I think the administration is great and they’re truly the best part of Greengates. When there is an issue, administration does their best to mitigate negative impacts and fix the problem — or at least make it go away.

The facilities are fine. I guess compared to schools in Mexico, they’re good. I don’t find them to be very special and have seen plenty of public schools in the USA and Canada with better facilities. But the grounds are nice and they are not lacking in nice spaces.

The teachers are okay. They are like most other private schools in Mexico — perhaps they have a masters degree in their teaching area, but they were not educated as teachers. This leaves some room for improvement in the pedagogy, specifically when it comes to students who deviate in any way from the expected norm.

They need to improve on their knowledge of disabilities and differences in children. More than twice, we had to demand the administration educate their teachers about minor social differences our child had. The administration is knowledgeable and most teachers are willing to learn and adapt. One Spanish teacher has struggled to amend anything about his approach, and that’s caused my child to learn less Spanish from him because my child is always anxious in his class. Teachers shouldn’t be causing anxiety. Anxiety means students learn less. Flexibility as a teacher is an important skill.

The worst part about Greengates is the truly some of the other parents. The entitlement we have seen is awful. During an important lecture about the IB program, one woman was asked to be quiet by another parent because she was so loud those around her couldn’t hear the lecture. We watched her type into her translator app, “If you don’t like it, you can move.” At the last minute, she decided against it but never stopped loudly talking.

That seems to be the theme. Parents are required to keep an eye on their children’s online presence by the school, but they obviously do not. Cyber-bullying runs rampant. Homophobia and antisemitism have been the choice bullying subjects secondary. Sexual harassment from children of the same gender as my child also happened.

When the administration is made aware, they act quickly. However, they usually must intervene with the same family repeatedly to get children to actually stop. That’s what I mean about the parents — they obviously are teaching their children entitled behavior and are completely failing them when it comes to the internet. It’s clear that many boys are being subjected to so much “red-pill” Andrew Tate-type content online that it truly influences how they think and behave.

We truly do appreciate the efforts the administration at Greengates makes. However, since Greengates parents refuse to teach their children media literacy, this is an area that Greengates really needs to step up. It’s clear that their students are chronically online — especially the boys. If Greengates doesn’t improve on this, they’ll never manage to get appropriate behavior out of their students when there is a lack of supervision. These children are being failed by their parents and Greengates needs to step in and pick up the slack. Otherwise, they’re just helping to give the world entitled, dangerous young men.