Why would cities in latin america have excuses?
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Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
You should see major cities in latin america if you think that’s bad. In many countries it’s like they don’t even care.
seeigel@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Education quality is a tip of the iceberg.
Talk to someone who went to a public school in say the dominican republic. I’ve heard stories of years of kids just waiting around with next to no actual teaching involved from someone who was physically there in their childhood. If you don’t go to a private school odds are you aren’t going to get any real education or structure beyond what you pick up at home… and odds are your parents were in the same boat.
The US education system has been nothing like that, it is going to get like that in the south though.
fucking_polite@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I’m from Chile and whenever you’re in a jam and an ambulance needs to get through, cars move out of their way to let it through. In Santiago, at least. We also stop at zebra crossings to let pedestrians cross.
Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Sure and Santiago is a horrible example. I was just there a few months ago. It feels the most like boston of anywhere else in latin america. When I was in el salvador I thought I was gonna get robbed at the airport, where they pat you down at each departure gate.
The wages are livable, the neighborhoods are safe(mostly), the housing is affordable, the food is terrible (compared to lima anyway.) I couldn’t get enough of the mountains.