Interview with one of our students


Sharon is from Boston in the United States and was studying at ILISA for the second time this February. Last year around the same time Sharon came here for the first time after hearing about ILISA from her friend Bill. When asked why she did not choose another school or even another country this time, she responded by saying: ‘We did not even consider going to another place, we liked it here so much, it was a fabulous experience last year.’ She also said that she would recommend ILISA to everybody; ‘It is great, there are small groups, there is an opportunity to have 1-on-1 classes as well, activities are organized and the homestay experience was wonderful!’   

 

Let me introduce you to Maryann and David, they live in San Pedro, one of the suburbs of San Jose and they have three children, only one still lives at home with them. They became a host family in 2002 after being approached by ILISA with the question if they could take a student into their home for a few weeks. After this initial experience, they kept taking in students, first only one at a time, but have now expanded their home and sometimes have up to six students staying with them! When asked what they like about being host families, David quickly replied: ‘Everything! The only part that I do not like is saying goodbye to people, that makes me sad.’ They enjoy meeting people from all over the world, different nationalities and cultures interest them. For now they are not planning to stop being a host family, Maryann and David will be a host family as long as God allows them to, they said. When sitting with them, a lot of stories come up about former students who have stayed with them, one even funnier and more interesting than the other.