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18 â€" THE COLBORNE CHRONICLE â€" Thursday, November 18, 2004 "<alt uo ult a t mt ol ttognc es T . o( /. 9 gaq. 1y . g. .n 0 F B 1) to C(anada): Thais takes in Cramahe TOM TaZl O @an1a0Ua2). en e a en ies s c um c mm omm en mm nmmene omm mm apmenmcmnmnmmemmemmnmmugrnu rart § frotmane epersnemromnen Piia‘+ o | yBo8 LUWwEN To hnb io f sid :o veon o oet in Bd t t 1 0 ob ui i s jhile+~C. > chronicle@bellnet.ca . f ”.’ Wathey s WWL““A)M* XMERSMTIO Mc )o t uit enc ooo 0y# It‘s a long way from Piracicaba, Brazil to P n % _,';f’mfié'.“ PA T9 J um ty s | Cramahe Township in more ways than P l oib i Pyb ol uis uo on ercllliit e . ) one. That‘s what Rotary exchange student, . 4 & 1 ° f * n § Thais Bdine is finding. 4 L a o P _ | A perfect emissary for the Rotary: * h ) .:_‘ ,5‘ \ [« »~_°~~~Sape w * "F,hs ~ d C .A ns A | program, the 17â€"yearâ€"old Brazilian sparkles " Â¥ t:\.wi P | i9 : LA g;, ME ui parth,. o2 2C {4 .'- ;.r s y > as she tells her story, engaging all around f \;’ j e y eA Ja*./ 200""""" C ¢ f& e Cl br uc her with her charm and typical striking f j *e"© * a :“.'fm'» biniiate "fl' Lo ons ; | (Pk, dark features. P p $ | .w d P Thais left her home town in the south . W ::« 4 f’ ie #..\~ Je east of Brazil late in August, leaving e f M ~sry} behind her mother, Winnifred, her father, .. § BA hy l , | N , e Hamid, younger brothers Hamid and . M j f â€"â€" «l P00 $ / § Gabriel and a host of friends. 44 e / | n She is now living with the Ed Van E* ] "Phc. CG, % 1ike * P Egmond family on their farm west of Ad â€" Aitapomment \‘ # t | Â¥*A * o * u6e Dundonald, and will stay there until a ol \\ f : | m _* e & y = Â¥ : .__ January when she moves to Brighton. t onl ’: [ â€" iprnin i. ‘ | : oX ) 60 % | \ e Wl \ e | ' | f j F | ~__ FINE TUNING A SECOND LANGUAGE & s e 3 8 ‘ : ‘ A 9 & 3 She came to Canada to improve her , f \ * 1J â€" Cl fluency in English, but her decision hasn‘t ‘Qk » | A j been without cost. N ** 4 1 Brazilian exchange student Thais Bdine, left and above, has flipped seasons for oi arat tds . @ A her North American student exchange visit. Left, it‘s nearly summertime south of seasons are opposite to Canada‘s. Thais \\ J i _ the equator. Above Brazilian skiing ig on offer durin canaéian summe C was in her final year of high school and niinnnemae i 9 5 T. would have completed her secondary N O0Ont [eics sistimes ti this tha Fartiof that un o um u c c.imat? cyumt g?;lgfiat(i)c])]n célebl{lal?i%n]incluldes a huge more extreme than that at home. She at 12:40 p.m. At high school, all courses are positions as upward mobility $ beach party. Her class planned to go for 10 _ Started the fall on the ENSS cross country . mandatory and the same subjects are taken While the availability tfres quality days. Every high school graduate who can teili(lln: aChlf}YelrnguetX;:le}:gtt fl}l;llSheS before .. yefflgfll;égg threte § Each day, education was surprising to the teen, afford it heads to Porto Seguro to celebrate . CO T}elr W\Ei?interp tem erat?xrgrf:n]g;zgiil rota(iiroer{1 are taken in a weekly public safety, the friendliness of Uiecggg:lpletwn Obthisistase s Shofl averaeges- 10â€"15 degrpees Celsius. In the In thé semestered Ontario system, there figé’i’&fifi:;g th(f wealth in this country educ ; 3 7 e" zed. | It wasn‘t only the final year and its . Summer it‘s up to 25â€"35. ?rf 300}11;)}11%6; S»ngrff;e learns much more in a And she loves her host family. festivities that made leaving difficult. ons antroetmamts ; 01_1 the night of her interview there was ]‘hais Ti i Wag Slffl'lmrm iestsc bof Thais has floted r;fimerous differences CHRISTMAS AT THE BEACH ongoing banter amongst a handf{fl of young to her friends cuada she will take credits for _ between Canada and Brazil. Christmas is stuck right in the middle of People in their late teens and carly mt au n uon 1tga‘-§1m 5 1’1§h0 y Now in grade 12 at ENSS, she has found _ a twoâ€"month summer break in Brazil, Fwenties â€" all in the family kitchen with th j thisschoo! yoar at BMSS n AHsol (NCX our system unlike hers Thais‘ family spends the holida TV going and grandma bustlin ts i will be credited to her home school for P alt f 4 a y y at the â€" the back ) SCing around in eaghtith fmere f ¢ To begin, she marvels all children in beach. They open their gifts Christmas initi ground. It‘s Thais get over her gui{uta Te lubs from Canada, New Zealand _ this country can obtain a quality education Eve. On the 25th, she and her 40 cousing lTlal homesickness. | doAarytc 111‘a T ere contaciéd when she â€" at no cost. At home, everyone who can have a huge lunch on the beach. 4 hais was taken aback in her first w apUeapert t in I § Cey ; afford it pays for private schooling, the rest _ Thais says the roles of men and wo 0 find that in Canada we c . was considering the program. The : f % M & § , mMen â€" streets j an walk the : tacts worked out, so she‘s Eet public education, All of Thais‘s are becoming less defined now in Brazi] home in safety.: That doesn‘t ha gspea ian contac k ut, S education has been at private schools. But it is common to have maids. Thesé cgme where ](idnappings and robbegien at 3 $ A i 7 i 3 mm SEn t She‘s already learned our climate is School at home starts at 7 a.m. and ends women are paid poorly, but they see onplace. re C | 8