Through OBMEP, mathematics multiplies dreams in Piauí.
Reproduction from TV Clube , an affiliate of TV Globo in Piauí.
By Jussara Santa Rosa, Neyara Pinheiro, Walter Júnior, Fernando Cardoso, Osiel Pontes – Finalists in the Mathematics category of the 2019 IMPA-SBM Journalism Award
Natália is the daughter of Seu Geraldo and Dona Socorro, a farming couple who live in the rural area of the municipality of Cocal dos Alves, in northern Piauí. Dona Socorro can sign her name and read a few words. Seu Geraldo is illiterate. The couple's eldest daughter has already gone further in her studies than her parents imagined.
"She's going to be someone who has a bright future ahead of her, she's going to have a job in life," says Socorro.
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And do you know why Mrs. Socorro can now dream so big? It's because Natália won a gold medal in the last edition of the OBMEP (Brazilian Mathematics Olympiad for Public Schools). For the family, an unbelievable and exciting achievement.
"She won a medal through her own effort. She says it was her own effort, and it really was. She fought hard to win," says Socorro.
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