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Tuesday, the 28th of March 2023: “Financial Struggles and Self-Respect in Brazil”!!!

3 de January, 2024 No Comments

Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 28 °C, hot, sunny, and slightly cloudy. It is still the beginning of the week, but it seems further in the week, like Wednesday evening or Thursday. This month, I have been trying to reorganise my finances by renegotiating my class fees with my pupils. It has been exactly a year since I last increased my […]

Wednesday, the 15th of March 2023: “The Right Way: A Teacher’s Journey in Copacabana”!!!

7 de December, 2023 No Comments

Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 38 °C, hot, sunny and slightly overcast. It is Wednesday the 15th, and half the month has gone by. I am an English teacher; I have been one for about 25 years. In 2001, I established a small school called “Right Way English School Ltda.” In the Centro Commercial de Copacabana, an old commercial building and […]