SuitabookTeens in Mexico
Brian Baumgart
- Reading
- Read it as an introduction rather than a complete account: pause at claims about poverty, education and technology, and invite comparison between different experiences rather than a single definition of Mexican life.
- Themes
- Different opportunities: Teenagers’ lives are described as varying by location and family resources, with a minority able to afford private education, newer technologies and luxuries. The book appears to explain social and economic differences rather than presenting one experience as universal.
- Heritage and traditions: Young people are described as finding escape and excitement in celebrating their heritage and traditions. The book presents this mainly as information or explanation.
- Worth knowing
- Discuss whose experiences are represented and whether differences between urban and rural life, or wealthy and poorer families, are presented with enough variety to avoid treating Mexico as one uniform experience.