Kaplan-Chicago

I strongly insist that my host family should win the competition. Even now, I can’t believe that I became a member of this GORGEOUS family.

My host mom, who is called Jeanne, has a warm and honest heart. She treats me and every student she has had like a real daughter. She always cares for me and other students that she has hosted. She keeps in touch with past students through e-mail and Skype, and delivers messages to every student on their birthday because she remembers EVERY STUDENTS’ BIRTHDAY! She also enjoys telling us her stories related to students she’s had. Whenever I heard the stories, I could feel her warm heart.

Besides, I’ve never heard her mention any negative things about past students. She always refers to them as “sweet”, which is my host mom’s favorite word. (She always says to students “Sweetie, Honey or dear”) Let me introduce my story about her that I never forget. I arrived in Chicago on January 2nd. It was horribly cold at that time. Even the Kaplan school closed because of the severe cold. The next day Jeanne worried about my first day at Kaplan because there were no students in her house who could explain to me how to get to there. It was quite complicated to go to kaplan from home, especially with -22 F cold. Therefore, she decided to go to school with me, taking the subway and teaching me how to get there!!

If I were her, I wouldn’t have done that. I was so impressed and touched by her generosity. Jeanne also understands well about foreign countries’ cultures. She can cook many foreign foods. She cooks Korean foods, which are bibimbab and bulgogi, whenever I want. She enjoys talking to students about our culture and wants to try everything related to that. It makes me happy because we want to share and introduce our culture to Americans even though we are here to learn about the American culture.