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Gender: Male
Age: 16
Education
Education is readily available for children and teens in the urban areas of Mexico. Majority of Mexican
children attend primary school. However only 62% reach secondary school and out of that 62% only 45%
finish, either from dropping out or death (Rama, 2013, para. 3). Children in poverty are likely to attend
primary school but most teenagers dont attend. Future potential of these teens that drop out are likely
to be in gangs, as gangs require no special skills and little to no education.
Gender-specific expectations:
Leisure activities/entertainment:
Geographical environment:
Mexico is located in the southern part of North America, also known as Middle America. Coordinates are
23 N and 102 W. 77.8% of Mexican population lives is urbanized areas and 22.2% lives in rural land.
Mexico has a variety of landforms that are found throughout the land. Major landforms include:
volcanos, rivers, mountains, peninsulas, plateaus and coastal plains.
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