In the midst of all the darkness Ladydi finds herself an opportunity to work as a nanny in Mexico City, Mexico because of Mike (105). Mike is the only man that lives in the hillside village. and known for being very well connected. Reasoning for this may lie on the fact that he is gang affiliated. Mike commonly has nice new things that he gets with his money. One day he offered Ladydi a job as a nanny for a family in Mexico city. On there way they made a stop at a distant barn off in the meadows. Ladydi is unsure of what is going on when Mike gets out and comes back in the car with blood on his hands (111). During the time that Ladydi worked as a Nanny she would carry out a relationship with a caretaker that she admired dearly. No longer than
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Some countries such as Latin America have cultural systems that do not support female education. Over time this has made it hard for women to get involved in society and make way for themselves. Through cultural works such as Prayers for the Stolen and Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz’s Selected Writings you can see how the education system does not reach out to women in Latin America. In Prayers for the Stolen the author implements a couple demonstrations of education. Ladydi’s mother finds herself to be quite intelligent, and her only access to education is the History channel as Ladydi explains. Rita’s constant binge of the History channel is what educates her, and keeps her connected to reality with current events outside of their purgatory. Also in Guerrero there was a schoolhouse in the distance that held classes for the young women of this village. One year a teacher comes along named Jose Rosa and he is described to be a really good teacher (you get this idea when Ladydi explains that he follows the Secretariat of Public Education’s curriculum). The following year a teacher named Mr. de la Cruz was appointed instructor to complete a year of social service. He is said to be constantly late, sometimes by up to two hours. When he would finally arrive, Ladydi says that he would just pull out speakers and play music, and say “So you 're all still here” (67). Here you see that Latin America’s education system does not reach out to women in suppressed
Some countries such as Latin America have cultural systems that do not support female education. Over time this has made it hard for women to get involved in society and make way for themselves. Through cultural works such as Prayers for the Stolen and Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz’s Selected Writings you can see how the education system does not reach out to women in Latin America. In Prayers for the Stolen the author implements a couple demonstrations of education. Ladydi’s mother finds herself to be quite intelligent, and her only access to education is the History channel as Ladydi explains. Rita’s constant binge of the History channel is what educates her, and keeps her connected to reality with current events outside of their purgatory. Also in Guerrero there was a schoolhouse in the distance that held classes for the young women of this village. One year a teacher comes along named Jose Rosa and he is described to be a really good teacher (you get this idea when Ladydi explains that he follows the Secretariat of Public Education’s curriculum). The following year a teacher named Mr. de la Cruz was appointed instructor to complete a year of social service. He is said to be constantly late, sometimes by up to two hours. When he would finally arrive, Ladydi says that he would just pull out speakers and play music, and say “So you 're all still here” (67). Here you see that Latin America’s education system does not reach out to women in suppressed