European friends, watch out when coming to study to México!

So I met an Austrian girl today, on a nice and bright sunday in Guadalajara, a great day to be out on the street hanging around, but it turns out she was just at home, doing her homework.

She came from a city near Vienna, and now she is studying Geography and Economics, wanting to learn spanish and getting to know México, our beloved country!

The thing is that she arrived to find this little surprise: universities in México leave a lot of homework and expect you to attend almost every class, for every subject.

Back in Europe, you would optionally assist to university or practice what you learn, at your time, it is your responsibility to study at your own rhythm, the only thing they expect from you is that you pass the final exam.

If you wish, you could just NOT assist to classes, study from home or online and then get your title, pretty neat, huh?

So that got me thinking about why we operate like that here in México, what would happen if the universities wouldn’t force us to assist to classes and then just have the obligation to present an exam?

That way, she would be able to study at her own rhythm, and have a blast getting to know México!

And if she didn’t pass, that would have been her problem! if she wanted to learn or just pass, that’s, again, her problem.

It wouldn’t like this article to keep Europeans from coming, just choose your subjects wisely and you’ll have good free time.

The system seems to work on Europe (Austria is actually on the top 10 countries producing Nobel prizes), but that doesn’t mean it would work here, not right now- I think most people would just study a week before and pass the exam, but would they really learn? people would just probably avoid classes, it’s hard to tell.

But it got me thinking, what makes it work on Europe? I’m trying to figure that out.

What are your thoughts?