I'm going to be spending one school year in Mexico. What should I expect?
I'm going to be a foreign exchange student for my sophomore year in high school. What should I expect? Such as: cool things about Mexico, the weather there, special yearly events, how are the schools, culture...? Anything you know, tell me!
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What part of Mexico? If it's by the beach, expect to have your fellow class mates bring you there and get tore up on tequila. I went to Mexico (Cabo San Lucas) and it was freakin amazing! We had some foreign exchange students from mexico and they were cool as hell.
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We have all the different climates in Mexico so it depends WHERE in Mexico you're going to... weatherwise. From school, expect the students to be ASSES, unless you're going to a private school, where i would expect them to be a little more civilized. And some advice: don't stick with the wrong crowd, you can be sorry.
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You will return a forever changed person probably for the better....... You will see some fantastic people , places and things........ You will also experience the not so glamorous side of Mexico as well. You will return , not the same person as you left and probably for the better............ Here is a few shots of life in Acapulco but it also has some photos of the 2 sides of Mexico. http://www.flickr.com/photos/barron_and_me/ Have fun and explore.........
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Every single state you go to, is a completely new Mexico. It depends on what part of Mexico you go to really. I'll try to sum it up as much as I can by regions since I was moving around the republic during my High School Years. I came here to Mexico in the first month of my Freshman year to study in the southeast Yucatan Penninsula in Merida. I found myself with maybe not the best looking people in the world but I was quickly bombarded with discipline and a sudden change in my grades. The people here were very nice to me and helped me out in every way they could. It was public High School then but it really improved my study habits without me noticing, I went from C's and B's in America to Straight A's for the rest of my life. Soon after I moved to the southwest in Puebla. I saw that the people there weren't as welcoming as they were in Merida but after 2-3 days they started knowing me and I made friends with them. It was a rural Public School but I learned so many life lessons. I learned how to make a living by myself using elements around me. I learned to plant crops, fruits, spices and at the same time I learned how to cook some VERY delicious meals. After that I moved to Puerto Angel, Oaxaca and also assisted public High School. The people there were almost as welcoming as they were in Merida. I also learned a lot more lessons about life. I learned how to fish, snorkel, and I made friends who even taught me how to surf pretty good. My school was basically by the sea and I learned a lot about sea life over there. Also I was surprised finding a lot of European/Asian kids at my school. After that I moved to Mexico City and attended PRIVATE high school at UNITEC and finished the rest of my High School there. I have to say I was very surprised, some days I felt like I was back in American High School but with a much calmer environment. There were pretty good looking people at the school, everyone was nice and minded only their own business. School seemed surprisingly easy and I learned excellent study habits. I made so many new friends and even made friends who were foreign exchange who I could speak English and french with. They showed me around the city. I thought Mexico City was dangerous from what I heard of back when I lived in Las Vegas but when I met my friends they showed me that it isn't bad. They showed me how to walk in certain streets, what neighborhoods not to go into and how to act and even how to properly swear off another "chilango" (Mexico city inhabitant). I saw the most 'dangerous' streets of Mexico (Tepito, La Merced, Iztapalapa, Cuidad Nesa) and never got robbed, assaulted, or even experienced violence. I could probably count more people getting beat up and shot in Las Vegas than in Mexico City.
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