Mexicans tend to work damn hard - why the bad wrap?

Not all work is equal. Working hard in school and working hard at a low wage job have very different outcomes.

I would assume a lot has to do with language barrier and them usually unwilling to learn. Group a few together and it can drive any non spanish speaker crazy after 8 hours

But yes they do work hard

Meanwhile at least 3 people in your family has a house keeper

School and jobs are also very different mindsets

A job you just show up and work your shift and go home. It's also just covering your basic needs so you're forced to do it. You're not choosing to work, you have to.
School requires actual effort, plus motivation enough to do work outside of class, and actual ambition to finish the degree

Requires actual values whereas a job just requires a desire to live.

This post was edited by FroggyG on Apr 20 2017 07:30pm

Obviously eugenics is the only answer.

agreed

unwilling to learn english or skills? former i can see latter no way. "lazy mexican" is a stereotype generally disconnected from reality.

In that case scenario, yes it is only related to bad parenting. Their previous education will in many cases create an enormous impact to their kids.
-The Brookings study found that only 49 percent of black, college-educated women marry men with at least some post-secondary education, compared with 84 percent of white, college-educated women.
Since education is so closely tied to income, a household with two college graduates is overwhelmingly likely to make more income than a household with only one college graduate. More white and Asian couples fit this pattern. They pool more resources and hold onto their nest egg into retirement and black couples are more likely to divorce than others.
There are many additional reasons that stable married couples accumulate wealth. Family members are more likely to loan and donate money to a son-in-law, say, than to a live-in boyfriend. Husbands and wives complement one another in wealth strategies (men tend to be risk-takers, women tend to be cautious). Married couples are healthier and miss fewer days of work. Married men seem to be more motivated to get jobs and promotions than singles. These are just some of the dozens of factors.
The Hispanics do great in regards to familial cases, the problem is that a large percentage had a lack of responsibility financially which pushed their kids to drop out of school and work. However, the drop-out percentage has gone down significantly since 1993 .

This post was edited by CitroenC7 on Apr 20 2017 10:38pm

id personally like the statistics to be spread over kids living in inner cities based on economic date for xyz school and rates of dropout etc vs that of suburban schools.

i have a feeling that the numbers get much closer to same when compared with people living within same communities, hispanic/more so african americans are more centralized within poorer neighborhoods.