| Reviewers Male / Female |
Recommend Yes / No |
Number of Reviews | Classes & Instruction | School Facilities | Accomodation | Cost & Expense | Total Average Rating |
| 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 1 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 2.25 |
| Date Submitted: | August 16, 2010 |
| Language School: |  Wiracocha Spanish School |
| Language & Location: | Spanish :: Cusco, Peru |
| Classes & Instruction: | 2 out of 10 |
| School Facilities: | 3 out of 10 |
| Accomodation: | 1 out of 10 |
| Cost & Expense: | 3 out of 10 |
| Recommend: | No |
| Review: | PLEASE do NOT waste your money! Like many Spanish schools set up in Peru and other Spanish speaking countries, the main goal of the school is to make money, NOT to educate. Pros: The price seems reasonable compared to other Spanish schools. Cons: The School is tiny, unorganized, and lacks any set curriculum. There are no books, no audio CDs, NO curriculum at all. They pay completely untrained Spanish speakers low wages to spend class time with you, pretending to be teachers. These "teachers" may be nice people, but they are certainly not professionals by any means. There is no organization or structure. AGAIN this is not about education for the school director, it is about making lots of money. They really do look at you as a stupid walking wallet, and they take all that they can. Although prices seem reasonable compared to other Spanish language schools, you are still not getting what you pay for. Accommodations were awful. I paid to stay with a host family, which was suppose to provide 3 meals a day, and a friendly home environment in which I could practice my Spanish. I was set up in a home with an old widow, and her maid. She was unfriendly, and NEVER at home. She also did NOT provide meals, other than some gruel for breakfast. I was always alone when I was at home, and so I got NO Spanish practice at all. The bed was truly awful! It was not even a mattress, it was just a completely worn through piece of foam, and the worst part is the widow's bed was an actual nice mattress. Not only that, but when I arrived, there were dirty used sheets on the bed from the last student that stayed with her. YUCK! She would not wash the sheet and the school did nothing to intervene. Not only that, but I was able to find accommodations that were nicer for a third of the price. I left the school and the widow. It was a really miserable experience! I do NOT recommend this school to anyone. If you want to learn Spanish I suggest university courses, and then traveling/vacationing to the country to practice the language. A much better way to go about things, at least you have books and its more enjoyable and less expensive. Comments [ 1 ] |
| Submitted by: | Ann 22 year-old :: Female Reviewer :: Pocatello, Idaho, United States |
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