Talking about Generations

By Eline Kullock Today I come not with answers, but with questions. Lately, I’ve been hearing lots of people complaining about how Gen Y doesn’t have the same sense of respect other generations had. They don’t really respect their parents, their elders, or even their Professors. Past generations, knew that their parents had gone through [...]

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By Eline Kullock I just saw a great film that made me reflect about Generation Y. The film is called “Head in the Clouds.” The story takes place during WWII, and is romantic, but also very realistic. What really struck me in the movie was the way in which before the war, people seemed to [...]

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Ruth Muraro Our generation lived for Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Jackson 5, and Michael Jackson. Our Brazilian idols were Leila Diniz, Elis Regina, Tom Jobim, and Chico Buarque. We listened to all thismusic. Religiously.

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Mauro Segura I look around, and realize how much new technologies are slowly but surely, invading schools and Universities. My son studies “Engineering and Production” at the University “UFRJ.” His Economics Professor Maura Montella, asked her class to complete a project, in which the finished product would be a video about the black market.

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How much power do kids have today? Are you one of those people, who think kids are all pure, innocent and truthful? Or maybe you just believe that kids are all angels and gifts from God? OK, maybe it could happen until a certain age, or maybe they do were like that for a while. [...]

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As children, we learn that fear is a perfectly acceptable and normal emotion. As we watch young kids, it’s rather funny that they sometimes fear the most harmless things. As adults, we are able to ease their fears, and calm them down. But what about when we grow up? Who helps us overcome our adult [...]

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I want to recommend this video to you.   As a very young child, I used to watch this television series. This “TV family” illustrates what a typical real life family used to look like. At that time, daddy knew everything.  Daddy knew best.  When we wanted something, we always turned to Daddy. He knew about [...]

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I’ve already written about how unprepared and unqualified many Brazilian teachers are.  However, I haven’t yet spoken about how unprepared our own children are, when it comes to learning. The 2009 June edition of the Brazilian magazine “ISTO E,” contained an article titled ““Profissão de risco: professor” (“Teachers:  A Risky Profession.”) The fact is that [...]

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Can any baby boomer honestly claim that they aren’t afraid of getting old? “Old” just isn’t cool. I remember my grandmother, an old woman with a head of white hair, knitting in her rocking chair. She would cook for us, make us snacks, and was always around. Needless to say, she didn’t work. Women only [...]

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Velocity. Our world spins with great velocity. It keeps getting faster, and faster, and faster. Actually the word velocity doesn’t even begin to explain the rhythm of our lives. I can’t find the right world. I can’t find the word that depicts the frenetic accumulation of information, and the constant change, which surrounds us. I [...]

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