I'm back from this hiatus and ready to keep going.
To be fully prepared for school we need much more than pen and pencil. In this day and age we also need a computer.
In Portuguese: computador
In Russian: компьютер (kompyuter)
Talking about computers, did you know that in Russia, they have a social network of their own? Some call it the Russian Facebook, but it's much more than that. It's called "VKontakte" (VK) for short. It means (in contact).