Mar
19
2008
Bruno Afonso
O De Rerum Natura alerta para um debate que vai acontecer em breve. A ideia e’ confrontar a forma como os US tem lidado com a educacao, profundamente democratica e local. E’ democratica - e local - ao ponto de serem as pessoas que moram nas localidades que podem decidir entre tematicas a leccionar, ou mesmo proibir por exemplo, o ensino da evolucao.
Alias, verdade seja dita, a problematica do ensino da teoria cientifica da evolucao jaz pratica e exclusivamente no facto de nao existirem programas nacionais como acontece por toda a Europa. As razoes sao historicas e culturais. Aqui, ninguem gosta de ser dito o que tem que fazer no que toca ‘a sua liberdade de expressao e na educacao dos seus filhos.
Chamo ‘a atencao para um(a?) book review de um livro de Susan Jacoby no New York Times do dia 11 deste mes. Nao tanto pelo livro em si, mas pela review. Esta contextualiza a problematica e sugere ainda outros livros a ler caso o leitor se interesse por este tipo de tematicas.
Tags: Books, Politicas, Science
Oct
05
2007
Bruno Afonso
Licoes de faculdade no youtube. Go UC Berkeley!
Tags: Science, tecnologia, trivia
May
31
2005
Bruno Afonso
First of all, to whoever it may concern, I apologize for the HUGE time I have took to add another entry. This is exciting news for those that are thinking “let’s see his webpage and realize nothing has changed for the 999x time now…” when they click on my webpage link. 
Anyway, the thinking part is mainly due to shift my life will inevitably have on the future weeks/months. First of all, I have officially finished the course-work for the GABBA program and I am now going to visit several labs in the US. So, I will end up either in Cambridge UK or in the US (several possibilities there).
I’m thinking that I will have a hard time alone in a country that is not mine. I’m thinking that I will miss a lot of my dearest friends, the real friends you have made throughout your entire life. I’m thinking as where my relationship with my girlfriend will end up. I’m thinking that I will terribly miss Portuguese sun and exquisite cousine. I’m thinking a lot of things and I still haven’t moved a mm towards a final PhD lab decision.
All this thinking and I am still in Portugal, without a decision made. Too much thinking for not many decisions. Will it be easier in some years? I think not.
I’ll try to keep you (yes, YOU!) posted.