Brazil - Vivian Brandespim

Please describe your vision of a world that works for everyone.
My vision of a world that works for everyone is first of all respecting the differences with no prejudices, helping how many people I can through talking with them, smiling to them. Besides that, protecting nature, thinking in the future, how we are going to let this world to our children.

What do you see as the most pressing problems facing the world today?
The most pressing problems facing the world today I see is nature problems, like pollution of the air, many possible catastrophes made by Nature because of the action of the man, much horrible violence that you never image how a person could commit it , much missing of love to each other, religions killing in name of God, so much people suffering because of hungry and missing of hope to each other. However, I see many positive things like people trying to keep what there is better inside people and nature, ONGs are good examples of this hope to people an nature.

How do you feel these problems could best be solved?
I feel these problems could best be solved through conscientious of each one, not polluting the air, try to change the effects of catastrophes made by Nature, because this is an action made by us, try to reduce violence investing more in education of children, believing more them, try to convince people that violence and revenge are not the way of happiness. Try more to help someone that needs food, invest in helpful programs to have more people living on better conditions. ONGs are a hope that there is, but if we want a better world on future to our children, we have to start of point of view, first of all, and after act.

Profile
I really like learning foreign languages. I speak Spanish, English an a bit of French (I am learning it) and I intent to learn more 76, including Arabic that for me it is incredible how they talk and write, too different of Portuguese, Chinese, many African languages, Japanese and other ones.

My dream is to became a diplomat, because of in this profession I have to study a lot and subjects that I love like Brazil History, General History, Economy, Geography, International Law, International Politics, Brazilian Literature and how many languages I speak it is wonderful for me and what I like so much is travel around the world.

I love traveling to Araguaia river, localized in Goias, Brazil, every July. It is an important place for me because I go there since I was six, so I have a beautiful link with this part of nature. I feel very stressed at this time because of College an job, so there I can relax, having contact with nature, river, sand, sun, animals, pure air, good songs, meeting interesting people. During the day the best thing to do is look the river flowing, listening good songs, drinking much water, talking. During the night it is pretty good dancing a lot.

I really love reading books. It is my favorite hobby, that is because I study Letters at university, I have to read many books but I enjoy a lot doing it. I learnt to love Literature. The first book I read and I liked so much was Ramsey when I was a teenager. When I was in high school I read many books of Brazilian Romantics like Machado de Assis, Jose de Alencar and others. I also read Cora Coralina, a goiana writer. When I start College, I could know the Classical Literature from many parts of the world. I enjoyed a lot reading Odyssey and many genres of this time of Greece, Edipo king, Lisistrata and other ones. I loved so much when I knew Virginia Woolf, for me a perfect writer of Conscientious flux. Decameron is a perfect book by Boccaccio, Moliere is really interesting and many other writes.

I like so much going to the movies. One I loved was Zuzu Angel, that says about Brazilian`s Dictature, a theme I am interested very much. I also like Comedies, Love Stories like Pretty Woman, War movies and many others.

I wrote last year, helped by a wonderful teacher of Literature I have, an article analyzing where the characters of Mrs. Dalloway walk in London and what they remember about their past in a farm when they were teenagers. I will present this project to the College I study, students and teachers. I am anxious for that.

I worked for two years teaching English to beginner students, children, teenagers and adults. It was an interesting occupation. Now I am dedicating only for university.

I have a little family that I love. I share rooms with my mother, my grandmother and my uncle. I do not have many uncles, aunts or cousins.

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Books Completed:

As A Man Thinketh
Jonathan Livingston Seagull