Human services students gain global perspective in Mexico

The kindergarten students didn’t need much help.As Lakeland College student Emily Butz watched children carefully cut paper shapes and glue them into place during a classroom visit in Mexico, she paused at what she saw.Back home in Canada, she says, students the same age are often still developing those same independent classroom skills with more hands-on guidance. In this classroom, the difference was immediately noticeable.“The kindergarten kids there were able to sit and do their