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bdbarnett1
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 Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 4:00 am Post subject: |
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I don't agree. The curriculum in Mexican primary and preschool does not focus on basics, but is chock full of “Mexico”. From kinder they study Mexican history. From first grade they have the following subjects, Spanish, Math, Natural Sciences, (Mexican)History, (Mexican)Geography, (Mexican)Civics, PE and art. But PE is only once a week and art is once a holiday rolls around. The levels of Patriotism in Mexican primary schools puts the US to shame. The only poetry and literature touched on from K to 5 (the grade my children are currently in) is nationalistic (with the exception of the crap they dedicate to “motherhood” in May.) The country would be much better off if kindergarten was play based and 1-3 only studied Spanish and Math. And I'm not shy about sharing that opinion with everyone I meet, especially my children's teachers.
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I'm glad you posted this. I was looking at the Tercer Grado curriculum the other day http://www.curriculobasica.sep.gob.mx/index.php/prog-primaria for my daughter, who will be beginning in August. For Social Studies, it says "La Entidad donde vivo"...is that about the state they live in?
I noticed that several of the other subjects (etica, art) are chock full of Mexican culture, like you said. I don't really have a problem with that, per se, but we shall see. I'm not a super-patriotic American, so my kids might end up feeling more Mexican before it's all over. |
Yes. In third grade they get a text book about the state the live in.
And the subject called " civics y etica" is all about Mexican laws they work in a bit about how to be a good friend but not much general ethics. Most teachers don't use the state supplied art books but they are nice actually. There is also a PE book but my kids have never used it when I asked about that they said it was for teachers in rural schools where there isn't a trained PE teacher.
Even in health it's very Mexico specific. In first grade my daughter got an exam question wrong. She was asked to draw a healthy breakfast. She drew yogurt fruit and granola. It was wrong because the answer was eggs beans and tortillas. When I tried to argue with the teacher. She said I shouldn't complain since my daughter got a nine when there were kids in the class who had failed. |
That Mexican breakfast doesn't sound too healthy! When my daughter was attending the Indian school here, she had a similar question (she got it right) and the answer was several foods I'd never heard of, with the exception of mango. Gotta love the expat life  |
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