Piauí: Orgulho da Educação Brasileira
Mr. President, our star student, he passed the IM exam while still in his second year of public school, having completed all of his high school education in public schools in Piauí, and he participated in numerous Olympiads. And he has a statement saying that what inspired him to start dedicating himself to this? Tell me about it. My initial inspiration to have this greater drive for my studies came when I started to think that studies are n't just for me, they're for my whole family. And these are for God and for all those people who are going through, let's say , moments when they sometimes think it's too difficult, but we are all going through a lot of hardship right now . So may this always be an inspiration to many people as well. Very good. It 's a pleasure to meet you, sir, as I've dreamed of meeting you since I was very young . to be having a wonderful experience from the previous one. And since I was born, I grew up accepting the MST's agrarian reform, [music] I'm 17 years old, I'm finishing my third year of high school and I grew up believing that education was the only way to transform my life. However, like many young people from the countryside, he knew that some dreams seemed too distant. Until one day I realized that when a government truly invests in education, even the impossible can begin to become reality. So, the trip to Singapore didn't just change my resume, it changed my way of seeing the world, it created my dreams. And all I have to say is thank you all and thank you very much for believing in the youth of our country and for showing through actions that a young person from the countryside can conquer the world, and for believing that education is the greatest tool for social transformation. I have to thank you and the implementation of the full-time high school program, because it has greatly improved our study time. I'm sure everyone here has changed their perspective, and the dreams we had are no longer the same. The level of dreams one has after returning from Portugal, especially for someone who returned in good health, someone from Lisbon, it 's something else. So, all I have to do is express my gratitude . And I had the opportunity to visit Lisbon and leave with a different mindset, having traveled from Pí to Lisbon. And from Lisbon to here, I also had a different experience because I had the opportunity to realize that young people from the interior of Piauí, from Teresina, from public schools, can also dream, can also realize their dreams. So I am very grateful to each and every one of you for the education in Brazil. I'm here discussing the educational evolution of the state of Pambi, which is among the best in this country. And now that you're working full-time, you've told me that you don't even want to go back home anymore. Even on Saturdays we come to school and we like it, we love being here. Savings are also a very important incentive in the lives of students in the state and public school system, because with the savings we have the opportunity to buy things that are important to us in terms of our studies, in short, everything. Thank you so much for this, for giving us this opportunity to be here talking with you today, because you being here in Piauí isn't just about politics, it's about the most important public figure in Brazil, seeing our state, seeing our project, seeing that we are moving forward, that we are managing, through minds like ours, public school students , to advance beyond the horizons, beyond the barriers.