Life Changing Six Weeks

Ratings
Overall
5
Growth: 5
Support: 4
Fun: 5
Housing: 5
Safety: 4
Review

The greatest six weeks of my life. I spent 6 weeks with 7 amazing people learning Spanish in school, while going out and using Spanish in real life situations. We lived with host families, traveled the country, and became natives. My family, and friends over there will always be with me. On our last night in Costa Rica, all 8 of us created a super bed. In one of the rooms we pushed together two beds together and all spent the night in the room. We sang Taylor Swift, drew tattoos on each other, ate foreign junk food, and watched Easy A. We played fishbowl laughing at things like pina colada, and eventually cried as we realized that we would be going back tomorrow. However in the end we knew that we would remain friends no matter the distance and to this date we have kept our AFS group chat active, keeping everyone updated on our lives.

Would you recommend this program?
Yes, I would
Year Completed
2015
Private Note to Provider (optional)
The program suffered mainly from issues of scheduling. Our supervisors and teachers were constantly informing us of plans the night before through text, which at times conflicted with host family plans. In terms of security we were given a lot of freedom from family and supervisors. While a bit more unsecure than it could have been it forced us to grow as young adults. We were given freedom and to keep ourselves safe through good choices.
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