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- Good morning everyone, my name is Krystle.
I'm from North Carolina in the U.S.
and I'm here today to show you
what a day in the life is like
as a TEFL student in Chicago, Illinois.
So today is gonna be ran a little bit differently.
Right now, it's around 10 o'clock.
We don't have to be there until 10:45 today,
to start all the festivities,
but normally class is from 9:30 until 5:30.
So I'm on my daily walk to school right now.
It's about a 20 minute walk from where I'm staying.
ITA doesn't provide you housing for this course,
but they do give you a lot of recommendations,
and I will definitely show you some of those.
The class is extremely close to DePaul University
and since the summer time,
a lot of the students are subleasing their apartments.
So Craigslist has a lot of deals
for subleasing apartments for the month.
Also, my
But other than those two suggestions,
most of us are either staying with family members
that already live in Chicago,
or are renting out a Airbnb, which I am.
I'm paying $1100 for the month.
It's kind of up there,
but I'm in a really nice neighborhood called Lincoln Park.
It's super, super close to many things.
Just a short walk to the L,
which is the subway system here in Chicago,
so it's definitely worth it.
I chose the in-person TEFL class in Chicago
because I really wanted that personal connection
with my professors and my classmates.
Also, Chicago is their headquarters for ITA,
so I really knew I was gonna be taken care of here.
(vehicles passing) (subway brakes squealing)
- [Group] We made it.
Cheers!
(two women groaning)
- [Man] Come on.
- [Krystle] Cheaper By the Dozen
(crowd shouting)
- Yes, woo! (crowd cheers)
- [Crowd] Woo!
- [Krystle] Whoop, whoop, (laughing)
hey, hey, hey!
- Hi, my name is Lilly Mazoli.
I just finished the TEFL class.
It was really amazing.
The feedback you get from Juliana and Jessica
and any of the instructors you have is amazing.
Take it while you can.
They really look at your strengths and your weaknesses
and convey both in a really wonderful.
- Welcome to the Chicago class!
- It's Lilly!
- Taking the TEFL course with
International TEFL Academy here in Chicago
because we get all this hands-on experience with teaching
and we learn so much.
I feel very fulfilled
and I am a changed person after this class.
- [Krystle] Yeah.
Woo-woo!
- With you guys I'm doing something that
most people don't do which is
get up and start crying!
(laughter)
- The one to also probably open a gymnastics studio,
(crowd shouts)
Krystle! (applause)
Alright.
(bell gongs) (applause)
- You have to be able to see me.
If you can't see me, I can't see you.
Can you see me?
Okay, one, two, three! (shout)
- Well, everyone, we were all gonna hang out tonight,
but our minds and our bodies are just drained.
So, I recommend if you want to hang out
with your classmates one last time.
Some of us are headed back home tomorrow, myself included.
I have a plane to catch early in the morning
to head back to North Carolina.
But, this has been an incredible,
incredible, incredible experience.
I'll still be running the take over for a few more hours
while I pack up.
So guys, if you have any questions
at all about the Chicago course, please let me know.
I do though want to stress how
good a transportation Chicago has.
There are Divvy bikes everywhere around the city
so it's really easy to get around.
Three dollars for every 30 minutes or you can get a
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