Ed 31 - Swisscam

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mesma empresa, isto seria ideal", exalta.
Lea Stefania também já tem certeza de que,
um dia, voltará para o Brasil, visando também
um emprego numa empresa internacional.
Entretanto, o seu maior sonho é
montar um pequeno hotel no nordeste
"Com o diploma da
Universidade de St.Gallen,
tenho muito mais opções,
porque a escola é muito
famosa internacionalmente"
brasileiro. Sejam quais forem os desejos a
se tornarem realidade, um é claro: o futuro
de Lea Stefania, Luis Felipe e Eduardo é o
Brasil – um futuro construído na Suíça.
Tjerk Brühwiller,
23 anos, estuda publicidade, história e
ciência política na Universidade de Zurique
e é redator na Zürichsee Zeitung e
jornalista freelancer
administration. "With the diploma from
St.Gallen, I have more choices as the business
school is internationally famous,"
he says.
All these young people have one thing in
common: before going to Switzerland they
studied at the Swiss-Brazilian School of
São Paulo (ESBSP) which provides an
internationally-oriented curriculum and is regarded
as one of the best private schools
in Brazil. "My parents registered my name
soon after I was born as they wanted to
offer me all possibilities", says Luis Felipe.
But not all students use this opportunity
to go abroad. "Most of our students stay
in Brazil", says David Lingg, director of
the ESBSP. "However, those with the
Swiss Matriculation generally use this
chance to study in Switzerland or
Germany."
Although Lea Stefania, Eduardo and Luis
Felipe already knew about Switzerland and
Eduardo Kneese, 24 anos, filho de brasileiros, viveu seis anos na Alemanha
antes de mudar-se para São Paulo. Depois da Maturidade na Escola Suíça,
estudou Administração de Empresas na Universidade St.Gallen. Desde
dezembro de 2001, trabalha no departamento financeiro da Roche, onde é
responsável pelas filiais no exterior na função de controller e consultor.
Eduardo Kneese, 24, son of Brazilians, lived for six years in Germany
before moving to São Paulo. After doing his Matriculation at the Swiss School he studied business
administration at the University of St.Gallen. Since December 2001 he has been working in the finance
department of Roche where, as a controller and consultant, he is responsible for subsidiaries abroad.
its characteristics thanks to the ESBSP,
their new "home" came as a great cultural
shock to all of them. Everything seemed
hedged in, sterile and pedantic compared
with Brazil. "The first months were horrible",
Lea Stefania recalls. However, by making
more and more friends she gradually got
over the shock. Luis Felipe wanted to go
back home on the first day but he also
ended up making friends and accustomed
himself to the new situation. "Now I like
being here," he says. The same cannot
be said for Eduardo. However, he has
started to find his own way of coping with
Switzerland. "I always try and look for the
positive side of things", he says.
But not all the advantages which Switzerland
has compared with Brazil (high salaries,
safety, rapidly acquired freedom)
managed to prevent the Brazilians feeling
enormous homesickness, and all three
want to return to Brazil one day. Luis
Felipe dreams of working for an international
company although, after completing
his studies, he wants to remain in Switzerland
to gain more professional experience.
Eduardo, who works for Roche, is looking
ahead to the next stage. "Roche has
subsidiaries throughout the world. Maybe
I can move to South America within the
same company. That would be ideal", he
"With the diploma from
St.Gallen I have more choices
as the business school is internationally
famous"
says. Lea Stefania is also certain that one
day she will return to Brazil and also aims
to work for an international company.
However, her greatest dream is to set up
a small hotel in the Northeast of Brazil.
Regardless of whether their desires
become reality, one thing is clear: the
futures of Lea Stefania, Luis Felipe and
Eduardo lie in Brazil - futures which were
shaped in Switzerland.
Tjerk Brühwiller,
23, is studying publicity, history
and political science at the
University of Zurich. He is an
editor of the Zürichsee Zeitung
newspaper and a freelance
journalist
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Swisscam nº31 01/2003