Many of the questions about the experience that have been asked have been about the differences between the schools and students. Lehenbauer, as Gonzalez also said when asked, felt that the students themselves are basically the same in both countries but the schools themselves are very different. Learning is a priority in both schools, but Lehenbauer found the environment and conditions in Mexico an adjustment from what she was used to. That was it. These teaching supplies must be kept by the teacher at all times because in their school, the teachers move from classroom to classroom and the students stay put.
Scheduling is difficult to follow.
Class periods are just 40 minutes long and students each take 12-13 subjects. Not all the subjects meet 5 days a week. Some meet just two or three times a week. Spanish and Math are the only subjects that meet each day. The twelve-classroom building actually housed two schools.