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jenjenjen3
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 Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 5:00 pm Post subject: Educaz or Life in Monterrey |
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I am hopefully moving to Monterrey to be a teacher for Educaz. I was wondering if anyone in this forum has any experience with this company, or with living in Monterrey?
What is Monterrey like? Do you like it there?
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Samantha
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Location: Mexican Riviera
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| Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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| There is information on both, if you use the forum search function to unearth it. A couple of forum posters live in Monterrey. |
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jpvanderwerf2001
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 5:43 am Post subject: |
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I lived in Monterrey for ten months, and enjoyed it there. The city is big enough to find what you want, yet I found it quite manageable. The people are great, and there are many creature comforts for Americans (McDs, the like).
One thing I disliked was its similarity to American cities. Not that I dislike American cities, per se, but it just wasn't "far enough" away for me (I should've done my homework better before going, in retrospect  ).
The weather is desert-like, and the city has gorgeous mountains jutting about the edge.
All-in-all, I would say you could end up in much worse places (one of the cesspools on the US/Mex border such as Mexicali or Nuevo Laredo), or in much better places in Mexico (such as San Luis Potosi or Guanajuato).
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El Gallo
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Albeit they are ravaged by the US/Mexico drug cartel wars, I think calling someone's hometown a "cesspool" is a bit racist. |
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Samantha
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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The poster didn't make mention of the seriously worst crime-ridden border city, Ciudad Juarez, (or even Tijuana) so the homework wasn't done before making that comment. See this sad news article circulating today.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/youth/01/18/09/mexico-narco-junior-teenagers-kill-drug-rivals
Mexicali doesn't fall into that category. As a matter of fact my sister-in-law and her family live in Mexicali, where they work and own homes. They do have other options, but they are happy with life there. It's the capital city of Baja California and has the advantages. Many people live in Mexicali and commute across the border to Calexico to work. |
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jpvanderwerf2001
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| Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:03 am Post subject: |
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| El Gallo wrote: |
| Albeit they are ravaged by the US/Mexico drug cartel wars, I think calling someone's hometown a "cesspool" is a bit racist. |
How is that "racist"? It's my opinion, and has nothing to do with race. Hey, Detroit is a cesspool, too--does that make me a racist? There are towns in Minnesota that I'd call cesspools, too, would that be "racism"? Yours was a ridiculous statement.
I must've seen a bad area in Mexicali, but I spent a weekend there with my friend (who's from there) and it didn't appear very different to me than the other border towns mentioned; perhaps I'm mistaken (or my memory eludes me). |
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El Gallo
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| Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:30 pm Post subject: |
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cess�pool (sspl)
n.
1. A covered hole or pit for receiving drainage or sewage, as from a house.
2. A filthy, disgusting, or morally corrupt place.
Calling anywhere people proudly make their homes a "cesspool" is racist.
It doesn't matter if it's Tiijuana or Detroit (interesting you picked this US city that has many black people). It's a stereotypical generalization and disrespectful. One man's "cesspool" is another man's home. |
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jpvanderwerf2001
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| Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:57 am Post subject: |
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| El Gallo wrote: |
cess�pool (sspl)
n.
1. A covered hole or pit for receiving drainage or sewage, as from a house.
2. A filthy, disgusting, or morally corrupt place.
Calling anywhere people proudly make their homes a "cesspool" is racist.
It doesn't matter if it's Tiijuana or Detroit (interesting you picked this US city that has many black people). It's a stereotypical generalization and disrespectful. One man's "cesspool" is another man's home. |
 I've never heard "cesspool" used in a racially demeaning way. Now, I can see why someone wouldn't want their hometown described that way, certainly, but how that relates to race I don't know.
I have been many places, and known many friends from many countries, and have never once been implicated as racist. It's laughable to even consider it. I have, however, been attacked physically in Ukraine for being black (with a nice permanent scar on my forehead as a friendly reminder). I do know blacks can be racist, too, but that doesn't really fit me, you see, because my loving parents, siblings, and most of my relatives are white (I'm adopted). My wife is Russian, my best friend is Egyptian, and my gorgeous little cousins are half Latino.
Regarding your little jab about Detroit: I don't see what your point about blacks living there have to do with the fact that it's a pile. Have you ever been to D-town?
Ok, got that off of my chest. Let's move on, ok?  |
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Guy Courchesne
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| Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 3:54 am Post subject: |
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| El Gallo wrote: |
| It's a stereotypical generalization and disrespectful. |
ahem...hey, I've got some really good salsa to go with that crow pie you're chowing down on. I'll fax you the recipe. |
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El Gallo
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| Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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sure, as long as I don't have to go to one of those Canadian cesspools like Toronto to eat it!  |
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