¡Peru! Clarisa Ramos Lessons Learned from a 10 Week Adventure in

Colonialvs. Indigenous

Rural Communities Join City Life… Leads to increased cultural mixing, creating the mestizo (part indigenous, part European heritage) in the racial sense as well as impacts the culturally defined social divisions.

Poverty & Violence

Education Three-tiered Program Access to equal and compulsory primary education from ages 6 to 11 Unified two-year program of secondary education in a general secondary school from ages 12 to 14 Students divided into two tracks for a three- year program from ages 14 to 16 receiving either an academic certificate or a technical certificate Compulsory from ages 6 to 16 Academic year runs from April to December for 38 school weeks each year Developmental preprimary system attempts to prepare students for primary education during the first 6 years of life

Culture Attitude towards women Work ethic Punctuality Transportation

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