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After studying how to teach English as a foreign language or TEFL using formal online instruction for several months, I earned an official certificate  then decided to explore how to use it. Looking at prospective countries, I focused on Spanish-speaking ones, first zeroing in on South America.  This particular TEFL teaching gig focused on conversational English used by those intending to work in the U.S. Of two main groups, there were those getting jobs at one of America’s amusement parks, like Disneyland or Six Flags, or older teenage girls becoming au pairs for well-to-do American families.

My School was set next to a brightly decorated coffee shop students and staff liked to use. Each morning I walked to school enjoying a cappuccino or latte as I people-watched from a top a coffee shop deck overlooking this oft-used avenue of garish-colored storefronts.

Having free time, I hung out in the newer town center in Quito called Gringolandia (the name is a take-off from a Mexican word gringo, but I couldn’t ever discover how this word migrated into Ecuador or this neighborhood). The community catered to non-Ecuadorians, not necessarily Americans, as the name might imply. It was obviously a safe and police-patrolled area even though I was admonished not to linger anywhere late at night or in “wrong” or “other” areas of town. During the day it was always OK here. English speakers from the U.S., Britain, and Canada represented perhaps one in five of those sauntering around … European students, local businesspeople and Ecuadorian students alongside hip locals making up all the rest. I often used local internet cafes to send email or to play Game Knot “tournament chess” games online, but I could play casual chess on the street as well. The internet lounges were used heavily by locals and tourists alike at usually a dollar or less per hour. They served carbonated beverages and coffee, and were social conclaves for many. Quito was certainly a pleasant, well-tailored and comfortable high-altitude city, conservative in cultural demeanor and active with perpetual hustle and bustle. An enriching busyness prevailed throughout the city whether you were just sipping your espresso watching people or trying to eat and eke out a minimum living inside this intricate environment.

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