.
In fact i pass all the week think "Why I do circus?", "Saturday have circus", "Why I can´t give up THE CIRCUS?"
I didn´t choose this Uzina I want piano, but didn´t have more when arrive my time.
I already  think about try to like, but I can´t. The teachers are amazing, the people are nice, sometimes are funny. BUT I DON´T LIKE, is that.
I spoke with my "tutor" for change, but he try convenced me to stay. He trys every "tutoria" (yes, I talked about this every tutoria), but enyone get to persuade me.
Is terrible don´t like your Uzina, because you don´t have choice.

I HAVE JUST A CERTAINTY TO NEST YEAR, I WON´T CHOOSE CIRCUS




Victória Zanoni

2 0 1 6 The Year Of Changes

     So, 2016 it’s almost in the end, and I was thinking about what I did this year.

I came to Esem, and I think that this was the best year of my life. I met the best people ever, I changed some thoughts that I had, I learned important things and enjoyed the little (and big) things of life.

     Here I have more responsibility (like washing my clothes, clean the room, go to the doctor if I’m sick, etc), and we also study more, because we have class also in the afternoon and in the Saturday morning. I know that next year will be worst, but now I won’t think about this.

     It’s funny how here we have facility to meet friends, like you can invite a person for have dinner or go for a walk in the campus. And the people are always together for talk and have fun, unless you have to study or do the homework.

     There’s a way to the first year students meet all the people, and it’s with the godmother/godfather. The second or third year can adopt a first year student to help him in the adaption at school and talk about problems, development here, relationships, the study… And the best is that the relation of godson/godmother is much more than talk about school; the godmother is your mother, sister, friend… is a person that you can trust.

     And today, the school received the list of the new year, the class 2017-2019, and my friend has passed! I’m so happy! But, as well as the new class are coming, the third year are going. I hadn’t the chance to meet all the people, and this is the worst.

    I don’t have words to describe 2016, and if I had, I think it’s words like amazing, changes, missing and love. This year changed a lot of things, besides I moved to Rio, I changed. I hope that 2017 can be like this year, or if it’s possible, better. 

Change yourself, XoxO

Gabriela Vidori.

When I went to "The Paraolimpics Games"

Hello guys, today I´m going to talk about a happy theme, Paraolimpic Games.

Some months ago I went to the Paraolimpic games, and that´s a incredible experience, because I listened a lot of overcoming stories, and that´s inspired me to write this little text ( I just write after some months but whatever).

I saw just a wheelchair baskeball, this is so amazing because I can´t plaiyng basket well with foots, imagine in a whellchair, they are amazing. I love saw that game because I think there was the most beautiful show that I saw in my life, because he was played the sport with a lot of willpower.

This day was especial also I met a nice people, a school friend if I never talk with her. This day was amazing, and I learned a thing, if you want you can, because you are capable.

                                                                                              Leme, Victor

ESEM my new Home <3


Hello Guys , after a long time...

Today I´m going to talk about a cool theme, home. My home today are my school, but, I have a nice home in Sorocaba (My city <3), I was born in there and I love that city OMG. 

Next month I and my friends are going to our homes, because there is our vacantion. But I love my new "Home", because this is a nice place, I have a lot of friends here in my school, and they are so cool. The missing is big, but we can survive, of course we going to talk with  the cellphone.

Sometimes I think it, home is an relative word, because my "official" home is in Sorocaba, Ok, but I think it you make your home, If your home are in the beach, surfing, ok, you have that choice. Now I have two homes, here and in my city, and that´s so cool, because I love these two places. 

(I´m feelig like it because next month we are in vacation)

                                                        Leme, Victor 

Welcome to your new life!

Yo Ho Ho Ho (I'm a pirate today? hahaha)! It's me again guys, Gabriel!

How Are you? I'm aMaZiNG, like every post hehe. In this another awesome post I'll talk with you about my school, my friend. How can I talk about my feelings staying here... It's just wonderful, if my dad didn't work in Sesc Belenzinho, São Paulo (my city), I would never know this school. I'm walking to the end of this year here, but I'm feeling good and bad in the same time... I'll really miss my friends, but I'm missing my old friends too!!

When I arrived in this school everything was new and it appeared to be 10x higher, but the time passes quickly and now this is too small for me...

~Gabriel Meireles de Camargo,

your online friend.

ESEM

   Hi the post of today I will talk about Escola Sesc de Ensino Médio. Well, how can I pass for the school? First I had to pass in a long selective process with an exam with questions objective, interview with the parents or responsible, among others criteria. This is not as simple as seems.

   Finally, in ESEM, I yet can’t say about my expectative before and now, but I can say my feels onward my experiences here. The first impact was stay faraway of my family, in the beginning cry during calls was constant. Soon when I arrived was strange, sleep in a bedroom that I did not know the two girls, but over time we establish a relationship and met us better, slowly it was better and nowadays we already have enough thing in common to conversation and it is normal arrive and see they, conversation about how was the day and how much we just want have a time for sleep.

   However, we had various task here, like: organize the time, do not accumulate things to do, wash clothes, keep the room clean, do not delay to classes, turn off the lights at 10 p.m. It is details that we have to be careful. Besides that, there are moments that we enjoy the amazing moments between friends, lunch marked, because the interaction is the key ingredients of life here. And then this will be the better and good memory of our life.

WE IN THE FUTURE

Karynne Guimarães

ESEM, first step

      Hi guys! Today I will talk my school and how I’m happy studying here!

I study and I live in the same place: Escola SESC de Ensino Médio (ESEM), something like “SESC high school” in English. Many people say that I’m crazy because I left my home and my family in São Paulo to study in Rio de Janeiro, I agree with them in parts, I’m crazy and to study here you need to be a little bit crazy.

      Everything here is intense: studying, having fun, living together… All moments are unique.

      The first thing you do here is choosing your bed, emo, vip or pop. They are named according to the position in the room, emo is the closest to the door one, a little more forward leaning against the same wall is the pop and at the pop’s right leaning against the other wall is vip.

      According your room’s floor, you pertain to some house, Esparta is first floor, Aureum is
second floor and Olimpo is the third one. Each house has a history and principles, the second
and third year students usually teach that to the new ones. After vacation happen a tournament
where the houses compete for the taça das casas, something like “house’s cup in English.
This year Esparta won the cup, <3 my house.
~ Ana Barboza

ESEM changes people

      Hi guys! Today we will talk about ESEM and how it changes people. I will start with an affirmation “I don’t know the Ana before ESEM anymore” it’s strong, I know, but I’m not the same anymore. I know that people usually change over time, but this school do that in a different way, this school do this faster and more deeply I think.

      When you arrive here, you need to live with two others girls or boys that you don’t know and it’s a challenge, because they are very different from you, they are from others two states and very often from two different regions of the country. Everything is new, and living together sometimes isn’t the easiest thing in the world.

      I’m an only child, so sharing a room with two other girls was very new to me, nothing that I couldn’t do. Because of that, I learned to respect their time, their privacy, things that I had never worried before.

      I had to learn many things to live together, now, I believe my mind is more open to new things and I’m veeeery anxious to meet the students who are coming next year and perhaps see myself, see my old self on them.

~Ana Barboza