How come in most school in the USA (at least mine) they teach Spain Spanish instead of Mexico Spanish? Would not Mexico Spanish be an obvious choice to teach?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.world · 2 个月前

How come in most school in the USA (at least mine) they teach Spain Spanish instead of Mexico Spanish? Would not Mexico Spanish be an obvious choice to teach?

unknown1234_5@kbin.earth · 2 个月前

because the school system is controlled by old people and they don’t know the difference. in my high school we had Spanish teachers that were actually from Mexico and south America and they taught us useful Spanish.

tiredofsametab@fedia.io · 2 个月前

I think there is a European bias and maybe a (perceived?) prestige bias to Castilian as well.

unknown1234_5@kbin.earth · 2 个月前

yeah, especially with the older generation (who should not legally be allowed to be administrators, if you are old enough that your brain doesn’t work anymore you can’t be trusted with authority) on top of their lack of understanding about the difference.