Storys

After years of walking to the Education Center by foot, my husband and I bought my father’s car. So I was able to go to work by car. Milana (14 years old) noticed that. She drew her own conclusion from it: “You must have been on a diet for a long time so that you can finally drive with your car to the Education Center.”

I was on my way to the Education Center with Darlene (13 years old) and Neiva (10 years old) when Darlene proudly said: “Now I have only good grades in school and I am doing the tests without any problems”. “Ah, I know why,” Neiva replied, “that’s because you’re studying at Delta Cultura now.” “Of course” Darlene replied, “The school should send all the children to Delta Cultura.”

I was putting adhesive tape on pictures when Deila (5 years old) came over and started peeling the tape off the roll. “Don’t do that, Deila, otherwise we won’t have any more adhesive tape when we need it, and we do not have the money to buy new ones either.” Deila stopped and obviously thought a little bit and then asked: “Who is buying the tape?” “Delta Cultura” was my logical answer. However, not so logical for Deila: “Does Delta Cultura have hands?”

Martin (5 years old) came up with this question out of nowhere: “Why did God bring us into the world?” Ariany, also 5 years old, obviously couldn’t find any sense in this question: “Jassica, Martin’s head is not entirely clear today.”

I wanted to motivate my son Rodrigo (10 years old) to do certain things and I tried to explain it to him like this: “If your room is dirty, you have to clean it like I clean mine. And if you see dirty dishes, you have to wash them, like I wash them. And you have to put your clothes folded up in the cupboard just as nicely as I do…” He didn’t listen to me for a long time, but replied very firmly: “If you want someone who does everything the way you do it, you need a robot…”

I study math with Leonilde (11 years old) almost every day. One day she asked me if I finished school. I said yes and asked why she wanted to know. “Because you explain much better than the teachers in school do. With you, I always understand everything but with the teachers not.” A few days later I sat with an older student and learned mathematics. Leonilde came over and took a quick look at what we were learning. Then she said with a serious expression: “Zito, you have to stay at Delta Cultura until I finish school, otherwise I’ll never be able to pass in math.”