Education in my country

Siempre he sabido que la educación en mi país no es la mejor (SOBRETODO si hablamos de una escuela pública como es nuestro caso) asi que siempre hemos intentado reforzar cada tema en casa y enseñarle una que otra cosa que en la escuela jamás le enseñan, pero últimamente estoy bastante preocupada ya que la situación ha ido empeorando, no solo es el tema de que no enseñan cosas básicas que deberían aprender niños de tercer grado sino que tambien hay graves errores en lo poco que enseñan.

I have always known that education in my country is not the best (ESPECIALLY if we are talking about public schools, as in our case), so we have always tried to reinforce each subject at home and teach him a few things that they never teach him at school. But lately, I've been quite concerned because the situation has been getting worse. Not only do they not teach basic things that third graders should learn, but there are also serious errors in the little they do teach.

Hace unas semanas revisando el cuaderno de mi hijo note que ese mismo día hicieron algunas operaciones de suma y lo insólito es que la maestra le reviso la tarea y marco todo como correcto cuando evidentemente hay fallos en algunos resultados, es decir: 0 + 25 = 0???

A few weeks ago, while looking through my son's notebook, I noticed that on that same day they had done some addition problems, and the strange thing is that the teacher checked his homework and marked everything as correct when there are clearly mistakes in some of the answers, for example: 0 + 25 = 0???

Y no es la primera vez que veo ese tipo de errores, me ha pasado con todas las maestras (siempre le ha tocado maestras diferentes en cada grado) y es increíble lo mal que revisan las tareas, parece que lo hicieran apuradas sin darle mucha atención, se que los maestros no ganan lo suficiente por todo lo que hacen pero estamos formando niño completamente ignorantes, siento que la escuela le presta mas atención a fiestas, celebraciones, manualidades que a lo que deberían enseñar.

And it's not the first time I've seen this kind of mistake. It's happened with all of his teachers (he's always had different teachers in each grade), and it's incredible how poorly they check his homework. It seems like they do it in a hurry without paying much attention. I know teachers don't earn enough for all they do, but we're raising completely ignorant children. I feel like the school pays more attention to parties, celebrations, and crafts than to what they should be teaching.

Ven clases de inglés cuando el profesor le da la gana de dar clases (CASI NUNCA) no tienen clases de educación física porque no hay profesor, entonces igual llevan su uniforme de educación física los jueves para que las mismas maestras se pongan a inventar ejercicios que enseñarle a los niños (WTF) ESTE AÑO HE VISTO UN ATRASO aun peor que los anteriores, de verdad que hay días que ni me provoca llevarlo a la escuela porque no hacen NADA.- Hay días donde tienen 4 materias que ver y mi hijo llega aquí con un solo cuaderno escrito y no es porque no copie es que simplemente “NO LES DIO TIEMPO DE VER LAS OTRAS MATERIAS”

They attend English classes when the teacher feels like teaching (ALMOST NEVER). They don't have physical education classes because there is no teacher, so they still wear their PE uniforms on Thursdays so that the same teachers can make up exercises to teach the children. (WTF) THIS YEAR I HAVE SEEN AN EVEN WORSE DELAY than in previous years. There are days when I really don't feel like taking him to school because they don't do ANYTHING. There are days when they have four subjects to cover, and my son comes home with only one notebook filled out, and it's not because he didn't copy it down, it's simply because “THEY DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO COVER THE OTHER SUBJECTS.”

Es bastante frustrante, se que no debo dejarle toda la educación a la escuela pero siento que no esta haciendo nada allí, hemos optado por enseñarle lo mejor que podamos pero es difícil cuando no tienes el don de la enseñanza, aun asi logre conseguir un libro que tiene todos los temas que el debería ver este tercer grado y es un libro bastante completo, asi que me ayudara bastante en esta misión de maestra en casa.

It's quite frustrating. I know I shouldn't leave all his education to the school, but I feel like he's not learning anything there. We've decided to teach him as best we can, but it's difficult when you don't have a gift for teaching. Even so, I managed to get a book that covers all the topics he should be learning in third grade. It's a very comprehensive book, so it will help me a lot in my mission as a homeschool teacher.