Proctor Academy has an interesting blog post (which we learned about on their Twitter feed) emanating from its Mountain Classroom and their time floating down the Rio Grande between Texas and Mexico.

A mood of sameness, but difference runs through the piece. Constructed definitions and vocabulary, but what do these things mean and how do they affect the people living on the ground.

“To the left, America. To the right, Mexico. Interesting how they appear to be exactly the same.”

What makes the two different are the terms and values that we assign them and when we examine our language, assumptions and definitions, we learn a lot about ourselves.