October 24th, 2007 Posted in Mexicans
Mexico a 3rd World Country I have to say I really LOVE Mexico and their people. I’ve been vacationing in Mexico since 1985 and have traveled to almost every coastal town and resort east and west coast. The people are truly wonderful and the food is very good too. The Best things I’ve always loved about Mexico was that everything was so cheap compared to US prices. I remember my first trip in 1985 I went to the romantic town of Puerto Vallarta and stayed in the south end of town which was all Mexican owned hotels. I stay on the beach in a Penthouse suite for only $5.00 a night. WOW! How great that was. I also remember clearly that the hotel had a TV in the lobby and all week long whenever I dropped by the front desk all I saw on TV was cartoons. One morning I asked about the TV to see if it was set to cartoons for the children. To my surprise I was told they had 3 channels and all the broadcasts all day was cartoons. In evenings their was some News reporting but mostly cartoons.
That’s when I first realized that Mexico and its people were truly a 3rd World country. I also remember how hot it was and that the children actually went to school part time and just like the adults slept every afternoon. It’s completely understandable to have a siesta time an afternoon rest or nap, one taken during the hottest hours of the day in a hot climate. So under these conditions it’s understandable that growing up with cartoons and part time school and naps every afternoon that this life style is completely different then in the USA.  Education is not a major priority in a hot climate country like Mexico and so growing up in Mexico and then coming to the USA can be a very large leap into the fast lane of life where in the USA Americans stop watching cartoons by the age of 11 and go to school full time without and day breaks or naps. Education is really a full time occupation for American students and when TV comes into play we have life learning shows to develop anything we missed in school. The up bring and education is what sets Americans apart from natives from Mexico. This is by no means an insult it’s just a different culture.  In Fact most Mexicans that come to the USA whether they are legal or illegal aliens are illiterate in their own native language of Spanish. Most have never read a book beyond the 4th grade US level. 
 So coming to the USA illiterate in their own language means they can’t read or write in English and have a difficult time with the English language. That said Imagine if you never spoke Spanish and you tried to work in Mexico you really would have a hard time. In fact you’d have to try to find a job where other Americans worked to get by and work for as cheap as possible. The only difference is we’re educated. So WHY would anyone in the USA want to hire someone who can’t speak English, can’t read English, can’t write English and has no formal education other then a 4th grade level and grew up with cartoon TV and naps every afternoon. You’re asking for failure of your business if you hire unqualified people and you’ll lose your customers for the lack of quality work and impossible customer service. Hiring CHEAP will get you CHEAP results.
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