I am from Guanajuato City and I feel safe living in here. That said, there are a few areas here that are known to not be safe (for instance on the trail out to La Bufa some people have been robbed). It’s a tourist city which aids in safety. Also, the presence of the government and university, as well as the topography all help to limit crime here in Gto. However, there are parts of the state of Guanajuato that are known to be not safe: Celaya, Irapuato, Salamanca and smaller towns around them. In addition to it, if you conduct your research online, you will find out that Guanajuato State is dangerous. But, talking with expats I’ve found out from them this: Celaya & Salamanca are super dangerous. Irapuato is almost as bad. Silao and Leon aren’t great. Guanajuato and San Miguel are statistically some of the safer cities in the country. From my personal perspective, as a teacher in public schools for Mexican teens, I think that the cartel related violence is ocurring mainly in the southern part of the State, while “local crimes” such as mugging, breaking in houses, etc., are more related to social problems such as: poverty, low levels of education in youngsters, low income, drugs and alcohol abuse, etc. Once said this, I would like to invite you to connect with expats and visitors who have traveled in Guanajuato and local people. You can join some in the following FaceBook group: GTO TQM:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1476005789216259/?hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen&multi_permalinks=2709954479154711

There you can learn more from different points of view asking your questions, but basically from people who have experienced living in Guanajuato City. 

Not necessarily. In Adelita when we tell to our students that our study programs are flexible this is what we mean: that even when we design and develop our programs based on Grammatical references, when the classes start, our teachers are capable to design along with their students the best way to develop their learning process. Therefore, teachers will ask which areas would be preferred to work in: speaking, talking, reading and writing. Also, together will determinate which study topics to follow. In addition, teachers will provide recommendations on how to keep practicing outside the classroom in order to keeo improving your Spanish skills. In the othe hand, the school will provide certain tools to our teachers to determinate which teaching approach is best to be followed. For instance, if any student is going to be only for a couple of weeks and him/her is in an A1 level, then it’s going to be more menaingful his/her experience learning if we focus in studying and practicing general communication skills such as: interacting with local people in small conversations in restaurants, stores, bus stations, etc., rather tan learning different tenses or more complex types of sentences. 

The only reason why our pricing list is exhibited in US Dollars is to take a general reference about costs. Of course, the currency of the day is important to be considered, but that is relative depending on how high or low the dollar can be. In general, when our students ask to pay for their classes, we will provide the bill in pesos and that’s what it will be charged. 

Not at all. Even when we show our pricing list for English classes, for instance, in pesos, that doesn’t mean that at Adelita our foreign students pay more for their classes: it’s more or les the same rates for all students. However, we should always consider that local people can not afford the same costs as a some traveler can do. 

This is how it looks like our daily schedule in a 20 classes weekly program (with 4 classes per day):

Hora              Tipo de clase
9:00 – 9:55 Gramática práctica 1
10:00 – 10:55 Español práctico/vocabulario
11:00 – 11:30 Recreo/almuerzo
11:30 – 12:25 Gramática práctica 2
12:30 – 1:25 Conversación

Around this general schedule, we can work to elabore yours, depending on your availability. For instance, we have had some students who work remotely during the morning or at night. For them we have arranged an evenings schedule starting at 4:00 until 7:00 PM. Simply, le tus know which ways work better for you and we will be able to design the best program according to your learning expectations. 

Yes, we can. For years we have collaborated with local families to host our Spanish students to help them improve their immersion experience. Also, when are available we can arrange accommodation at the school (rooms or apartment). When you want to stay in a homestay, we will ask those families to confirm who has availilability during your stay with us. When we got confirmation from them, then we will share their information with you. You can choose to have one or two meals a day with your Mexican family. If you’re having only 1 meal a day, you get to choose which one you’ll prefer. Your Mexican mom will let you know when your meals will be served. Also, you can choose between staying in a private or shared room/bathroom. Also, note that when you arrange accommodation with us, transportation from either the BJX airport or the bus station, is on us.