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- Morning, everyone, my name is Lindsay,
and I'm here to show you what a day in the life
of an ITA student is like here in Barva, Costa Rica.
Let's go.
All right, so a little bit about me.
I'm from Indiana, back in the States
and I was a teacher back there for a year.
Loved it, but I also love traveling maybe a little more,
and so why not get certified to be able to do both?
One of the coolest things about ITA
is that they're not only preparing you
to be a successful teacher here in Costa Rica,
they're also preparing you to be
a successful teacher worldwide.
So your options are literally endless.
- Okay, Lindsay, do you want num num?
Do you want?
- (speaks in foreign language) Always we want! (laughs)
- Okay, more coffee?
(speaks in foreign language)
Okay.
(speaks in foreign language)
(laughs)
- All right, we are on our way to school.
Lunch in hand, from our mom,
and walking through the park right.
Lots of friendly people here in Barva.
People always saying hi.
Great way to practice your Spanish.
Right next to the school, we have,
(speaks in foreign language)
which is a nice place to get some drinks with classmates.
We have a fruit stand right across the street,
and then here we are, school.
All right, Sue has some awesome news for us.
Sue, wanna share?
- I just got a job, teaching English
to the children of the Galapagos Islands.
- [Lindsay] What?
- So I leave the day after class is out,
and I head to Ecuador, to go to the Galapagos!
(screams)
- [Lindsay] Go ahead and introduce yourself,
your name, where you're from.
- Hi, I'm Titiana, and I'm from Belgium.
- And I'm Kelly from California.
- And we are both teachers we kind of do this course
because we love adventure, right?
- Yes, and during the year, I'm a normal teacher,
and I wanna go travel during the summer.
- [Lindsay] All right, Titiana,
what do you plan on doing once you're certified?
- Well because I have such a great job at home,
I'm probably going to teach at summer camps;
because you can do that basically everywhere.
They have so much to choice for you here, so that's great.
- [Lindsay] All right, go ahead
and introduce yourself; your name, where you're from.
- I'm Annie, I'm from New Hampshire, in the United States.
I currently live in Providence, Rhode Island.
- I am Scott, I'm from New York, also in the United States.
(laughs)
- [Lindsey] All right so why are you guys getting certified?
- I live in a city with a large population
of Spanish speakers, so there's so many opportunities there
to teach in public school, and in the community,
and I'm looking forward to bringing this information back.
- [Lindsay] Awesome.
All right Scott, what about you?
- I'm getting certified so I can teach
in Chile and Argentina for a couple years.
- [Lindsay] Very cool.
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♪ Somewhere over the rainbow ♪
♪ Way up high ♪
- How y'all doin'?
I'm from Louisiana, my name's Lee, short for Lee.
And I'm here 'cause I'm try'na
teach some children some English.
- [Entire Class] You play soccer.
He plays soccer, we play soccer,
or they play soccer.
- All right do we get that?
(student mumbles) - Nine p.m., good job.
(mumbles)
- My family is having dinner at seven p.m.
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