Comments on: My Childhood Spanish Intervention

By: ecole montessori paris

ecole montessori paris — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:07:53 +0000

hello. I’m algerian and live in france. Your story remembered me exactly the same story as many of algerians here completely trapped between 2 worlds ! The most difficult I think is always to make a choice between your “home nationality” and your “country nationality” . I didn’t know it was the same for some mexicans in the US…

By: Jennifer Walus

Jennifer Walus — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:34:58 +0000

Much has changed since I was there but I went to El Instituto de la Vera Cruz and had a lovely experience! Best of luck!

By: Jennifer Brunk

Jennifer Brunk — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:22:01 +0000

What a great article! Each of my three kids did a year of preparatoria in Guanajauto, Gto when they were 15 (they had spent their summers there for years). Their experience was very similar to yours and they have continued to spend Christmas vacations and tine each summer there since.

We have some friends who just spent a year in Gto. with their two children who are 7 and 10. They went to the Montessori school and had a wonderful experience. For anyone who can go with their kids, it would be an amazing family experience, I’m sure. If not, in the right place and with the right support, a high school student can have a great experience.

Thank you for sharing your experience!

By: BethO

BethO — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:18:37 +0000

What I love about your story is that you were 13 years old. As parents this is the age where even the most confident of us feels uncertain about our decisions, if the kids aren’t on board with the idea. It’s especially hard when we make decisions that don’t help our teenagers “fit in”, even maybe do just the opposite, precisely at a time in their lives when they think being part of the crowd seems so important. Thank you for sharing that this was a tough time for you initially, and how wonderfully it turned out.

By: Beth

Beth — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:52:49 +0000

Thank you for this inspiring story! I, too, want to give an opportunity like this to my daughters. My husband is from Guadalajara as well and because of your article, we are going to look into spending a year or more there in the future. We have 4 daughters ages 7, 4, 2 and 7 months. When they can all walk and talk (that’s our big goal for now!) we would love to go there.

Can you please recommend a few good schools (elementary) where the girls will get a great education, both with the language and basic academics. I am a high school Spanish teacher but would love to teach English while the girls are in school in Mexico. Do you have any suggestions for me also? Ideally we could all go to the same school in the mornings, me teaching and them studying.

Thanks for the great idea, I can’t believe I didn’t think of that sooner!!!!!!

By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:55:23 +0000

What a great story. I would love that kind of opportunity for my kids and myself someday Not only did you acquire your language skills – but that sense of tradition, family, and culture is something you were able to embrace forever. How awesome. Thanks for sharing.