Romeu Zema: What is missing in Brazil's schools is called discipline, it's called learning principles.
Romeu Zema: In Brazil, what we have today — I talk a lot with some teachers — are students who sometimes come from poorer families who even receive Bolsa Família, and the teacher says, 'they don't come'; when the mother is warned that she might stop receiving Bolsa Família she starts to worry a little.
So, in my opinion, every father and mother should be responsible — whether or not they receive Bolsa Família — for their children's attendance.
Romeu Zema: Just as you need to be up to date with your tax payments, you also need to be up to date with your child's school attendance.
Romeu Zema: Do you understand?