Mexicans skip school

azcentral ^ | 1/3/04 | Susan Ferris

[freedom44]

APASEO EL GRANDE, Mexico - It's difficult to concentrate on algebra when your mother is planning to smuggle you over the U.S.-Mexican border soon.

It's difficult to focus on civics when you fear that your part-time job mixing animal feed might become full time if your family needs more money.

[nuconvert]

"Her mother lives in the United States, although she's not sure where. Her father, who went to the United States to work when she was 9, sends money and calls her."

2 comments. 1)This is a parental problem. 2) Mexico needs to spend more on education. Period.

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[Zipporah]

..Mexico's economy won't improve, economic analysts agree, unless it can improve its failing public school system..

Mexico is far from a poor country. The distribution of wealth is the problem. Let the elitist Mexicans take care of their own instead of encouraging them to cross the border and have the American taxpayers taken on the responsibility of their education and healthcare. The 2nd largest income producer for Mexico is the money sent back from the US.

[68skylark]

It's difficult to concentrate on algebra when your mother is planning to smuggle you over the U.S.-Mexican border soon.

It's difficult to focus on civics when you fear that your part-time job mixing animal feed might become full time. . . .

It also is hard to learn when your classroom lights are burned out. . . .

A hard-edged reality intrudes in the classrooms of Technical Middle School No. 8 in Apaseo El Grande.

Oh please -- if all this were true then children in US in the 17th, 18th and 19th century could never learn anything.

If a family values education, their children will learn. If they don't the kids won't.

[dagnabbit]

I'm sure it's hard to concentrate with visions of Jorge Bush Amnesty-plums dancing in their heads.

[mtbopfuyn]

Oh please -- if all this were true then children in US in the 17th, 18th and 19th century could never learn anything. If a family values education, their children will learn. If they don't the kids won't.

True.

[mtbopfuyn]

The 2nd largest income producer for Mexico is the money sent back from the US.

True and needs to be repeated and repeated until Americans wake up.

[joesnuffy]

You mean the rich international companies that all moved to Mexico arent paying their share of taxes to benefit ALL Mexicans?

[whereasandsoforth]

Mexico has had centuries to evolve. There are real reason why it is still laboring with third world status. One is their "National Pride". What's there to be so proud of and what is so terrific about the "culture"? It's people are clamoring to leave the place. I wouldn't be so proud of dismal failure repeatindg itself over and over again for hundreds of years.

[Jakarta ex-pat]

I've seen the movie "Stand and deliver".

The whole article muct be utter codswallop.

[gcruse]

Yet Mexico's economy won't improve, economic analysts
agree, unless it can improve its failing public school system.

Oddly enough, they seem to do okay once they are ensconced
north of the border.  Maybe education isn't the most important
factor to be considered in Mexico's economy...

[logan]

The 2nd largest income producer for Mexico is the money sent back from the US.

True and needs to be repeated and repeated until Americans wake up.

What do you mean by this? If someone wants to come and pick soybeans and sleep in their car in Iowa and send money back to imrpove the lot of their family or their home village, I think it's a good thing.

[Moonman62]

What do you mean by this? If someone wants to come and pick soybeans and sleep in their car in Iowa and send money back to imrpove the lot of their family or their home village, I think it's a good thing.

I don't. It discourages productivity improvements in our agricultural industry, puts a strain on our social services, encourages vote buying by Republicans and Democrats, and encourages the Mexican light skinned to send what they consider undesirables north of the border.

[FITZ]

Her father, who went to the United States to work when she was 9, sends money and calls her. "The important thing is to be with him," she said looking down and wiping tears.

Yes --- just drop out (don't even bother to study English), get to the USA, have babies and your problems are over. We'll provide you lifelong welfare handouts. Don't even try to improve yourself over there.

[FITZ]

pick soybeans and sleep in their car in Iowa and send money back

Sure --- millions of families sleeping out of cars working for dirt wages and relying on our welfare programs to "lift" them out of poverty??? Real great for our society. Not so great for their own --- no one's sticking around to improve anything down there. They aren't investing in schools, businesses or much of anything anymore. Their "leader" is telling them all they need to do is move to the USA and we're going to give them access to all great things.

[Henrietta]

"In 2002, only 60 percent of high school students graduated. "

Actually, I think this rather closely mirrors the percentage of hispanic kids that graduate from high school in many parts of the U.S. So why all the whining?

[Henrietta]

"Her mother lives in the United States, although she's not sure where. Her father, who went to the United States to work when she was 9, sends money and calls her. "

Gee, just think, if they had taken her along with, she'd be getting a first class education in the United States, and on our nickel. Then she could stay, have babies out of wedlock, be on welfare, and start the whole cycle over again. All on our dime, of course.

[logan]

Well, I suppose I was thinking about the money-flow from the mexican point of view. For most families, this is the best opportunity they have, so I have a hard time faulting them for trying.

[migrant worker jobs] encourages the Mexican light skinned to send what they consider undesirables north of the border.

Is there a color barrier in mexico? I've heard there's some class stratification based on who is more abboriginal (sp?), but I didn't know it had to do with skin color.