Word: friburgo
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...Nova Friburgo is a three hours' drive northwest of Rio, well into the mountains. The town's population is around 100,000, and most people work for the tourists. There are 150 Mobral centers there. Two teachers we spoke to claimed 90% of their students actually pass the final test-about double the national average...
...classes are held in a school-house on a hill above Nova Friburgo. The road to the school stops just beyond the door and turns into a footpath that leads up the hill to the shantytown that is home for most of the Mobral students. There are three classrooms, and at night about 80 students crowd onto the two-man benches to learn to read under four naked light bulbs dangling from the ceiling. They are working people, as their rough hands and faded clothes attest. They are clearly still not used to handling a pencil; they clutch them...
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