kilted in mexico

**Galician** · 14th July 08, 10:42 AM

Let me see if I understand correctly. You had five hours of rain, with zero percent of humidity? What brought the rain?

For all the wonderful work that couple is doing, it is still a little sad to hear that they are limiting the girls' chances in life by teaching them only traditionally "female" crafts.

**cwr89** · 14th July 08, 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by Galician

Let me see if I understand correctly. You had five hours of rain, with zero percent of humidity? What brought the rain?

For all the wonderful work that couple is doing, it is still a little sad to hear that they are limiting the girls' chances in life by teaching them only traditionally "female" crafts.

First - Tropical storms

and second - True, she is only learning traditional "female" crafts, but she can also read and write in Spanish and English, and if she keeps up her education has the ability to go all the way through the 12th grade in school.
Armando and his wife along with teaching trade skills also own and operate a full school licensed by Mexico to teach grade K-6
I am just glad to know that she does have a very promising future. And she has made the best with what she has.

~Casey

**Galician** · 15th July 08, 11:57 AM

Firstly, tropical storms come with high humidity. Whether the humidity stays high after the storm where you were, I'm in no position to know.

I didn't intend to dismiss Armando's dedication and service. But, if he is consciously teaching technical skills only to the boys, then, yes, he is limiting the girls' potential. Whether or not the girls would want to take that training is another matter, but there's enough women in the construction trades here to would indicate that they might have a brighter future with that possibility in their education.

**cwr89** · 15th July 08, 07:36 PM

Originally Posted by Galician

Firstly, tropical storms come with high humidity. Whether the humidity stays high after the storm where you were, I'm in no position to know.

I didn't intend to dismiss Armando's dedication and service. But, if he is consciously teaching technical skills only to the boys, then, yes, he is limiting the girls' potential. Whether or not the girls would want to take that training is another matter, but there's enough women in the construction trades here to would indicate that they might have a brighter future with that possibility in their education.

well in the 3 years that I've gone on this trip, this was the first to encounter any rain. and the rain that came with the exception of the 5 or so hours on our first day, were like 30 min showers that cleared up to beautiful days.

if that give you any idea as to how rained for 5 hours. hehe. it really was about 0% humidity, the rain came from nowhere for the light showers, and most of the time it was bright sunny and raining.

biggest problem with this all is, once a girl hits 16 they usually run away. thinking they know enough to survive. truth is, they run strait to the border and find work prostituting or worse. Even if its not a religious trip I still think everone should go on a humanity trip to Jaurez' or a similar place (there are dozens of cities and towns in Mexico like this). Lots of good would come of it.

~Casey