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Re:OLPC a huge hit in Peru by german on Tuesday December 25, 2007 @02:41AM (#92575)
I'm Peruvian, I don't know why you think that here boys and girls can't go to school together. I know the public education is not good enough here, but it has nothing to do with Christianity, it has more to do with teachers getting paid the lowest salary you can imagine. So, if a teacher gets paid so low, who wants to be a teacher? That's the main reason why most Peruvian teachers suck.
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Re:OLPC a huge hit in Peru by whacked_new on Tuesday December 25, 2007 @07:38AM (#92592)
Hey, do you live in Peru? Can you share any more observations about the situation? I'm very interested in this topic.
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Re:OLPC a huge hit in Peru by german on Tuesday December 25, 2007 @12:35PM (#92611)
Sure, some months ago there was a teachers strike, they did it because the government was going to evaluate their skills, and I'm pretty sure they're scared of not passing that test. I'm talking about public schools here, private ones generally have a much higher level of education.

Again, let me tell you that it has nothing to do with religion. It's all about politics.

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Re:OLPC a huge hit in Peru by whacked_new on Wednesday December 26, 2007 @08:10AM (#92708)
I don't know the American school system, but that kind of sounds like it here: low wage, strikes to resist strict policy changes for the better, politics driven. I guess it's not so much about education either, then.

Thanks for sharing.

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Re:OLPC a huge hit in Peru by german on Wednesday December 26, 2007 @08:44PM (#92849)
No problem man, Peru has a lot of problems in public education and health care, but it's also a great country to visit, if you need anything else just contact me. Mail in profile.
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Re:OLPC a huge hit in Peru by Alex3917 on Tuesday December 25, 2007 @09:50AM (#92596)
When I was down there this summer I heard that this is how most of the Catholic schools worked in the smaller towns. I'm not claiming it's national policy.
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