The school is the community

                                     

We came to Brazil to learn Portuguese and we picked our school years before we came. We picked it because of a connection with one of the professor. He was patient and kind and so engaging in our online classes that we couldn't wait to enroll full time and become friends in person. As luck would have it he is married to the school's director and she is equally amazing and we are humbled at their friendship. So of course they have a cool school filled with cool people who have cool stories and we are lucky to be associated. Our friend visited from the United States recently and said she was stoked that we had found community here. I don't think we really appreciated it as such until she did. These are our peeps!  They know what is happening with us, worry about us during the storms, would notice if we weren't there and are gracious and kind in many ways. Our school is our community and one would think someone who has studied community learning for so many years would have embraced that fact before now.