15 year old shot in the head...

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    Just to give a little context about "Government caring" stuff... I don't think the Government as an org cares more in the US than in Mexico, but we have better systems set up. For exmaple, I believe only 11% of current teenagers in Mexico go to Univeristy. Mexico only has government mandated schooling up through middle school. Highschool is much like college here. You apply and hope to get in... but there aren't enough schools, so many kids end up taking jobs for just dollars a day. Comparing poverty and income in MX and the US is not the same, by any means.

    In addition, things like gov run middle schools aren't like in the US. I visited several in DF in poorer areas. They had 10-15ft walls around them with razor wire. I asked if they had problems with people trying to get in... they explained no, they had problems with students trying to get out.

    Why do I know all of this? I work with various universities in Mexico. Currently I work with a school in Mexico city, but in the past have stopped by schools in Juarez, San Luis Potosi, and Monterrey.

    There are many other issues behind Mexico's problems, schools just being one. When visiting you realize why so many people want to come to the US. I wish instead of spending so much to keep them out we'd work with their gov to imporve their country... but I know it's not that simple :\

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    • //spoken like a true white personPonyBoy
    • JUST KIDDING FFS!!!!PonyBoy
    • How is that funny, ironic, clever or anything else? You're just a dick.DrBombay
    • *sniffPonyBoy
    • he basically backed up what I was saying w/real facts... but when I was saying them I 'speaking like a white person'...PonyBoy
    • ... according to you, Rick.
      thus the irony...      PonyBoy
    • I don't see this as him agreeing with you very much.DrBombay
    • ask a poor family in the U.S how rich they feel compared to a poor family in Mexico , see what they sayBattleAxe
    • I'm not agreeing w/ anyone specifically, just explaining what I've seen and the differences w/ schoolsjfletcher
    • your words (whether you meant them to or not) backed up my point... wasn't trying to lump you in w/me, jfletcherPonyBoy
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