(upbeat music)
Good morning!
My name is Ashleigh and I'm a English teacher,
here, in Queretaro, Mexico
and I am originally from Northern Virginia
and I took the TEFL Certification course back in July
at ITA's Partner School in Guadalajara.
It was a four week intensive course
and by the third week I was offered a position
here, in Queretaro
and I've been here ever since;
so, a little over three months now.
Today is actually a long day for me so,
I'm gonna my place right now
because I'm gonna be gone most of the day.
I won't be back until later tonight so
I'll go ahead and show you around.
So this is my room.
So I live with a family,
it's a family of (mumbles) and I'm renting out this room.
I also have a co-worker who's an English teacher as well.
She's renting out the room right down the hall from me.
This is my bathroom.
Hey!
And my shower.
So, I really like the fact that I get my own bathroom.
A plus.
And I'll show you the view from
the bedroom window.
So I have a view of the neighborhood.
Very nice neighborhood, gated community.
Oh, that beautiful sunrise,
I love it!
This is the dining room.
Living room.
Kitchen.
And this back here is used for storage,
hanging up clothes.
Washing machine and dryer is back here
but most people in Mexico just hang up their clothes,
plus it saves energy.
On Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays
I have a class at 8 A.M.
And this is my roommate/co-worker
that I was telling you about.
She has a room right next to mine in the house where we live
so we're on our way to teach our classes
and we're on our way to the bus stop,
which is nice.
Yeah!
- 7 A.M.
- 7 A.M., a little after 7 A.M.
And so we're on our way to the bus stop.
Luckily, it's a three minute walk from our house
so it's not too bad, very convenient.
And it takes about,
15-20 minutes to to get to the Language School
where we work, it just depends on traffic
and to get on the bus,
the cost is 11 pesos, so that's roughly
55/56 cents USD,
so not too bad, not too bad.
- It's not bad.
- [Ashleigh] Here comes our bus.
Packed as usual in the morning.
Are we even gonna have room to get on?
- [Alama] We have to get on.
- [Ashleigh] All right, well,
guess we're getting on back here. (chuckles)
It's..
(Alama mumbles)
if there's room.
(child coughing)
Just got off the bus.
On our way to the Language School.
So this main road here,
is Saragosa.
So you see lot's of buses,
people on their way to work.
- [Alama] Breakfast!
- [Ashleigh] Yes!
- [Alama] Breakfast line.
- [Ashleigh] Some people gettin' their breakfast
at the stands.
So, we're here at the Language School
and these are some classrooms up here.
They're very small because
all of the classes are small.
There's no more than
five to six students per class.
And there's more classrooms, here, on the third floor
where I will be teaching this morning.
So I teach here in this class.
This is one of the classrooms that I teach in,
in the morning.
My Monday, oh 'scuse me,
my Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday class
because it's one of the bigger rooms
which I like and it has a nice view.
And, here, this is Oxxo.
It's similar to 7-Eleven.
You will see these everywhere in Mexico.
You actually see these more than you see 7-Eleven's
in the states.
And so, the Language School where I work
it's only adults so ages
18 and up.
Okay, so we're here in my Advanced 2 English class
and I only have one student in this class but that's okay.
And, would you like to introduce yourself?
- Yes, my name is Jose.
I am a Professor at the University of Queretaro
and I am learning English with Ashliegh
because I want to know more about different countries.
- Thank you!
- Thank you.
(wind blowing)
- We are here, at El Mirador so it's,
it over looks
majority of the city.
Behind me is Alama, you met her earlier
and we have another English teacher here.
- Hello.
- Would you like to introduce yourself?
- Yeah, sure.
I'm David, from England.
I've been teaching for like eight months.
I also did an internship in Colombia teaching English there
which was a challenge.
(chuckles)
- Awesome!
Yes, we're just out here
enjoying these views and the weather, it's very nice.
(sirens in the distance)
(jazz music)
Teachers are offered free Language lessons
so this is my Spanish class.
We meet every Thursday from two to four
and it's a intermediate Spanish class
and this is my teacher.
- My name is David Burr, I'm from Massachusetts.
I'm here in Queretaro for a few months teaching English
and taking advantage of the
fine instruction that Siad is giving us in Spanish.
- Hey!
Bye!
- [Man] People with this personality is already on (mumbles)
to get in board
with people unless they are certain of (mumbles).
Be (mumbles) with being (mumbles).
City or criti-
- Issues were in the early (mumbles) in the,
when you are growing...
- Yeah like a an invention or something like...
- All right, I'm back home.
So that's gonna wrap up my Instagram take-over.
I hope you enjoyed it
and if you have any questions,
you can message me
or if you just want to follow my life here, in Mexico,
you can go ahead and follow me.
All right, thanks.
Bye!
(upbeat music)