RODRIGO  OLIVIERA
 
 Rod ( as we called him ) came to live with us is January 1998. He attended Central High school as a junior. Rod was our first son, and a perfect gentleman. We could not have asked for a son that could have been any better than Rod. Always willing to help around the house, or in the yard, never having to be asked to do something, just doing without having to be told, or asked. Rod called us dad and mom, the second student to call us that. He was and always will be our first son.
A typical teenager, he and "his sister" ( our daughter ) Laura got along very well together, having fun, and friendly fights, as all brothers and sisters do, they really got along great. Rod fit in to our family as if he had always been here. We will miss him a lot.
    Rod's one passion in life was and is, " SOCCER", he ate, slept, and lived soccer. He had to be the biggest soccer fan Brazil had, in the Baton Rouge area.
    He enjoyed watching soccer on TV, and had friends over every chance he got so they could all enjoy it together.  When the World Cup Matches began Rod was glued to the   Television every chance he got. Rod enjoyed school and worked very hard at his schoolwork, coming to us with very little English skills, he learned fast, and left to go home speaking English as well as an American.

Football in Brazil isn't simply a sport. It's the ball game of cunning and dribbling. It's the game which reflects the own nationality of a land dominated by the passion of the ball. In the game space, Brazilian football is capable of  forgetting even the objective of scoring, certain that virtue without joy is a contradiction. Winning the World Cup or not, we are the champions of the passion aroused by the ball!

 
 
 
THE ATTALES FAMILY and RODRIGO
Portuguese is the national language. In Brazil, Portuguese is spoken with a rithmic intonation and in a relaxed way unknown in Portugal. It has a flavor of its own, typical of a young, dynamic country.Today one might say that Brazilians speak "Brazilian". English is the second language spoken in most areas, especially in hotels, shops, restaurants, and other tourist spots.
Brazil's 3,319,666 square miles (or 8,511,965 square kilometers) cover almost half (~47%) of South America.
Brazil's coastline runs along the Atlantic Ocean for over 11,919 miles (7,408 Kilometers) of white sandy beaches.
 
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