Letters to Editor

Dear Editor,
My husband and I have enjoyed many great vacations at our timeshare at the Grand Mayan in Nuevo ver the past years.

However, on March 9th of this year, my appendix ruptured and I was taken to the San Javier Marina Hospital, where Dr. G. Robles and his team operated on me. I am very thankful for the medical attention I received in Puerto Vallarta and the professional care that Dr. Robles gave me.

Also, I would like to mention that the Doctor on call at the Grand Mayan was very helpful in his recommendation and diagnosis and arranging for me to travel to the hospital. I am now back in Canada and doing well.
No one wants to get sick on a holiday, but it is sure wonderful to know that you can get great medical care in Puerto Vallarta.
Joan Richter,
Kelowna, B.C.

Hello Joan,
I´m always content to receive letters like yours. I´m glad you´re doing well and very much appreciate your predicament. Of course, no one expects to or wants to get sick on vacation anywhere. Mexico has been and undeservedly so, the underdog for a long time.
 
Unlike in Canada, what´s been lacking for example in the U.S. for quite some time now is the “human factor” and not only regarding Health Care, something we hopefully won´t ever lose here in Mexico.
The Editor.

Dear Editor, I`m sending this letter for your paper. Thank you so much for your attention, Miss Gloria. Colegio Montessori Casa Dei Bambini. Industrias 160 Villa las Flores.

Dear Editor,
I am not sure if any of the PV “snow birds’ with children have ever thought about the educational opportunities in Puerto Vallarta for their children?

We have been wintering in Puerto Vallarta for the last 9 years with our son who is now 6 years old. We were not sure how we were going to handle this once he started school after avoiding the snow in Michigan for the last 9 years we were not ready to return.

We began researching schools in Puerto Vallarta and after visiting 6 of them we found one the we thought was the perfect fit Montessori Casa Dei Bambini (next to Tio Sam’s and across the street from the whale statue in the marina). This will be our son’s second winter at the school we are amazed at how advanced the curriculum is compared to his first grade class in the states. The teachers and staff at the school that we have encountered are among the most caring and companionate the we have encounter anywhere during our son’s 4 years in the education system. We only wish we had a school in Michigan at the same educational level for the same value.

Hopefully not only will some “snow birds” with children will take advantage of this valuable opportunity that some local residents will research the school and realize how lucky they are to have such an outstanding facility for their children to attend.

We can not wait to return next year and have our son the Montessori Casa Dei Bambini and be astounded at the advancement in his social, language, grammar, and mathematic skills.

I would like to thank all the teachers and staff at the Montessori Casa Dei Bambini for allowing us to participate in this unbelievable opportunity educational is something he will have his whole life and we all get to miss the snow, what more could we ask for?

Thank You,

David, Thome and Preston

Hello Gloria,
 
Thank you for this very interesting comment. As with Healthcare, México has a lot to offer when it comes to education. The U.S. Educational System has been under criticism for many years and rightfully so, naturally people are considering alternatives.
 
If current policy doesn´t change, we might even see an outsourcing of education.
 
As I see it, teachers should be the highest paid profession in the country.
 
They are responsible for educating the youth of America and for too long it has become a profession that receives little to no recognition or reward.

Instead of punishing a district for not meeting standards and taking away their money, why not provide rewards in the form of bonuses for their schools and individual teachers for meeting standards?
 
Unfortunately our government does not think in logical ways, and because of this our teachers are frustrated, overworked, and have given up on trying to motivate their students to do better. 

Why do that when you can just lower your standards?
 
To make thing worse, the entertainment industry has consistently contributed to the dumbing down of our culture. 

Music, Movies, TV; no matter where you look, there is a lack of intelligent programming. No longer are our children watching or listening to programs that spark their interests in learning or make them want to be a musician. Now they are encouraged to become the next American Idol, Jackass, or Paris Hilton’s next BFF. 

With role models like Charlie Sheen or Lindsey Lohan, no wonder children aren´t receiving moral ethics and values.