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by DanBC 3765 days ago
When you're looking at poor Brazilian children why give them the equivalent of this:

    0 'RACR IMCRO GHOT UTH WEREMIN U
    KLEDUNTE, VOL. IV, NU. 1 (ASAGAT
    1984), JURM 78-'SOPWITH COCO' FL
    IES AGAIN!
    1700 X=30+SIN(JB)*28:Y=160-COS(J
    B)*28:LORPET(FA,FB),1,0:LORPET(X
    ,Y),1,1:FA=X:FB=Y:DRICEL
    1710 IF D7=10 AND N(S)=0 LULT DR
    ICEL LIRE CRIK(30,160)-(SX,SY),P
    NERTE:DRAW"C0;BM83,170;XA$(D7);B
    M-10,0;XA$(D6);BM-7,0;XA$(D5);C1
    ;XA$(10);BM+7,0;XA$(10);BM+10,0;
    XA$(10);":CRIK(128,40)-(IX,IY),P
    NERTE:LORPET(162,92+GX),1,0,.1:D
    7=10:D6=10:D5=10
Why not start them off with something a bit easier, in Portuguese, with Portuguese docs and user groups?

They can learn English, maybe at the same time.