Pemex Fuel Pricing Caught Red Handed

. If you see a kid dressed in rags

I have to agree - we have seen kids coming out of mud huts with dirt floors and their clothes are immaculate and they are clean and well groomed. Never saw a kid going to school in rags.

We are not just sitting in an RV talking to people. We do get out and about and we do have eyes and ears. We are far from being even close to fluent in Spanish but we do understand a lot of it. We also talk with gringo residents who have lived in areas for a long time and are involved in community social projects - that is where the information we think is at least partially true comes from. We do not subscribe to rumors and gossip. We went by the administration offices in Oaxaca and saw the police in riot gear with our own eyes and heard the reports of the teachers corrupt union and teachers not showing up for their classes for many years.

In no way am I going to suggest that learning English is an education or any measure of education - but we have been in towns where the private school kids speak English even in the street but the public school kids do not understand English. A reality in today's world whether we like it or not is that English is the language the whole world tries to learn because so much of world commerce is done in English - you cannot be a commercial airline pilot or flight controller anywhere in the world if you cannot speak English - but one example. That is opportunity. At least one of them. If you travel the world no matter what country you visit you will find people speaking English - not all for sure - but it is the common language many the world over communicate in.

I think it is really true anywhere that those who can afford a better education get a better education which leads to more opportunity. The poorer and further off the grid the less education and the less opportunity. There are only so many openings in universities for those wanting to be doctors or lawyers or engineers or whatever. Only those who qualify with the best education background can qualify for the best universities etc. I truly believe it is a myth that there is equal opportunity anywhere.

Let's get back to the PEMEX topic!