Or the devotion to the nation-race of the administration...I might add, which is a much more broad class of "familia." Blood is thinker than water, and your extended family can be quite large in clan-based societies like the mexicans and chinese have.

I would say it is likely that the change in the 'educational soundness' of the schools there has a LOT more to do with demographic change than it does with "nepotism" amongst administrators. In their ranks there has also no doubt been a demographic transformation.-eh

Right, but it is also true that nepotism- broadly construed,where it is axiomatic that family interests always take precedence over those of community or civil society -is intrinsic to Latin American society.

There seems to be a serious problem with the administrations down here.

Maybe so, but...

Oh come one.

I would say it is likely that the change in the 'educational soundness' of the schools there has a LOT more to do with demographic change than it does with "nepotism" amongst administrators. In their ranks there has also no doubt been a demographic transformation.

I live in the Rio Grande Valley, and I've taught at schools in Weslaco, La Joya and Edinburg.

I can state with certainty that, while there are serious problems with some students, the schools are fundamentally safe. They are not, however, educationally sound.

There seems to be a serious problem with the administrations down here. It wasn't that way when I went to school, but over the past two decades, there have been credible reports of nepotism clouding several administrations and a complete breakdown of discipline at many campuses.

Surprise!