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Literacy and populism
Thoughts 2/24 The massive doses of populism are largely due to the deficit in historical literacy and even the deficit in mathematical...

Eduardo Rui Alves
Jan 7, 20241 min read


Conscience
Thoughts 01/24 Finally, we are becoming conscience of the importance of being conscious. (topic to be developed soon) Eduardo Rui Alves...

Eduardo Rui Alves
Jan 2, 20241 min read


Berlusconi died
6/12/2023 At someone's funeral, it is hoped that there will be an opportunity to acknowledge the deceased's positive contributions....

Eduardo Rui Alves
Jun 13, 20231 min read


Scientific Publications
Manuel João Ramos, an anthropologist Portuguese, talks about the universe of academic publications, a millionaire business. Who would...

Eduardo Rui Alves
Mar 24, 20231 min read


Why be a teacher?
A young teacher, on the outskirts of Lisbon, teaches in two schools and explanations in a study centre. On weekends she dresses like a...

Eduardo Rui Alves
Feb 20, 202313 min read


7 TIPS
We all like to give advice, about everything and about nothing, especially without anyone asking us.

Eduardo Rui Alves
Feb 10, 20233 min read


The monumental river
August 23, 2022 Almost every country in Europe has a river. Some countries share the same river. In Portugal, we have the Tagus, ours,...

Eduardo Rui Alves
Oct 3, 20221 min read


Still the cold of the night
September 30, 2022 Cold dawn. After waking up it feels good to feel the cold of the morning, without a single tin. All life seems...

Eduardo Rui Alves
Oct 3, 20221 min read


The warm autumn afternoons
September 26, 2022 Autumn has just arrived, but there is a summer heat swarm that still reigns, already with the golden tones typical of...

Eduardo Rui Alves
Oct 3, 20221 min read


Three trees
September 26, 2022 A stop at noon, waiting for someone to come. There's nothing to do but wait. The look discovers details: three trees...

Eduardo Rui Alves
Oct 3, 20221 min read


The afternoon departs
September 18, 2022 It's always the magic moment of the day. A water line: the River Sado that leaves towards Setúbal. But it doesn't...

Eduardo Rui Alves
Oct 3, 20221 min read


Clay and plants
September 17, 2022 On a hot afternoon, there to the sides of the Alentejo, between Arez and Vale de Guizo. The clay that comes from the...

Eduardo Rui Alves
Oct 3, 20221 min read


September, when it all begins
2022/08/31 The first challenge is to manage time. It's about 160 days of school. More classes for kindergarten and 1st cycle, less for...

Eduardo Rui Alves
Aug 31, 20222 min read


Pencil Factory
How to make a pencil in A factory that defied time? S. João da Madeira, Aveiro district, 45 km from the city of OPorto, Portugal. There's...

Eduardo Rui Alves
Feb 4, 20221 min read


A New Year in Portugal
I would say that the defeated parties will first have to ask which country we have in 2022. Leave for a moment the beaten phrases, and,...

Eduardo Rui Alves
Feb 1, 20223 min read


Is remission possible?
Redeeming our sins is a concept that came at a cost in my mind at the age of 13 or 14 in the long conversations of catechesis at St....

Eduardo Rui Alves
Jan 7, 20222 min read


European primitivism
There is a tremendous European primitivism. We live overshadowed in Europe by powerful technology and an age-old heritage based on Greek...

Eduardo Rui Alves
Dec 15, 20214 min read


The stomp of affections
There are smiles, tenderness and contentment. There is a tranquillity that blends well with the Sun of a Sunday morning. Sunday morning....

Eduardo Rui Alves
Dec 13, 20213 min read


Daniel, the blind man who sees as a bat
It moves by producing clicks with the tongue. His ears take care of the space that surrounds him, the shapes, the textures, the...

Eduardo Rui Alves
Jul 26, 20211 min read


A headless body
I imagine every corner of Paris of poor people, cafés where they serve wine from the provinces. I lost my head and bought two books by...

Eduardo Rui Alves
Mar 1, 20192 min read
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