CICLO fundation - to know more!

hello alicia may!!

how are you??

I write you because I'm a student girl and I will certainly make an internship in Fundacion CICLO, in Buenos Aires, in February 2008. But i try to have a lot informations about it but it's difficut...I was so happy to see your message!! Could you tell me more about this experience you had? Personally, i am a bit worried concerning the cost of living 6 months in Buenos Aires...How much did you pay each month to the family, for living?How much did you spend each month for everything? Concerning the internship, it seems to be really interested, but did you make a lot of things? i would be so happy if you could answer me, because I really want to know more about this fundation, if it's serious, and qué tal el trabajo alli????

thank you so much to answer me!!!!!!!

 

I like to advise Pocaya that Ciclobsas is an ordinary Spanish School for turist,
as many in the country in the West of Buenos Aires city.

International Secuty Insurances covers the North area only.

There are many people offering jobs, visits, souvenirs and all kind of turist stuffs.
Ask your Embassy for secure places or contact serious people of regular schools as LINCOLN or BAICA. (a Christian International School who could help you).
Good luck!
María of Buenos Aires

 

Hi Pocaya

Sorry to tell you that, but i can't recomand you to go to Fundacion CICLO. I have been working there for 3 month (instead of 6...) and it was really bad. I liked the idea to work in another country and Buenos Aires is a great city. The host families are also great as well as the students. And in theory the internship would be great too. But in the end it wasn't at all. Alicia May, are you serious about what you said? Sounds like publicity from them... The thing is, you have to pay a lot and to work a lot. They abuse the interns as cheap workers. Furthermore they don't like you to have relations to your host family or your students...that about intercultural exchange. Then, they treat you like shit and tell you all the time what a bad job you do and you don't learn that much. In addition the material for the language classes is bad and they aren't really interested in people learning something. Your job is basicly to teach classes (like every day for no money and you'll have to pay for your spanish class) and to look for new interns. If your spanish is better, you can also work in the reception...probably then they shorten again the hours of the girl in the reception, because you're cheaper.

I'm not the only one who quit the internship, but the problem is, that they make you pay a big deposit (you'll have to sign a contract that you don't get the money back if you quit) and so they keep the money from everybody. So be careful!

 

I think you just made matters worse by writing all that legal sounding bullsxxt.
People would have passed on by without remembering the names involved but now everyone will have a good read.

 

Wow! How interesting that serious legal mail! They are talking about argentinian justice for real? Criminal people for a comment? I agree with you Windy: " it just made matters worse".