Passagens de Magalhães

In these coming days, I am somewhat distant from our Blog due to study commitments. I carefully considered how to carry forward this entire endeavor alongside the Blog posts, but even so, I don’t see much effort being possible, since it is necessary to dedicate oneself solely to one thing: studying. I am preparing for the Civil Service Exam of the Federal Chamber of Deputies. That said, our Blog is also a constructive space where I publish the trends I observe, and I thought: I will combine both needs, at least until March 8 (the exam date). During this period, I decided it would be best to post about the Civil Service Exam and also to show the reality of Brazilians who face this battle: the pursuit of a public position. The position I am applying for is Legislative Technical Analyst , an exam whose syllabus covers 10 very specific subjects: Portuguese Language, Ethics and Decorum, Constitutional Law and Legislative Process, Analytical Reasoning, Political Science, Governance and Man...

Today we are going to talk about Mathematical Logical Reasoning. As we call it here in Brazil, RLM is undoubtedly a very arduous subject for those preparing for Civil Service Exams in pursuit of better career opportunities—in other words, employability. The level of RLM questions in Brazil is extremely strict, at least in our context. I believe it is no different in other countries. Our Civil Service Exams have been addressing highly advanced perspectives, with Herculean difficulty. Covering combinations, probabilities, and propositions, it is important to understand that RLM is not taught in public schools; rather, Mathematics is. It is similar to what happens with Law graduates: universities do not produce lawyers, but rather law graduates, who may then take the OAB exam—the Brazilian Bar Association—to register with the professional body, since these are different environments of practice. The same applies to Mathematics and RLM. The greatest enemy of beginners in RLM is the fam...